The team password vault is valuable.
Identity and Access Management Specialist at Keywords Studios PLC
The solution is not user-friendly, and the UI and technical support is not great
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is scalable."
- "The solution could be more user-friendly."
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
The customer service and support team could be improved, and the solution could be more user-friendly.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using the solution for approximately two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. Approximately 200 users are using it in our organization.
How are customer service and support?
I rate customer service and support a zero out of ten. We reached out to them to solve an issue, and they hung up on us.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Negative
How was the initial setup?
I was not a part of the initial setup process.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the pricing six out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution a four out of ten. The solution is good, but there is a lot of room for improvement. The UI and the customer service and support team could be improved. I advise new users to have patience with support and be careful when purchasing licenses because if they mix up their licenses, it would be challenging to get them fixed, and they may have an outage.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Head of Platform Engineering at Ascend Group Co., Ltd.
Good for multi-platform support, easy to use and scale
Pros and Cons
- "The secret template, password rotation, and recording sessions are the most valuable."
- "They could improve the container platform and SPO."
How has it helped my organization?
Delinea Secret Server is good for multi-platform support and hybrid cloud environment, it supports a mix of Linux and Windows programs.
What is most valuable?
The secret template, password rotation, and recording sessions are the most valuable.
What needs improvement?
They could improve the container platform and SPO. The cloud database technologies should be improved. The web browser isolation recording could be improved. When you do anything from the web portal, it cannot record properly. You can only record via remote desktop or secure share. But when the admin performs by web access we cannot record the session.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Delinea Secret Server for the past five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have found that it is reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is easy to scale and they support modular.
How are customer service and support?
They are pretty good when it comes to basic support. If you have questions or concerns beyond the basic support you have a fee-based professional service that takes over.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
I used an in-house implementation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The licensing costs around seventy thousand dollars annually.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Delinea Secret Server an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Senior Information Security Engineer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has helped us eliminate many of the manual processes that we performed regarding password changing and rotation, as well as the data we stored in Microsoft Excel.
I have been a proud Thycotic Secret Server customer since 2008. Back in those days, my organization used Secret Server as a secure vault to store all of our highly privileged accounts and their passwords. I manage our Secret Server environment, and over the years we have heavily utilized this product across our entire University to harden our security posture and meet compliance requirements. Secret Server has helped us eliminate many of the manual processes that we performed regarding password changing and rotation, as well as the data we stored in Microsoft Excel. We love the fact that the product discovers privileged accounts across our infrastructure so that we can securely store and manage them appropriately, as well as rotate their passwords to meet our password policy requirements. We are a large Active Directory shop and Secret Server integrates with Active Directory very easily. The folder structure that you are able to build within Secret Server to setup permissions for other departments can mirror your internal Activity environment, providing a secure approach to password management. The auditing capabilities that Secret Server offers has allowed me to quickly respond to possible malicious activity, which has saved me countless hours over the course of time. The built-in reports are very useful and can be customized to meet your organization’s reporting needs. The service account discovery and management feature of Secret Server has played a pivotal role in helping us secure other departments’ servers within our infrastructure. Secret Server is easy to set up and use, and I have trained many departments on how to utilize Secret Server to help meet their needs. Thycotic is continually providing upgrades with new features that can be seamlessly utilized immediately within an organization. Their customer support is top notch, along with all of their other employees with whom I have interacted over the years. I highly recommend this company and their product!
Improvements: Our Linux/Unix team was hoping that the new SSH Key Rotation feature in the 10.1 release would be included in our Enterprise licensing, but it's not. Thycotic's newer pricing model allows these features to be purchased a la carte style. Sometimes it gets challenging to justify additional expenditures to upper management, although their pricing is very competitive compared to other PAM solutions.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Senior Quality Analyst at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Useful secret password management, scalable, and simple implementation
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Delinea Secret Server is secret password management."
- "Delinea Secret Server can improve by extending the monitoring policies and making the performance better."
What is our primary use case?
We use Delinea Secret Server for password rotations for end-point access.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Delinea Secret Server is secret password management.
What needs improvement?
Delinea Secret Server can improve by extending the monitoring policies and making the performance better.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Delinea Secret Server for approximately six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the Delinea Secret Server is okay, but other solutions are better, such as BeyondTrust.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Delinea Secret Server is scalable.
We have approximately 1,000 end-users using this solution.
How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted the support from Delinea Secret Server.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of the Delinea Secret Server is easy. The installation and other processes take approximately three to four hours.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is an annual license needed to use Delinea Secret Server.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
My company decided to use this solution because of its privileged access management.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend this solution to others.
I rate Delinea Secret Server a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Principal Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Helpful technical support with good automation and zero-trust PIN features
Pros and Cons
- "Technical support is pretty good."
- "The initial setup and deployment can be cumbersome. It's not an easy process."
What is our primary use case?
One of our clients primarily uses it for automation capabilities.
What is most valuable?
The zero-trust PIN is a great feature of the solution.
Technical support is pretty good.
The ability to automate is a good selling feature.
What needs improvement?
The initial setup and deployment can be cumbersome. It's not an easy process.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been dealing with the solution for about a year.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support is okay. I've dealt with bad tech support services on other solutions, however, in the case of this product, nothing jumps out at me as being a negative experience. We're satisfied with the level of service they provide to us.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I also have experience with CyberArk.
The difference between the two is basically that CyberArk gives you a bit more value for money.
How was the initial setup?
