One Identity Safeguard vs Symantec Privileged Access Manager comparison

One Identity Safeguard vs. Symantec Privileged Access Manager

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

One Identity Safeguard

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (7th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (4th)

Symantec Privileged Access ...

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

21st

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of One Identity Safeguard is 4.2%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Privileged Access Manager is 1.5%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Featured Reviews

Tor Nordhagen

Executive Director at Semaphore

Transparent mode for privileged sessions will greatly simplify our client's administrative situation

We're introducing the solution's transparent mode for privileged sessions. This is part of what the client hasn't used before. It will simplify their administrative situation greatly. So far, the rollout of this feature has been a seamless process, but we're still in the midst of rolling it out. The benefits will be on the risk side. Right now, the way accounts are managed, you don't necessarily know who is using an account. There's a shared admin account, and that's not a good thing. And those accounts are shared in wallets by several people. One of the real benefits of safeguarding here is that the client will have an absolute audit of who is using an administrative interface, whether it's server or network.

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Krishnan Srinivasan

Senior Test Analyst at Wipro Limited

Enhances credential management and relatively inexpensive but needs feature improvements

I work for a service provider company, and we implement Symantec Privileged Access Manager solutions for our clients, which include various banking and mining clients We have implemented both the remote access and credential management features. The agent-based credential management solution…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The whole product solves the privileged access management challenge for our company. We have a secure tunnel, a secure session manager, and automatic logging of sessions, which is good for forensic purposes. We have a rich level of logs and can trace what happened on which machine and see who did what."

"We use the solution’s Approval Anywhere feature which enables us to add an extra layer of security for critical passwords without adding time-consuming approval processes. By using this platform, if someone goes on a vacation, out of office, or needs urgent/planned leave, then our setup will select the functions tied to that person and automatically delegate them to the next person. That person can start performing that duty based on their access. No sharing of passwords is required."

"In terms of the user experience, it is a pretty useful product. It works in a good way."

"Safeguard can define and update processes and procedures into the security framework of a company, including mobile. It allows us to change the policies and configurations on a mass scale in regards to security."

"We use the Approval Anywhere, or cloud assistant feature and it is great. It enables us to add an extra layer of security for critical passwords without adding time to the approval process."

"The implementation time was quick. It was basically up and running within a week."

"There is ease of implementation."

"I have found the most useful feature of One Identity Safeguard to be Privileged Sessions."

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"It will provide us with more security."

"Transparent login for users of privileged IDs (Linux, Windows). This prevents sharing of the password because it is never seen."

"One of the key things for us about the product is around its simplicity. Being able to put in the technology that allows the business to remove complexity and also allow the security improvements."

"The agent-based credential management solution allows clients to programmatically use the agent to collect passwords during runtime from Symantec Privileged Access Manager."

"We know we can scale up with what we have, and we probably will not need to buy any further appliances down the road."

"It reduces the viral attacks on my website. It also allows certain users access to see what happens daily."

"The DB clustering is a really good benefit of using CA PAM."

"The interface is very friendly, colorful, and bold."

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Cons

"Something for One Identity to look at is having integration guidelines for how to logically group accounts."

"Monitoring of the platform should be easier and more functional so that you can have a clear picture of the running service."

"One Identity Safeguard can improve by having more integration with multiple devices."

"From a management point of view, it would be beneficial if One Identity Safeguard Privilege Password and One Identity Safeguard Privilege Session had a more similar interface."

"The high availability function of the box requires a long time to switch over from one appliance to another."

"Transparent mode was too cumbersome, so I don't foresee us being able to use it. On paper when we were initially talking about it, it was definitely going to be the preferred method until we realized the burden it would be on our network guys. Then, we had to step back and reevaluate what we wanted to do. That's when we changed our approach to use the RD Gateway feature."

"We have feature requests and would like to see the turnaround times on those features to be faster."

