WALLIX
European privileged access management vendor offering WALLIX PAM (session and password management), Remote Access, IDaaS, Enterprise Vault and IAG, as appliances, cloud-marketplace images or the WALLIX ONE SaaS platform.
Quick answer
What is WALLIX?
Short answer
WALLIX positions itself as "Europe's trusted alternative for Identity and Access security". Its portfolio spans Privileged Access Management (WALLIX PAM with Session Manager, Password Manager, application-to-application password management and PEDM), Remote Access for third-party access, IDaaS and Enterprise Vault for SSO/MFA and credential storage, and IAG for access reviews. Stated deployment options are physical and virtual appliances, AWS, Azure, Alibaba Cloud and Outscale marketplace images, or the WALLIX ONE "Security-as-a-Service" platform. It targets OT/industrial, healthcare, finance, government and critical-infrastructure organisations with NIS2, GDPR, IEC 62443 and DORA compliance framing.
- Best for
- European and OT-heavy organisations that need PAM with sovereignty-friendly deployment choices and audit-grade session recording.
- When to choose
- You need PAM with an EU-based vendor, appliance or SaaS delivery on your terms, and OT-aware access controls.
- When not to choose
- You want publicly documented APIs and integrations and list pricing, or a developer-centric infrastructure-access tool rather than classic PAM.
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Categories
Common use cases
- Privileged session management with video and transcript audit trails
- Privileged password vaulting and rotation
- Third-party and vendor remote access with just-in-time authorization
- Removing local admin rights via privilege elevation and delegation (PEDM)
- Securing OT and industrial control system access
Strengths
- Deployment freedom: physical or virtual appliances, AWS/Azure/Alibaba/Outscale marketplaces, or WALLIX ONE SaaS
- European vendor with explicit NIS2, GDPR, IEC 62443 and DORA positioning
- Dedicated OT security division and industrial use-case focus
- Free trials available for PAM, IDaaS and IAG
Limitations & considerations
- Pricing not published; quote-based
- Third-party integrations (SIEM, ITSM, MFA) are described generically rather than listed by name on public pages
- Product documentation sits behind a support-portal login rather than public docs
- Smaller global ecosystem and partner footprint than CyberArk or Delinea
Pricing model summary
No public price list; contact sales ("Get Your Free Quote"). Free trials are offered for the PAM, IDaaS and IAG modules and a TCO calculator is provided, but no list prices are published.
Integrations
Fit
Alternatives & comparisons
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