Secure admin, root, and break-glass credentials.
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PAM controls elevated access — admin accounts, root, secrets, and database credentials — through vaulting, session brokering, and just-in-time access.
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CyberArk is the market-leading privileged access management (PAM) platform, providing credential vaulting, privileged session management, endpoint privilege management, and secrets management for enterprise security programs.
Teleport provides secure, audited access to SSH, Kubernetes, databases, and internal applications using short-lived certificates and RBAC — designed for engineering teams who need infrastructure access without static credentials.
1Password Business provides enterprise password and credential management for teams, with 1Password Secrets Automation extending to CI/CD secrets, developer vaults, and service account credentials.
BeyondTrust is an enterprise PAM platform providing privileged account management, privileged session management, endpoint privilege management, and secure remote access — a leading alternative to CyberArk.
Privileged access management platform (formed from Thycotic and Centrify) covering secret server, privileged session and remote access.
Keeper Security provides enterprise password management, privileged access management (KeeperPAM), and secrets management for DevOps pipelines — with a strong focus on zero-knowledge architecture and compliance.
Identity portfolio spanning IGA (Identity Manager), PAM (Safeguard) and Active Directory management.
Saviynt is a cloud-native identity governance and administration platform combining IGA, privileged access management, and cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) in a single platform.
StrongDM provides a proxy-based infrastructure access management platform — without agents on target systems — giving engineering teams secure, audited access to databases, servers, Kubernetes, and internal applications.
Best Privileged Access Management (PAM) Tools in 2026
CyberArk and BeyondTrust lead the enterprise PAM market with broad vaulting, session management, and PEDM. StrongDM and Teleport are stronger picks for engineering-led infra access. 1Password and Keeper extend secrets and credential workflows for smaller teams.
Best Identity Security Tools in 2026
Identity security spans posture (Veza), privileged controls (CyberArk, BeyondTrust), workforce IdP-native protections (Microsoft Entra, Okta), and infra access (StrongDM, Teleport). Most programs combine 2–3 of these layers.
Best CyberArk alternatives in 2026
The best CyberArk alternatives are BeyondTrust for traditional PAM, StrongDM for modern infrastructure access, Teleport for engineering teams, and Keeper for SMB password management.
Best IAM tools for enterprises in 2026
For enterprises, the strongest IAM platforms are Okta and Microsoft Entra for workforce IAM, Ping Identity for federation, SailPoint and Saviynt for IGA, and CyberArk for PAM.
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