CyberArk

Best Alternatives to CyberArk

Explore modern CyberArk alternatives that deploy in hours instead of months, with browser-based access and transparent pricing for teams of all sizes.

Why Teams Look for CyberArk Alternatives

Common challenges that drive organizations to explore other options

Deployment takes months of professional services and complex infrastructure setup

Licensing costs are prohibitively high for small and mid-size organizations

Legacy architecture requires on-premises servers, jump hosts, and thick clients

User experience frustrates engineers — context-switching between multiple tools

Ongoing maintenance requires dedicated PAM administrators

Why OnePAM Is the Top Alternative

Purpose-built for secure infrastructure access with full session recording

Deploy in hours, not months

  • Install an agent, connect your IdP, define policies — done
  • No professional services required for deployment
  • No jump host or bastion infrastructure
  • Fully managed SaaS eliminates server maintenance
Go from purchase to production in a day — not a 6-month implementation project.

Modern, browser-based experience

  • All access through a single browser interface
  • No thick clients or Java applets
  • Engineers love the UX — minimal context switching
  • Mobile and tablet friendly
An access experience your engineers will actually want to use.

Transparent pricing for all sizes

  • From $15/user/month (annual) — not six-figure enterprise contracts
  • All protocols and features included
  • No per-resource or per-connector fees
  • Scale from 5 users to 5,000 on the same platform
Enterprise PAM capabilities at startup-friendly prices.

Other CyberArk Alternatives

Other options to consider when evaluating alternatives

BeyondTrust

Enterprise PAM platform with privileged remote access and endpoint privilege management.

Strengths
  • Strong enterprise PAM
  • Endpoint privilege management
  • Good compliance features
Weaknesses
  • Complex deployment
  • High licensing costs
  • Requires dedicated admins
Best for: Large enterprises with existing BeyondTrust investments and dedicated security operations teams.

Delinea (Thycotic)

Privileged access management focused on secret management and session monitoring.

Strengths
  • Secret Server is well-established
  • Cloud-ready options
  • Reasonable mid-market pricing
Weaknesses
  • Multiple products to buy
  • Limited browser-based access
  • Integration complexity
Best for: Mid-market organizations primarily focused on credential/secret management.

Keeper Security

Password and secrets management with privileged access features.

Strengths
  • Strong password management
  • Easy deployment
  • Good mobile experience
Weaknesses
  • PAM features are newer and less mature
  • Limited session recording
  • Primarily a password manager
Best for: Teams that need a password manager with basic privileged access features.

How to Migrate from CyberArk

A straightforward path from CyberArk to OnePAM

1

Audit your CyberArk Vault — export accounts, platforms, safes, and access policies

2

Deploy OnePAM agents on target servers (lightweight, no bastion hosts needed)

3

Configure SSO with your existing identity provider (same SAML/OIDC setup)

4

Migrate privileged accounts and access policies to OnePAM RBAC with JIT workflows

5

Run parallel for validation, then decommission CyberArk Vault, PSM, and PVWA servers

Common Questions

What teams ask when switching from CyberArk

CyberArk has decades of enterprise PAM experience — can OnePAM match it?
OnePAM delivers the PAM capabilities modern teams actually need — session recording, JIT access, RBAC, credential management — without the legacy complexity. We're SOC 2 Type II compliant and built for cloud-native infrastructure.
We have compliance requirements that mandate CyberArk-level controls
OnePAM meets SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and SOX requirements with visual session recording, complete audit trails, and fine-grained access controls. Many regulated organizations use OnePAM as their primary PAM solution.
Our security team is trained on CyberArk — what's the learning curve?
OnePAM's browser-based interface is intuitive for both admins and users. Most teams are fully operational within a day. The simplified architecture means less training, not more.
Does OnePAM support credential vaulting like CyberArk Vault?
Yes. OnePAM includes credential vaulting with automatic rotation, check-in/check-out workflows, and integration with external secret managers like HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager.

Who Should Switch?

OnePAM is the right choice if this sounds like your team

OnePAM is ideal for

  • Organizations frustrated by CyberArk's deployment complexity and timeline
  • Mid-market companies priced out of CyberArk's enterprise licensing
  • Teams wanting modern, browser-based access instead of legacy thick clients
  • Companies looking to reduce PAM operational overhead and headcount

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