Privileged access management · November 2026 Edition
Delinea Secret Server vs StrongDM
Eight of fourteen models named Delinea Secret Server first on the direct prompt; zero named StrongDM. Delinea Secret Server was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and StrongDM by eleven and Delinea Secret Server carries 64 labels and StrongDM 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share39%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate19%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#7A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels6417A 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 fourteen 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 modelsStrongDM
Direct801 against StrongDM
Paraphrase110
Comparative10
Budget-constrained013 against Delinea Secret Server
Scale-constrained101 against Delinea Secret Server
Negative008 against Delinea Secret Server · 1 against StrongDM
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 November 2026 Edition, Delinea Secret Server and StrongDM were named in the same answer forty-four times, of the 226 answers naming Delinea Secret Server and the 63 naming StrongDM. In those answers StrongDM took the first choice three times and Delinea Secret Server six.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Delinea Secret Server and StrongDM 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 4.20 | | | | | | |
| 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 StrongDM first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Delinea Secret Server on the left and StrongDM on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Delinea Secret Server and StrongDM stood in it.
Delinea Secret Server first, StrongDM an alternative
8 of 14 modelsStrongDM was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: Netwrix Privilege Secure, One Identity Safeguard
Gemini 3.5 FlashDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360, StrongDM, Teleport
Perplexity SonarDelinea Secret Server alternatives: KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360
Grok 4.20BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server alternatives: KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360, Securden Unified PAM, miniOrange PAM
Mistral SmallDelinea Secret Server alternatives: KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360
Qwen 3.7 FlashDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360, Microsoft Entra ID Privileged Identity Management
Kimi K2Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: Securden Unified PAM, miniOrange PAM
Muse Glimmer 30BDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust Remote, ManageEngine PAM360, miniOrange 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.DeepSeek V4 FlashManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, Securden Unified PAM
Llama 4 MaverickminiOrange PAM alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, HashiCorp Vault, ManageEngine PAM360
GLM 4.7 FlashXManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: BeyondTrust PAM, Delinea Secret Server, Securden Unified PAM, miniOrange PAM
MiniMax M2.5ManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, KeeperPAM
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: BeyondTrust Password Safe, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager
GPT-6 LunaDelinea Secret Server Cloud alternatives: BeyondTrust, KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360
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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Delinea Secret Server5%#5 of 11StrongDM5%#4 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
Delinea Secret Server leads by thirty-seven points.
Delinea Secret Server39%#1 of 12StrongDM2%#7 of 12Enterprise
Delinea Secret Server leads by ten points.
Delinea Secret Server10%#4 of 10StrongDM0%#– 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.
“Be cautious with: BeyondTrust and Delinea specifically due to recent active exploitation patterns” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Delinea had 9 vulnerabilities in 2026 alone with an average severity score of 9.3/10” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Caution point: The risk is concentrated on on-premises Secret Server. Delinea's advisories state the issues affect on-premises deployments only.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Delinea Secret Server is the top recommendation due to its strong mid-market focus, ease of use, and robust feature set” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I recommend Delinea Secret Server (now part of the Delinea PAM platform) as the top choice in most scenarios.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Strong for mid-market; good JIT, session monitoring, hybrid support. Often praised for usability and pricing.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about StrongDM
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“they are more specialized than conventional enterprise PAM suites; confirm coverage for Windows administration” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Not as complete for workforce PAM, endpoint privilege, and traditional credential vaulting” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“Best Overall Value (Simple & Scalable): strongDM ... widely considered the top choice for small-to-medium businesses” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Choose StrongDM when the central problem is secure developer and infrastructure access across cloud and databases.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · alternative
“Better suited to just-in-time access to servers, databases, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared
Delinea Secret Server vs ManageEngine PAM360Delinea Secret Server vs KeeperPAMDelinea Secret Server vs miniOrange PAMDelinea Secret Server vs BeyondTrustDelinea Secret Server vs Securden Unified PAMManageEngine PAM360 vs StrongDMKeeperPAM vs StrongDMminiOrange PAM vs StrongDMBeyondTrust vs StrongDMSecurden Unified PAM vs StrongDMAll twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full PAM standing
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.