Privileged access management · October 2026 Edition
Delinea Secret Server vs BeyondTrust
Eight of fourteen models named Delinea Secret Server first on the direct prompt; one named BeyondTrust. Both were named by all fourteen models and Delinea Secret Server carries 62 labels and BeyondTrust 52, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
First-choice share37%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%35%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels6252A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Delinea Secret Server reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ManageEngine PAM360 was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Delinea Secret Server vs ManageEngine PAM360 · Delinea Secret Server vs KeeperPAM · Delinea Secret Server vs miniOrange PAM
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the privileged access management page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Delinea Secret ServerFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBeyondTrust
Direct812 against BeyondTrust
Paraphrase812 against BeyondTrust
Comparative11
Budget-constrained105 against BeyondTrust
Scale-constrained313 against BeyondTrust
Negative003 against Delinea Secret Server · 6 against BeyondTrust
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Delinea Secret Server and BeyondTrust were named in the same answer 137 times, of the 187 answers naming Delinea Secret Server and the 201 naming BeyondTrust. In those answers BeyondTrust took the first choice seven times and Delinea Secret Server twenty.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Delinea Secret Server and BeyondTrust stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Delinea Secret Server BeyondTrust first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Delinea Secret Server on the left and BeyondTrust on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Delinea Secret Server and BeyondTrust stood in it.
Delinea Secret Server first, BeyondTrust an alternative
8 of 14 modelsBeyondTrust was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Delinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360
GPT-5.4 miniDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, ManageEngine PAM360
Grok 4.1 FastDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure, miniOrange PAM
Mistral SmallDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Netwrix Privilege Secure, miniOrange PAM
DeepSeek V4 FlashDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360
Kimi K2Delinea Secret Server alternatives: ManageEngine PAM360
GLM 4.7 FlashXDelinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: KeeperPAM, Securden Unified PAM
Muse Glimmer 30BDelinea Secret Server alternatives: Britive, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure, Securden Unified PAM
BeyondTrust first, Delinea Secret Server an alternative
1 of 14 modelsDelinea Secret Server was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Qwen 3.7 FlashBeyondTrust alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360
Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashKeeperPAM alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, Securden Unified PAM, StrongDM, Teleport
Perplexity SonarminiOrange PAM alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure
GPT-6 LunaKeeperPAM alternatives: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access, Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Llama 4 MaverickminiOrange PAM alternatives: Heimdal, OneLogin, Securden Unified PAM
MiniMax M2.5Delinea (formerly Thycotic) – Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust – PowerBroker, Microsoft Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Delinea Secret Server leads by six points.
Delinea Secret Server6%#3 of 11BeyondTrust0%#10 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
Delinea Secret Server leads by thirty-one points.
Delinea Secret Server37%#1 of 11BeyondTrust6%#4 of 11Enterprise
The order flips: BeyondTrust leads at enterprise.
BeyondTrust10%#3 of 10Delinea Secret Server8%#4 of 10What the models said about Delinea Secret Server
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“user feedback often points to "transition friction"—updates to licenses, UIs, and support structures can be disjointed after these massive acquisitions.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“the brand has faced significant governance and security public relations issues... post-merger support response times have declined” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Cloud Suite” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend Delinea Secret Server or KeeperPAM, with Delinea as the safer default if you expect more complex hybrid infrastructure” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Delinea is specifically noted as well-suited for mid-sized organizations, offering ease of deployment, usability, and fast time to value” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“"Mid-market and rapid deployment: Delinea offers the best balance of features and usability for organizations wanting fast time-to-value."” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about BeyondTrust
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Audit any BeyondTrust deployments for the known CVEs and consider alternatives” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Similar echoes for BeyondTrust and Delinea in hybrid/cloud setups—reviews note policy tuning and admin training as barriers.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“enterprise PAM solutions like CyberArk and BeyondTrust offer broad feature sets that may not be necessary for smaller teams” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“The "All-in-One" Choice: BeyondTrust ... BeyondTrust is widely considered the best "middle ground" tool.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Start with CyberArk, BeyondTrust, and Delinea for a broad traditional enterprise PAM evaluation.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · first choice
“Delinea, BeyondTrust, and KeeperPAM are often the sweet spot at your scale.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.