Privileged access management · October 2026 Edition
Delinea Secret Server vs ManageEngine PAM360
Eight of fourteen models named Delinea Secret Server first on the direct prompt; one named ManageEngine PAM360. Both were named by all fourteen models and Delinea Secret Server carries 62 labels and ManageEngine PAM360 46, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share37%24%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%13%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels6246A 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.Delinea Secret Server vs KeeperPAM · Delinea Secret Server vs BeyondTrust · 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 modelsManageEngine PAM360
Direct81
Paraphrase84
Comparative10
Budget-constrained181 against ManageEngine PAM360
Scale-constrained30
Negative003 against Delinea Secret Server · 5 against ManageEngine PAM360
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 ManageEngine PAM360 were named in the same answer eighty-one times, of the 187 answers naming Delinea Secret Server and the 128 naming ManageEngine PAM360. In those answers ManageEngine PAM360 took the first choice sixteen times and Delinea Secret Server twenty-one.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Delinea Secret Server and ManageEngine PAM360 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 ManageEngine PAM360 first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Delinea Secret Server on the left and ManageEngine PAM360 on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Delinea Secret Server and ManageEngine PAM360 stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.GLM 4.7 FlashXDelinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: KeeperPAM, Securden Unified PAM
Delinea Secret Server first, ManageEngine PAM360 an alternative
7 of 14 modelsManageEngine PAM360 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
Muse Glimmer 30BDelinea Secret Server alternatives: Britive, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure, Securden Unified PAM
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 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
Qwen 3.7 FlashBeyondTrust alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360
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
ManageEngine PAM360 leads by twenty-seven points.
ManageEngine PAM36033%#1 of 11Delinea Secret Server6%#3 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Delinea Secret Server leads at mid-market.
Delinea Secret Server37%#1 of 11ManageEngine PAM36024%#2 of 11Enterprise
The order flips: ManageEngine PAM360 leads at enterprise.
ManageEngine PAM36012%#2 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 ManageEngine PAM360
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“ManageEngine PAM360 may be a better fit for larger requirements, but not a low-budget pick: its published subscription starts at $7,995/year.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative
“received criticism for its user interface, performance issues, and limited support for modern cloud and DevOps environments” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“It has a track record of severe vulnerabilities, including critical unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) flaws” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“ManageEngine PAM360 is widely considered the best value proposition in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) space” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“ManageEngine PAM360 — Best Overall Value ... migrate to ManageEngine PAM360 — it offers the best bang-for-buck” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“The best privileged access management platform for a company with a limited budget is ManageEngine PAM360” Llama 4 Maverick · budget 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.