PrivX vs Teleport: Modern PAM comparison
PrivX™ PAM keeps organizations secure and productive with Zero Standing Privileges, ephemeral passwordless/keyless access, and an immutable architecture. Teleport lacks certain access management capabilities, such as comprehensive secrets management (SSH keys management, secrets vaults) and capabilities for OT environments and IT/OT convergence.
Trusted by the world’s leading organizations
PrivX™ is the modern PAM for high-tech, dynamic organizations
Eliminate standing credentials with identity-based, policy-driven access granted only when needed. Secure human and non-human identities with passwordless, keyless, quantum-ready authentication. Fast to deploy and easy to scale across modern, cloud-native environments, PrivX™ PAM is built for today’s most advanced, dynamic companies.
What organizations achieve with PrivX™ PAM
Faster time-to-value
Reduce evaluation and deployment times from months to days - one of our customers completed their POC within two days. The average deployment time is three months.
Improved engineering velocity
New environments can be provisioned and secured within minutes (not days or weeks) thanks to automation - no manual configurations needed.
$2.5M cost avoidance
A customer identified $2.5M-$3M cost avoidance thanks to PrivX.
“Overall the experience with PrivX has been great, the platform makes PAM much easier and more secure by replacing static passwords with short-lived certificates.”
IT admin, Manufacturing Industry
PrivX™ vs Teleport: Feature comparison
| PrivX | Teleport | |
|---|---|---|
| Automation & operational efficiency | ||
| Auto-scaling, performance, speed | ||
| Robust auto-scaling features and high performance | Mostly designed to be both auto-scalable and flexible | |
| Ephemeral, passwordless and keyless access | ||
| Full capability - PrivX creates connection-specific short-lived certificates, eliminating the need for static credentials and password rotation | Full capability | |
| SSH key management, machine identities | ||
| Comprehensive SSH key management capabilities - discovery, automation, and governance in line with compliance and security standards, structured migration path to keyless certificate-based, ephemeral access | Teleport does not offer full SSH key management capabilities - it doesn't offer tools for discovery, management, automation, and migration of existing SSH keys; however, it offers the option to use certificate-based access | |
| Complete identity lifecycle management integration with IDM, IGA | ||
| Integrates with various IAM and IGA tools to facilitate comprehensive identity lifecycle management | Support for identity lifecycle management and integration with IDM and IGA systems | |
| Auto-discovery of assets and accounts | ||
| Automatically discovers privileged accounts in hybrid/(multi-)cloud environments, virtualization platforms, and computes resources in cloud environments as well as OT/ICS assets | Teleport provides infrastructure discovery (resources, servers, databases, applications), but lacks built-in capabilities for the automatic discovery of privileged accounts | |
| Ephemeral access-based authentication (GitHub, GitLab) | ||
| Secure, passwordless access to code repositories, like GitHub/GitLab through ephemeral certificates | Teleport provides certificate-based authentication and integrates with platforms like GitHub/GitLab | |
| High availability (zero downtime upgrades) | ||
| PrivX's architecture facilitates high availability and zerodowntime upgrades | Teleport's architecture supports high availability and can facilitate zerodowntime upgrades | |
| Completeness of offering | ||
| Comprehensive IT/OT access management | ||
| Access management for converged IT/OT environments with support for diverse protocols and on-site/off-site access | Limited OT access capabilities - Teleport does not provide native OT protocol access management | |
| Non-intrusive machine-to-machine connections | ||
| Non-intrusive approach characterized by ephemeral certificates and an agentless architecture | Agentless architecture, ephemeral certificates, and a unified access plane | |
| Session recording and live monitoring | ||
| Robust monitoring, recording, and live session oversight without the complexities associated with agent-based solutions | Live session monitoring and recording capabilities provide real-time visibility | |
| Secrets management, vault, and password rotation | ||
|
Hybrid approach for complete management: PrivX offers vaulting (Secrets Vault, REST API); manages and rotates secrets; supports passwordless and keyless authentication with a clear transition path |
No vaulting capabilities, but can integrate with, e.g. HashiCorp Vault | |
| Database access | ||
| PrivX offers a comprehensive solution for database access control | Robust solution for secure database access management | |
| Secure file transfers with file scanning | ||
| Supports secure file transfers between the user's computer and target devices: file type, virus, malware checks, audit trails | Support for secure file transfers | |
| Endpoint device trust | ||
| Enhances device trust through PrivX Authorizer component (phishing-resistant MFA) | Comprehensive approach to device trust and identity governance | |
| Support for proprietary industrial protocols | ||
| PrivX OT offers a protocol-agnostic approach to secure access management in OT, supporting various industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Modbus TCP, OPC UA,...) without the need for multiple point solutions | Not available | |
| Modernity | ||
| Modern microservice architecture | ||
| Built using microservices architecture, offering flexibility, scalability, and resilience | Modular architecture | |
| Multiple deployment options - Kubernetes, cloud(s), VM, on-premise, SaaS | ||
| Versatile deployment options, including onpremises, SaaS, cloud, and Kubernetes environments | Can be deployed in Kubernetes, on-premises, and in cloud environments | |
Automation & operational efficiency
Auto-scaling, performance, speed
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Robust auto-scaling features and high performance
Teleport
Mostly designed to be both auto-scalable and flexible
Ephemeral, passwordless and keyless access
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Full capability - PrivX creates connection-specific short-lived certificates, eliminating the need for static credentials and password rotation
Teleport
Full capability
SSH key management, machine identities
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Comprehensive SSH key management capabilities - discovery, automation, and governance in line with compliance and security standards, structured migration path to keyless certificate-based, ephemeral access
Teleport
Teleport does not offer full SSH key management capabilities - it doesn't offer tools for discovery, management, automation, and migration of existing SSH keys; however, it offers the option to use certificate-based access
Complete identity lifecycle management integration with IDM, IGA
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Integrates with various IAM and IGA tools to facilitate comprehensive identity lifecycle management
