Privileged access management · October 2026 Edition
ManageEngine PAM360 vs BeyondTrust
One of fourteen models named ManageEngine PAM360 first on the direct prompt; one named BeyondTrust. Both were named by all fourteen models and ManageEngine PAM360 carries 46 labels and BeyondTrust 52, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
First-choice share24%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%35%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4652A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ManageEngine PAM360 reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Delinea Secret Server was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Delinea Secret Server vs ManageEngine PAM360 · Delinea Secret Server vs BeyondTrust · ManageEngine PAM360 vs KeeperPAM
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.
ManageEngine PAM360First choices, of fourteen modelsBeyondTrust
Direct112 against BeyondTrust
Paraphrase412 against BeyondTrust
Comparative01
Budget-constrained801 against ManageEngine PAM360 · 5 against BeyondTrust
Scale-constrained013 against BeyondTrust
Negative005 against ManageEngine PAM360 · 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, ManageEngine PAM360 and BeyondTrust were named in the same answer eighty times, of the 128 answers naming ManageEngine PAM360 and the 201 naming BeyondTrust. In those answers BeyondTrust took the first choice eight times and ManageEngine PAM360 nineteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ManageEngine PAM360 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 | | | | |
ManageEngine PAM360 BeyondTrust first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ManageEngine PAM360 on the left and BeyondTrust on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ManageEngine PAM360 and BeyondTrust stood in it.
ManageEngine PAM360 first, BeyondTrust not the choice
1 of 14 modelsBeyondTrust was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GLM 4.7 FlashXDelinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: KeeperPAM, Securden Unified PAM
BeyondTrust first, ManageEngine PAM360 an alternative
1 of 14 modelsManageEngine PAM360 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
9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Delinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360
GPT-5.4 miniDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, ManageEngine PAM360
Perplexity SonarminiOrange PAM alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure
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
GPT-6 LunaKeeperPAM alternatives: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access, Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360
Muse Glimmer 30BDelinea Secret Server alternatives: Britive, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure, Securden Unified PAM
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Gemini 3.5 FlashKeeperPAM alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, Securden Unified PAM, StrongDM, Teleport
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 thirty-three points.
ManageEngine PAM36033%#1 of 11BeyondTrust0%#10 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
ManageEngine PAM360 leads by nineteen points.
ManageEngine PAM36024%#2 of 11BeyondTrust6%#4 of 11Enterprise
ManageEngine PAM360 leads by two points.
ManageEngine PAM36012%#2 of 10BeyondTrust10%#3 of 10What 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
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.