Privileged access management · September 2026 Edition
Delinea vs Securden Unified PAM
Five of twelve models named Delinea first on the direct prompt; six named Securden Unified PAM. Delinea was named by twelve of the twelve models and Securden Unified PAM by eleven and Delinea carries 44 labels and Securden Unified PAM 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share19%15%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels4418A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Delinea reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ManageEngine PAM360 was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. ManageEngine PAM360 vs Delinea · ManageEngine PAM360 vs Securden Unified PAM
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
DelineaFirst choices, of twelve modelsSecurden Unified PAM
Direct56
Paraphrase101 against Delinea · 1 against Securden Unified PAM
Comparative00
Budget-constrained002 against Delinea
Scale-constrained31
Negative003 against Delinea · 1 against Securden Unified PAM
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.
The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Delinea and Securden Unified PAM stood in it.
Delinea first, Securden Unified PAM an alternative
5 of 12 modelsSecurden Unified PAM was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Delinea alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360, miniOrange PAM
GPT-5.4 miniDelinea alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360
Grok 4.1 FastDelinea alternatives: ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure, Securden Unified PAM, miniOrange PAM
DeepSeek V4 FlashDelinea alternatives: Britive, ManageEngine PAM360, Securden Unified PAM
Kimi K2Delinea alternatives: ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure
Securden Unified PAM first, Delinea an alternative
6 of 12 modelsDelinea was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashSecurden Unified PAM alternatives: Delinea, Delinea Secret Server, KeeperPAM, StrongDM
Perplexity SonarSecurden Unified PAM alternatives: ManageEngine PAM360
Mistral SmallManageEngine PAM360, Securden Unified PAM alternatives: JumpCloud, miniOrange PAM
Llama 4 MaverickSecurden Unified PAM
Qwen 3.7 FlashSecurden Unified PAM alternatives: Delinea, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure
MiniMax M2.5Securden Unified PAM alternatives: ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure, Thycotic+Centrify, miniOrange PAM
Neither was named
1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GLM 4.7 FlashXDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360, miniOrange PAM
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 leads by seven points.
Delinea7%#4 of 9Securden Unified PAM0%#– of 9Mid-marketThe figures above
Delinea leads by four points.
Delinea19%#2 of 12Securden Unified PAM15%#3 of 12Enterprise
Delinea leads by eleven points.
Delinea16%#2 of 8Securden Unified PAM5%#– of 8What the models said about Delinea
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid pricier ones like Delinea/StrongDM ($70+/user/mo) unless scaling fast.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“Customers of legacy Thycotic products have reported friction regarding service levels, product roadmaps” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“quote-only and get expensive with per-endpoint agents or privileged-user seat licensing” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Mid-Market SaaS Platforms | Hybrid environments looking for fast setup, low maintenance... Pros: Great balance of cost, ease of use, and quick deployment.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“If you want a single default recommendation for a mid-market B2B company, I'd usually start with Delinea.” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest prioritizing Delinea Secret Server or BeyondTrust as strong mid-market options” MiniMax M2.5 · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Securden Unified PAM
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Caution level: High. Newer vendor, fewer maturity proves-out, and these are core architectural issues, not edge cases.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“pricing and deployment details are less transparent” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Delinea (Secret Server), Securden, Keeper Security (KeeperPAM) | Pros: Great balance of cost, ease of use, and quick deployment.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“The best privileged access management platform for a mid-market B2B company is Securden Unified PAM” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Securden appears to be frequently cited as the top choice for mid-market companies in 2024-2025” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared
Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.