BeyondTrust Password Safe vs Teleport
BeyondTrust Password Safe
BeyondTrust Password Safe is an enterprise PAM platform covering credential vaulting, session management, and privileged task automation. As part of BeyondTrust's Total Privileged Access Management Platform, it pairs with Endpoint Privilege Management (removing local admin rights) and Remote Support. BeyondTrust is a consistent Gartner Leader and is especially strong in heterogeneous environments with Unix/Linux/Mac workload coverage.
Pros
- Strong coverage of Unix, Linux, and Mac workloads
- Integrated EPM removes local admin rights cleanly
- Mature SSH key management
- Flexible deployment (cloud, on-prem, hybrid)
Cons
- Complex product suite; multiple SKUs to piece together
- Licensing model can be confusing
- Enterprise-only pricing
- Administrative UI less modern than newer competitors
Pricing: Contact sales
Teleport
Teleport is a modern infrastructure access platform that unifies SSH, Kubernetes, database, and application access behind a single identity-aware proxy. It replaces VPNs, bastion hosts, and shared credentials with short-lived certificates tied to SSO identity. Teleport is open source at its core (Apache 2.0), with a commercial Enterprise tier that adds FedRAMP, IdP hosting, and advanced policies. It is popular with DevOps and SRE teams operating at cloud-native scale.
Pros
- Excellent developer experience; cloud-native design
- Open source core with strong enterprise tier
- Short-lived certs eliminate shared credentials and password sprawl
- Broad protocol support (SSH, K8s, DB, apps) in one tool
Cons
- Enterprise features require the paid tier
- Complex to operate at scale without dedicated SREs
- Self-hosted HA setup requires Postgres/etcd expertise
- Smaller integration catalog than legacy PAM vendors
Pricing: Community Edition free; Team from $15/user/mo; Enterprise custom