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# BeyondTrust vs CyberArk

Side-by-side comparison of identity tools. Sponsored placement is disclosed where applicable.

Last updated 3 months ago

Quick answer

## BeyondTrust vs CyberArk: which should you choose?

Short answer

BeyondTrust vs CyberArk have overlapping use cases in identity and access management. The right pick depends on your company size, deployment model, integrations, and pricing tolerance — compare those attributes side-by-side below.

Best for

BeyondTrust: Large enterprises that need comprehensive privileged access management — including privileged account vaulting, session recording, endpoint privilege management, and secure remote access — with a somewhat less complex deployment model than CyberArk. · CyberArk: Large enterprises and regulated organizations with mature security programs that need comprehensive privileged access security — including human privileged access, application secrets management, and endpoint privilege management. CyberArk is most commonly found in financial services, healthcare, energy, and government sectors.

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Pick the option whose company-size fit, deployment model, and integrations most closely match your stack.

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[BeyondTrust](/directory/beyondtrust)[CyberArk](/directory/cyberark)[IAM Stack Finder](/stack-finder)[Buyer resources](/resources)

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[CyberArk](/directory/cyberark)[](https://www.cyberark.com)

Best for

Large enterprises that need comprehensive privileged access management — including privileged account vaulting, session recording, endpoint privilege management, and secure remote access — with a somewhat less complex deployment model than CyberArk. 

Large enterprises and regulated organizations with mature security programs that need comprehensive privileged access security — including human privileged access, application secrets management, and endpoint privilege management. CyberArk is most commonly found in financial services, healthcare, energy, and government sectors. 

Short description

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. 

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. 

Company size

Enterprise, Large Enterprise 

Enterprise, Large Enterprise 

Deployment

On-premises, SaaS / Cloud-hosted, Hybrid 

On-premises, SaaS / Cloud-hosted, Hybrid 

Source

Proprietary 

Proprietary 

Pricing model

Enterprise-negotiated; no published list pricing 

Enterprise-negotiated; no published list pricing 

Integrations

Active Directory, Splunk, ServiceNow, AWS, Azure, GCP, Jira 

Active Directory, Splunk, ServiceNow, AWS, Azure, GCP, Jira, QRadar 

Categories

Secrets / API Key Management, Privileged Access Management / PAM, Directory / User Provisioning 

Secrets / API Key Management, Workforce IAM, Privileged Access Management / PAM, Directory / User Provisioning 

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