We use the solution for automatic password rotation and managing system admin and database access.
Team Lead, System Infrastructure at GAL
Good stability and an easy initial setup process
Pros and Cons
- "Its technical support is good."
- "Its remote support feature needs improvement."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The solution's most valuable feature is video recording. It is crucial for evidence and compliance purposes.
What needs improvement?
The solution's remote support feature needs improvement.
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?
We have 30 solution users in our organization. They include system, network, and database administrators.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup process is easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is low-cost than other vendors. We purchase a yearly subscription for it.
What other advice do I have?
The solution has all the essential features to secure any environment. I rate it an eight.
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 1,001-5,000 employees
Enables us to search for service accounts across the network
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of this solution is the random changing of passwords."
- "We could definitely use some help with API tokenization. If we had a way to store tokens that would be fabulous."
What is our primary use case?
It's a password vault.
How has it helped my organization?
We use it to search for service accounts across the network. It has significantly helped with staff productivity because it's a less manual process now.
Our security program is about two years old so we're relatively immature, but this was a tremendous step towards being able to securely store passwords.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of this solution is the random changing of passwords.
What needs improvement?
We could definitely use some help with API tokenization. If we had a way to store tokens that would be fabulous.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is pretty good, we like it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is pretty good.
How are customer service and technical support?
We haven't used technical support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We didn't use anything previously, we just knew we needed a vault. We went with Thycotic based on ease of use and we thought their feature set was a little more robust.
How was the initial setup?
I don't remember the initial setup being very complex.
What about the implementation team?
We used a consultant for the deployment, Alcom. Our experience with them was positive.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It isn't terribly expensive.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
CyberArk was on our shortlist.
What other advice do I have?
Just get it. It works well.
I would rate this solution at nine out of ten. It does everything we knew it would, but it would be nice if they added some additional features.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Delinea Secret Server
November 2024
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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.
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
Offers a good zero trust piece
Pros and Cons
- "I really like the zero trust piece."
- "The initial setup and deployment can be cumbersome."
What is our primary use case?
We use the most updated version.
One of our customers wanted automation in respect of the solution.
What is most valuable?
I really like the zero trust piece.
What needs improvement?
The initial setup and deployment can be cumbersome.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Thycotic Password Reset Server for about a year.
How are customer service and technical support?
Nothing about technical support gave me room for pause.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup and deployment could be simplified.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I do not have knowledge about costs or fees.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
When making a decision about which solution to purchase, it often comes down to a choice between Thycotic and CyberArk. The cost and features one gets with the latter provides a little more value and saves money in the process, although the former is somewhat easier to deploy and to get up and running.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Thycotic Password Reset Server as a nine 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.
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