Akeyless vs Delinea Secret Server (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Akeyless if

• Fits if one platform should hold both employee passwords and machine secrets
• Makes sense if you need SSO sign-in and audit trails on a vault

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a personal password manager, as it is built for companies
• Tight if you have more than 3 users or 50 passwords on the free plan
• Watch out: Enterprise pricing is not published and depends on user counts
• Watch out: going over a purchased user quota is invoiced at the end of the 12-month contract
• Skip it if you need desktop or phone apps, as only web and an extension are listed

Pick Delinea Secret Server if

• Fits if you run shared admin and service accounts for a company
• Makes sense if you need session recording and audit evidence

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a password manager for yourself or your family
• Watch out: no prices are published, so you cannot budget without talking to sales
• Skip it if you need phone apps or a browser extension, as none are listed on the pages read
• Watch out: a 30-day trial is the only way to try it, and its card terms are not stated

Akeyless

• Enterprise pricing is not published; it is quoted per contract and depends on user counts.
• The password manager is one product in a larger platform built for companies, not for individual consumers.
• The free plan is capped at 3 users and 50 stored passwords, with audit logs kept for 3 days.
• Overage beyond a purchased user quota is invoiced at the end of the 12-month contract.

Delinea Secret Server

• No prices are published; the product page only offers a quote request.
• It is built for privileged access management, not for personal logins or family use.
• The pages read for this entry do not list apps or browser extensions, so only web access is recorded.

Akeyless

Passwords, passkeys and secrets together

Stores passwords, passkeys, static secrets, rotated secrets and dynamic secrets in one vault, with central password generation policies.

Rotated and dynamic secrets

Credentials can change on a schedule or on demand, or expire after use, to cut down on long-lived shared passwords.

Controlled sharing

Share credentials with employees, contractors and third parties through role- and attribute-based access, with time limits.

Identity provider sign-in

Signs users in through SAML, OIDC, Google, GitHub and other identity providers, and enforces MFA through them.

Item-level audit logs

Tracks access to each credential and can stream logs to SIEM and compliance tools; the free plan keeps audit logs for 3 days.

Personal and corporate separation

Employees keep personal credentials apart from business-owned ones, which security teams can govern.

Delinea Secret Server

Encrypted vault

Privileged account credentials are kept in an encrypted vault with password controls, role-based access and approval workflows.

Account discovery

Finds and inventories privileged accounts across the environment so they can be brought under central management.

Password rotation

Built-in automation and templates handle password creation, rotation and expiry, including check-in and check-out of credentials.

Session monitoring

Privileged sessions are recorded and monitored, with audit trails and customizable reports for compliance evidence.

Resilient Secrets

A resiliency feature keeps credentials replicated and available when the main system is disrupted.

Akeyless

• Free$0

  Password Manager limits listed: 3 users, 50 passwords (static secrets), unlimited roles and groups, 3 days of audit logs.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Contract priced by users, with limits up to 100K passwords or custom. Sold through sales.

Delinea Secret Server

Pricing could not be confirmed. See delinea.com.