BeyondTrust
Modern, user-friendly PAM vs legacy complexity
KeeperPAM's unified platform, accessible entirely through the user vault, streamlines privileged access management by consolidating all functionality into a single, easy-to-use interface. This cohesive design eliminates the need to deploy and manage separate products for different PAM capabilities, simplifying administration and reducing complexity.
KeeperPAM unifies the most essential applications in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) framework into one ubiquitous platform. Enterprise Password Management (for human credentials and digital assets), Secrets Management (for infrastructure), Zero-Trust Network Access (tunneling and connection management), Privileged Elevation and Delegation Management (PEDM), Remote Browser Isolation and Dark Web Monitoring are unified and controlled with a single pane of glass.
KeeperPAM's streamlined deployment process avoids the complexities of legacy on-premises solutions or the burden of integrating multiple disparate systems. KeeperPAM integrates quickly into any tech or identity stack for organization-wide deployment. This accelerates implementation and reduces the reliance on extensive IT resources.
BeyondTrust solution suite consists of two distinct products – Password Safe and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) – each serving as different parts of PAM. Password Safe is dedicated to secure password management and controlling privileged credentials, while PRA is designed for managing remote access and session oversight.
Although both are part of BeyondTrust’s broader platform, they are not unified into a single system. They operate through separate user interfaces and independent login processes, resulting in a fragmented user experience.
The data handled by each of the two products is stored in different formats and locations. Integration is limited to API-based connections, which can require custom configuration and do not offer seamless interoperability between the two systems.
This structural division is a challenge for organizations seeking an integrated PAM solution.
Zero-knowledge foundation
Keeper’s architecture is built on zero-trust and zero-knowledge principles, meaning no device, user or application is trusted by default, and even Keeper employees can never access customer vault data.
Keeper’s security model has been vetted for use in highly secure environments, with Keeper leading its peers in obtaining FedRAMP and GovRAMP Authorization – among other certifications.
BeyondTrust does not utilize a zero-knowledge architecture, leaving user data more exposed compared to KeeperPAM.
BeyondTrust is FedRAMP Authorized but not GovRAMP Authorized.
Seamless SSO integration without extra hardware
Keeper SSO Connect® is patent-protected and provides a zero-knowledge, multi cloud SSO integration that is available via cloud or on-premises deployment.
Keeper’s patented SSO Connect application enables seamless integration with any on-premises or cloud-based IdP stack. This provides rapid provisioning for IT admins and enables users to have federated SSO access to sites and applications. The configuration process involves simply uploading metadata files and specifying parameters such as the Entity ID and Single Sign-On Service URL.
Keeper SSO Connect seamlessly integrates with any SSO IdP platform, including Entra ID (Azure AD), Okta, AD FS, Ping, Google, Duo or any other SAML-compliant SSO solution.
BeyondTrust supports major IdPs, integrating with less common or custom SAML implementations is challenging.
BeyondTrust's product suite has expanded through acquisitions, resulting in inconsistencies in SSO implementations across various modules. For example, while a single instance of an application can service multiple BeyondTrust products, it's recommended to create separate app instances for products like Password Safe to ensure proper configuration.
Setting up SSO with BeyondTrust requires significant technical expertise, which typically requires professional services to be added.
Comprehensive password management for all users
Keeper Enterprise Password Manager, a core component of the KeeperPAM suite, is a highly rated, cloud-based solution trusted by millions for managing passwords, passkeys and other sensitive data. It is accessible across all devices through a web interface, browser plugins, mobile apps and desktop applications to cater to all user needs.
Administrators benefit from robust controls, including role-based enforcement, delegated administration and comprehensive visibility. The Keeper Admin Console provides advanced reporting capabilities via CLI or APIs, while the integrated Risk Management Dashboard helps ensure proper configuration, user adoption and compliance. The BreachWatch® feature proactively monitors the dark web for compromised credentials, adding an extra layer of security.
BeyondTrust Password Safe is tailored for enterprise environments. While it has made strides to improve usability for non-technical users through features like Workforce Passwords, it still presents major challenges for everyday use.
Its interface is less intuitive, making it harder for non-technical employees to adopt comfortably. Its design prioritizes administrative control, auditing and privileged access, which can overwhelm users who simply need quick and easy credential access. As a result, common tasks such as retrieving passwords or accessing vaults may involve more complex workflows and require navigating systems designed primarily for compliance rather than user convenience.
Superior visibility and compliance with consolidated reporting
Keeper’s consolidated reports provide a unified view of security events, user activity and compliance across an organization. These reports aggregate data from various Keeper features, including password usage, security scores and BreachWatch alerts. Administrators can use them to monitor trends, enforce policies and demonstrate compliance with internal and external security standards.
BeyondTrust does not offer consolidated reporting because its product suite was built through the acquisition of separate tools, resulting in siloed data structures that were not originally designed to integrate. Its reporting architecture was historically built around individual product functionality rather than cross-platform visibility, making unified analytics difficult to implement without significant backend restructuring.
Simple, secure session monitoring without complexity
Keeper Connection Manager, a part of KeeperPAM, offers a cloud-native, agentless and zero-trust approach to privileged session management. Keeper provides direct, passwordless access to privileged systems without requiring additional infrastructure.
Privileged sessions can be managed and recorded across any protocol, such as RDP, SSH, MySQL, HTTPS or VNC. Recordings are encrypted and stored in the cloud, and events can be logged to any SIEM. This enables granular auditing of user actions and live monitoring, ensuring full visibility and compliance without performance slowdowns.
With flexible access via GUI, CLI and isolated web browsing, Keeper enhances security while making privileged access faster and easier to manage.
BeyondTrust session monitoring and recording capabilities can require a multi-component setup for on-premises deployments, including dedicated servers and additional databases to store recorded data.
Gartner reports that BeyondTrust continues to lack the ability to provide information for troubleshooting and guidance to resolve issues beyond basic logging. Its health reporting in customer environments remains undeveloped for administrative reporting and auditing purposes.
Cloud-first secrets management with effortless integration
Keeper Secrets Manager is part of the KeeperPAM platform and is a fully managed, cloud-based solution that secures infrastructure secrets and other confidential data. Integrations do not require any on-premises components to be installed, and you can integrate with your build systems quickly and easily out of the box
Some capabilities, like rotation, use a lightweight gateway to perform the actions locally to prevent the need to open up any firewall ports to the outside. By combining passwords and secrets into a single, user-friendly UI, IT admins can easily manage complex policies and create detailed reporting.
Keeper has more than 100 out-of-the-box integrations that are easy to apply, giving you full control over your secrets management on all of your platforms.
BeyondTrust manages secrets through its Password Safe platform, which includes a built-in secrets management feature. Originally developed as an on-premises solution, Password Safe has expanded to support cloud deployments. However, its legacy architecture introduces added complexity in cloud-native environments.
Gartner reports that BeyondTrust’s offering for workload identity and secrets management provides only rudimentary capabilities.