I have found the initial setup to be difficult. It's not exactly simple or straightforward. It's a downside to the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I can't speak to how much the solution costs a month. I don't deal with the licensing side of things.
What other advice do I have?
I'm a reseller.
We tend to deal with the most up-to-date versions of the solution.
When making a decision, it often comes down to Thycotic and CyberArk. What we found is that CyberArk, for the features and the cost, gives you a little bit more value and saves you money in the process. Between CyberArk and Thycotic, Thycotic is somewhat easier to deploy and get up and running. Essentially, with Thycotic, you get the value quicker.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller
VP - Enterprise Solutions at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Its ease of integration and the use of power shells are really attractive features
Pros and Cons
- "I have found the password management and the secret management features to be the most valuable. Our customers find its ease of integration and the use of power shells really attractive."
- "We always ask for partner enablement, which is more like a soft requirement rather than a product requirement. It would be great if they can provide us deeper knowledge of their products for integration."
What is most valuable?
I have found the password management and the secret management features to be the most valuable. Our customers find its ease of integration and the use of power shells really attractive.
What needs improvement?
We always ask for partner enablement, which is more like a soft requirement rather than a product requirement. It would be great if they can provide us deeper knowledge of their products for integration.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Thycotic Secret Server for two to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is definitely stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable.
How are customer service and technical support?
Their technical support is good.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very easy. The installation only takes a few hours. In fact, preparing the customer site takes most of the time, not the software installation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Its price is okay. We don't compete on pricing. We seldom use price to win over our competitors. We prefer it this way because if we can sustain the price, we make more margin as well. We don't want the price to go down to the bottom where despite the win, there's no margin at all.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We looked at ManageEngine and One Identity. We picked Thycotic Secret Server because it is easy to install and integrate.
What other advice do I have?
Before suggesting or implementing a solution, getting the customer requirements is the most important, for example, whether they have an isolated site or multiple sites and whether the bandwidth between sites is sufficient.
This solution is for big and medium-to-big enterprises. Small enterprises won't require Thycotic Secret Server because you need a certain number of administrators, at least 10, and enough secrets to justify it. I don't think small enterprises can afford it.
It will be great if they can scale down the cloud version, in terms of the pricing and other things, to accommodate small enterprises. Currently, they are more focused on big enterprises. The Hong Kong market has a lot of small enterprises, so if they can accommodate or maybe cater specifically to the Hong Kong market, it will be great.
I would rate Thycotic Secret Server a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
DevOps Lead at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It performs its basic use case with no downtime but its API is no good
Pros and Cons
- "It is able to manage storage and use of personal passwords."
- "There has been no downtime this year."
- "The API is no good."
- "It is expensive compared to other solutions in this category and for what it does."
What is our primary use case?
The most common use case will be just for keeping personal passwords. There are other things that we use if for, but that is the most common use case.
What is most valuable?
The ability to manage personal passwords is what it was built for and that is what makes it most valuable.
What needs improvement?
The main part of the product that could be improved is the API (Application Programming Interface). The Thycotic API is not very good.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Thycotic Secret Server for a couple of years. It could be as many as four.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I guess this should be considered a stable solution. There has been no downtime this year.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There are about 1200 users that are using this product at our organization. We are going to continue to use it at least for a while, but we are looking for some alternative solutions because it is not that good and there are better products available that can do what we need better. It seems to be able to scale with our user base.
How are customer service and technical support?
I do not have any experience with technical support because I am not the person managing the product. We do have an internal IT crew that takes care of the application and they would be the ones who would be in contact with technical support if it were necessary.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
When I came to this company, Secret Server was already in place. I do not know if the company may have had something in place before this. There is a consensus at the corporate level that we will continue using Thycotic Secret Server.
How was the initial setup?
I do not think it is particularly straightforward if you do anything more than install it and turn it on. I do not have any feedback on the process of the installation itself because I did not install this product. as a DevOps, I find that modification is not straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
I believe it was implemented in house by the team. We have maybe two people on staff who take care of this application.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I think that Secret Server is expensive when I compare the cost to some alternatives. There are different plans and additional licensing costs that can be added on, but I do not know the details exactly within our company.
What other advice do I have?
I would not recommend this product. I would not because the basic functionality is okay, but we need some API access to use KPI (Key Performance Indicator) properly. We also need to automate some stuff using this secure vault. Attempting to do that is almost impossible because of the low quality of the API.
Me, speaking as a lead DevOps, I would not recommend it for this office. It is not the best choice for what we need.
On a scale from one to ten (where one is the worst and ten is the best), I would rate this product differently depending on what level or type of user is using the product. For the DevOps purposes, my rating would be zero. Each year it is less competitive and it can not be justified for the price.
In general, for end-users, I do not know. They are not exposed to the development end so I think they might give it a five-out-of-ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Customizations are easy and it is computer confident
Pros and Cons
- "I find it really easy and computer confident, and the experience with the product is really good. Additionally, customizations are easy."
- "There are some things that I know are really important to include like A/B version features which are available in Windows. I would say that they should be included in the road map."
What is most valuable?
Being an administrator, I find it really easy and computer confident, and our experience with the product is really good.
Additionally, customizations are easy.
What needs improvement?
There are some things that I know are really important to include like A/B version features that are available in Windows. I would say that they should be included in the road map.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been doing the POC on Thycotic for a few months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would say that this solution is stable.
How was the initial setup?
Thycotic Secret Server is easy to implement.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Thycotic. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate this product an 8.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
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