Teleport
Support for identity lifecycle management and integration with IDM and IGA systems
Auto-discovery of assets and accounts
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Automatically discovers privileged accounts in hybrid/(multi-)cloud environments, virtualization platforms, and computes resources in cloud environments as well as OT/ICS assets
Teleport
Teleport provides infrastructure discovery (resources, servers, databases, applications), but lacks built-in capabilities for the automatic discovery of privileged accounts
Ephemeral access-based authentication (GitHub, GitLab)
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Secure, passwordless access to code repositories, like GitHub/GitLab through ephemeral certificates
Teleport
Teleport provides certificate-based authentication and integrates with platforms like GitHub/GitLab
High availability (zero downtime upgrades)
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
PrivX's architecture facilitates high availability and zerodowntime upgrades
Teleport
Teleport's architecture supports high availability and can facilitate zerodowntime upgrades
Completeness of offering
Comprehensive IT/OT access management
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Access management for converged IT/OT environments with support for diverse protocols and on-site/off-site access
Teleport
Limited OT access capabilities - Teleport does not provide native OT protocol access management
Non-intrusive machine-to-machine connections
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Non-intrusive approach characterized by ephemeral certificates and an agentless architecture
Teleport
Agentless architecture, ephemeral certificates, and a unified access plane
Session recording and live monitoring
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Robust monitoring, recording, and live session oversight without the complexities associated with agent-based solutions
Teleport
Live session monitoring and recording capabilities provide real-time visibility
Secrets management, vault, and password rotation
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Hybrid approach for complete management: PrivX offers vaulting (Secrets Vault, REST API); manages and rotates secrets; supports passwordless and
keyless authentication with a clear transition path
keyless authentication with a clear transition path
Teleport
No vaulting capabilities, but can integrate with, e.g. HashiCorp Vault
Database access
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
PrivX offers a comprehensive solution for database access control
Teleport
Robust solution for secure database access management
Secure file transfers with file scanning
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Supports secure file transfers between the user's computer and target devices: file type, virus, malware checks, audit trails
Teleport
Support for secure file transfers
Endpoint device trust
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Teleport
Comprehensive approach to device trust and identity governance
Support for proprietary industrial protocols
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
PrivX OT offers a protocol-agnostic approach to secure access management in OT, supporting various industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Modbus TCP, OPC UA,...) without the need for multiple point solutions
Teleport
Not available
Modernity
Modern microservice architecture
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Built using microservices architecture, offering flexibility, scalability, and resilience
Teleport
Modular architecture
Multiple deployment options - Kubernetes, cloud(s), VM, on-premise, SaaS
PrivX
Teleport
PrivX
Versatile deployment options, including onpremises, SaaS, cloud, and Kubernetes environments
Teleport
Can be deployed in Kubernetes, on-premises, and in cloud environments
PrivX™ is trusted by leading-edge companies
High-velocity finance
Investment management firm secures privileged access for DevOps CI/CD pipelines and configuration management, and identifies $2-3M in cost savings.
Hyper-scale e-commerce
Multinational e-tailer manages privileged access in a containerized environment with 100,000 servers to secure their modern infrastructure.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between PrivX and Teleport?
Both PrivX and Teleport provide modern privileged access using short-lived credentials and identity-based controls. PrivX is designed to support organizations that need to secure both modern and traditional infrastructure, combining ephemeral access with credential management and support for SSH, RDP, web, legacy, and OT environments.
Does PrivX require organizations to eliminate credential vaults?
No. PrivX supports both vault-free access using short-lived credentials and vault-based credential management. This allows organizations to reduce standing credentials where possible while continuing to securely manage passwords and credentials that cannot yet be eliminated.
Can PrivX replace traditional PAM?
PrivX can provide traditional PAM capabilities while enabling organizations to move toward just-in-time and credentialless access. This makes it particularly relevant for enterprises that want to modernize PAM without requiring an immediate migration away from every legacy credential or system.
Does PrivX support legacy infrastructure?
Yes. PrivX supports privileged access across modern and traditional environments, including SSH and RDP access, web applications, and other network-access use cases. This can help organizations apply consistent privileged-access policies across heterogeneous infrastructure.
Can PrivX secure operational technology?
Yes. PrivX can extend controlled privileged access to network targets and OT environments, making it suitable for organizations that need to secure both IT and operational infrastructure.
How does PrivX handle SSH access?
PrivX uses short-lived certificates to provide controlled SSH access without distributing persistent credentials to users. SSH Communications Security also provides capabilities for discovering and governing existing SSH-key environments, which can be important for enterprises with large legacy SSH-key estates.
Does PrivX support session monitoring and recording?
Yes. PrivX provides privileged-session monitoring and recording capabilities for supported access methods, helping organizations investigate privileged activity and maintain audit trails.
Does PrivX support just-in-time privileged access?
Yes. PrivX can grant access based on identity, roles, policies, and approval workflows so privileged access can be provided when required rather than maintaining unnecessary standing privileges.
Is PrivX quantum-ready?
PrivX supports quantum-ready approaches to privileged access, including hybrid cryptographic schemes that combine classical and post-quantum algorithms. I'd make this one of the more prominent FAQs because it's a meaningful differentiation point for SSH.
Today’s leading organizations secure privileged access with PrivX™ PAM
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