Identity security vendors - compare the differences

Delinea vs. BeyondTrust

Delinea authorizes every action, not just the connection.

The Delinea Platform discovers every privileged identity and authorizes its actions at runtime, brokering credentials so they never reach the user or the AI agent. One control plane across every human, machine and AI identity.

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Delinea seamless security		BeyondTrust
Traditional PAM buyer
Comprehensive vault coverage	Available	Available
Active Directory bridging + PEDM (Linux + Windows)	Available	Available
Continuous identity discovery	Available	Available
On-premises deployment option	Available	Available
Predictable per-user pricing at scale	Available	Per-product bundles
Modern workload access buyer
Broker with ephemeral access (ZSP)	Available	Grant-level (Entitle)
Native developer tools (no launcher)	Available	Partial native tools
Per-resource, per-connection pricing	Available	Per-product / asset
Time-to-value	Weeks	Varies by product
AI agent identity
AI agent runtime authorization	Available	Vault + JIT checkout
MCP-native agent access	Available	Query interface only
Session + command + prompt audit	One unified lane	Per-product recording
Deployment and ecosystem
Required platform commitment	None; works with existing stack	Multiple BeyondTrust products
Cloud-native architecture	Available	Cloud-based with on-premises heritage

Faster to deploy, easier to use

Delinea is consistently recognized for requiring fewer resources to manage and less time to achieve full functionality.

99.995% uptime SLA
No multi-year commitment required to start

Zero standing privilege, available now

Delinea ships ephemeral access with proxy injection, JIT entitlement and full session recording for human, machine and AI agent identities today.

Native tools, broker invisible
Time-to-value in weeks

Identity security built for the AI era

Delinea centralizes authorization with runtime enforcement across every AI agent in your stack.

MCP-native connectivity
Customers are using this in production today

Identity security built for the AI era, enforced at runtime

Every identity security vendor is converging on the same requirement: Protect every human, machine and AI identity at runtime, not just managed accounts or vaulted credentials. Delinea ships the runtime authorization that AI agent security requires, authorizing each action at execution and keeping the credentials off the agent entirely.

Runtime authorization across every identity, including AI agents
MCP-native connectivity
Intelligent session auditing and access authorization
AI capabilities included in the Delinea Platform

Enforce the action, not just the access

BeyondTrust authorizes access at connection time, injects the credential into the session, and records or alerts on what happens next. Delinea authorizes each privileged action as it happens and brokers credentials so they never reach the user or the AI agent, with one policy across human, machine and AI identities, and no requirement to rip and replace what you already run.

Per-action authorization across SSH, RDP, databases, Kubernetes and cloud
Credentials brokered and injected at connection, never exposed to the user or AI agent
Authorize or block a command before it executes, not an alert after the fact
One policy for human, machine and AI identities, integrates with your existing stack

Frequently Asked Questions

How is Delinea different from BeyondTrust?

Delinea authorizes each privileged action at runtime and brokers credentials so they never reach the user or the AI agent. BeyondTrust authorizes access at connection time, injects the credential into the session, and records or alerts on what happens next. Both vault, discover and record, but the difference is the Delinea Platform enforces at the moment of action across human, machine and AI identities.

Does Delinea enforce privileged actions in real time?

Yes. Delinea authorizes each action as it happens across SSH, RDP, databases, Kubernetes and cloud consoles, and can authorize or block a command before it executes rather than alerting after. BeyondTrust authorizes at connection time and records the session for later review.

Is Delinea cloud-native? 

Yes. The Delinea Platform is cloud-native, with 99.995% uptime SLA, 30 minutes from code to production and 2-minute mean time to recovery. Delinea also supports on-premises and hybrid deployments for regulated workloads.

Does Delinea support AI agents and non-human identities?

Yes, in production today. Delinea provides runtime authorization for AI agents with MCP-native connectivity, plus session and command audit. The agent never holds the credential. AI capabilities are included in the platform, not priced as a separate SKU. By comparison, BeyondTrust's AI-agent capabilities are assembled from four separately licensed products: Identity Security Insights, Password Safe, Endpoint Privilege Management and Entitle.

What does Delinea integrate with?

Delinea integrates with the major identity providers (Okta, Microsoft Entra, Google Cloud Identity), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, databases (Postgres, Redis, Mongo), DevOps pipelines and security tools (SIEM, SOAR, ITSM). The full integration list is available in the Integration Marketplace.

How long does a Delinea deployment take?

Modern workload access deployments typically reach production in weeks. Traditional PAM deployments vary by scope. Delinea is consistently recognized for requiring fewer resources to manage and less time to achieve full functionality than BeyondTrust.

Identity security vendors - compare the differences

The Delinea Platform reduces risk and simplifies operations.

Delinea seamless security

BeyondTrust

Traditional PAM buyer

Comprehensive vault coverage

Active Directory bridging + PEDM (Linux + Windows)

Continuous identity discovery

On-premises deployment option

Predictable per-user pricing at scale

Modern workload access buyer

Broker with ephemeral access (ZSP)

Native developer tools (no launcher)

Per-resource, per-connection pricing

Time-to-value

AI agent identity

AI agent runtime authorization

MCP-native agent access

Session + command + prompt audit

Deployment and ecosystem

Required platform commitment

Cloud-native architecture

Why the differences between Delinea and BeyondTrust matter

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