"Support for One Identity Safeguard could be improved because sometimes the support team doesn't have an answer or solution for some bugs. A feature I found in a competitor would make One Identity Safeguard better, and that is the ability to load balance the traffic in the target."

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"I’m no fan of Java as an application front-end, as it tends to have issues depending on what browser one’s using."

"It's difficult to locate the reports, there are limits on what reports can be run from the GUI, and the report formats are lacking."

"It'd be great if you just stuck in your PIV card and Windows popped up, asked you for your password. You typed it in, then it remembered your credentials."

"Technical support was good when CA handled it. After Broadcom took over, it's not as good."

"The service account management functionality needs to be extended to application pools, SQL database, PowerShell scripts, service account discovery, etc."

"They need to have zero tier and active-active setup with zero minimum downtime, which they are working on it. "

"We experience stability issues after every patch upgrade. This is a place where CA needs to improve drastically."

"An improvement for this solution is that it should not be constantly based on user name and password. There should be a condition to edit and update your username."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is cheaper than CyberArk. Its price is fair."

"The full license is expensive but if you plan to use it in a big organization then it is the best option because it is more flexible."

"As compared to other products, it is reasonable, but the training sessions are too expensive."

"The pricing is about $80,000 per 100 servers. There are few elective costs."

"Our licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

"It was definitely cheaper than the other two products that we evaluated."

"One Identity Safeguard is expensive and the cost goes up as we scale."

"Its subscription cost is too much, and sometimes, it is very difficult to pitch the solution to the management for cost approval. If the cost is reduced a little bit, it would be easier. If its cost was less, many other organizations that currently cannot afford it would be able to use this technology. I'm sure many organizations around the globe are having issues with identity management, and it is a very difficult task for IT to manage privileged accounts."

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"The version we are using is affordable compared to BeyondTrust, which is maybe three to four times as expensive, but it depends on the features."

"Cost-wise, CA was better compared to others in the market. "

"I would prefer better licensing options for the 20-100 users we have at a given time."

"The licensing is simple and scalable."

"The prices are not low, but one can ask for a discount. It’s not the cheapest PAM solution."

"It is reasonably priced."

"It is more expensive than other solutions on the market."

"Appliances are relatively cheap, don’t skimp. Make sure you have redundancy, high availability, and enough appliances to manage the concurrent workload."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

25%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Energy/Utilities Company

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

16%

Comms Service Provider

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about One Identity Safeguard?

The identity discovery is good, and the performance is pretty good value.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for One Identity Safeguard?

One Identity Safeguard is expensive. The license is around $3,000 per month.

What needs improvement with One Identity Safeguard?

I find it complicated to implement HTTPS monitoring because the documentation is unclear. The disaster recovery process is complicated for me. For some configurations on the SPS side, if I need to ...

What do you like most about Symantec Privileged Access Manager?

We can check the activities in the server for fragile files and documents in case of any issues.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Privileged Access Manager?

Symantec Privileged Access Manager is potentially cheaper than other solutions. I am not involved in the business side, so I do not have specific cost details.

What needs improvement with Symantec Privileged Access Manager?

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Also Known As

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CA PAM, Xceedium Xsuite, CA Privileged Access Manager

Overview

One Identity Safeguard manages and monitors privileged access, enhancing security with features like automatic session recording, real-time monitoring, and credential rotation. It integrates seamlessly, supports compliance with audit trails, and improves operational efficiency across organizations. This robust platform significantly bolsters security protocols while controlling sensitive operations.

One Identity

CA Privileged Access Manager is a simple-to-deploy, automated, proven solution for privileged access management in physical, virtual and cloud environments. It enhances security by protecting sensitive administrative credentials such as root and administrator passwords, controlling privileged user access, proactively enforcing policies and monitoring and recording privileged user activity across all IT resources. It includes CA PAM Server Control (previously CA Privileged Identity Manager) for fine-grained protection of critical servers

Broadcom

Sample Customers

Cavium

NEOVERA, Telesis, eSoft

One Identity Safeguard vs. Symantec Privileged Access Manager