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Coder vs Delinea

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Coder

Developer Tools

Self-hosted platform for provisioning governed cloud development environments

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
Full reviewWebsite
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Delinea

Cybersecurity

Privileged access management from the merged Thycotic and Centrify

From
On request
Free plan
No
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Coder has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Coder premium plan pricing is not published and requires contacting sales.; Delinea the Thycotic and Centrify lineages are integrated unevenly, so buying the full portfolio means running consoles and agents that do not share one administrative model as cleanly as the marketing suggests.
  • They diverge on capability: Coder covers Self-hosted workspaces, Delinea covers Secret Server.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Coder and Delinea actually diverge.

Attributes where Coder and Delinea differ
AttributeCoderDelinea
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modelfreemiumquote
Free tierYesNo
Platformsweb, linux, mac, windows, apiWeb, Windows, Linux, macOS
CategoryDeveloper ToolsCybersecurity

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Coder

  • Self-hosted workspaces
  • Multi-IDE support
  • AI coding agent support
  • OpenID Connect SSO
  • Audit logging
  • Resource quotas

Only in Delinea

  • Secret Server
  • Privileged session recording
  • Privilege Manager
  • Server PAM
  • Discovery
  • DevOps secrets
  • Behaviour analytics

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Coder

  • Running self-hosted development environments behind a corporate firewallnot Delinea
  • Standardizing developer workspaces across a large engineering orgnot Delinea
  • Giving approved AI coding agents governed, isolated workspacesnot Delinea
  • Enforcing SSO and audit trails on developer environment accessnot Delinea

Delinea

  • An organisation whose cyber insurer now requires privileged credentials to be vaulted and rotatednot Coder
  • A mid-market IT team that abandoned a heavier PAM rollout and needs a vault that can be in production in weeksnot Coder
  • A company removing local administrator rights from every workstation after a ransomware incidentnot Coder
  • An audit finding that shared service account passwords are stored in a spreadsheet and used by contractorsnot Coder

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Coder

  • Premium plan pricing is not published and requires contacting sales.
  • Requires self-hosting and managing the underlying infrastructure, unlike fully managed cloud IDEs.
  • High availability, audit logging, and RBAC are gated behind the paid Premium tier, so the free Community edition lacks enterprise controls.

Delinea

  • The Thycotic and Centrify lineages are integrated unevenly, so buying the full portfolio means running consoles and agents that do not share one administrative model as cleanly as the marketing suggests.
  • Modules are licensed separately by different units, per privileged user for the vault and per endpoint for privilege management, which makes total cost hard to model and easy to underestimate at scale.
  • Delinea does not publish rates, so buyers benchmark against third party and public sector listings; expect list prices to be negotiable by a wide margin, which means the first quote is not the price.
  • Thoma Bravo ownership since 2021 has coincided with firmer renewal pricing, and buyers with a single-vendor PAM estate have little leverage once credentials are inside the vault.
  • Migrating out of a privileged access vault is a genuinely hard project because every automated process that fetches a secret has to be repointed, so the switching cost is real and the vendor knows it.

Pricing, plan by plan

Coder

Free
  • CommunityFree
    • Unlimited workspaces and templates
    • Unlimited organization members
    • Multiple IDE support
  • Premium$undefined/month
    • Ticket-based support with SLA
    • Multi-organization access controls
    • Resource quotas and audit logging

Delinea

On request
  • Secret Server$undefined/year
    • Priced per privileged user, tiered by edition
    • Cloud or on premises deployment
    • Session recording in higher editions
  • Privilege Manager$undefined/year
    • Priced per endpoint
    • Local admin rights removal and application elevation
    • Licensed separately from Secret Server
  • Server PAM$undefined/year
    • Priced per managed server or per privileged user
    • Just-in-time server access
    • Licensed separately

Which should you pick?

Choose Coder if

  • You need self-hosted workspaces.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on web, linux, mac, windows, api.
  • You also want multi-ide support.
Coder review

Choose Delinea if

  • You need secret server.
  • You work on Web, Windows, Linux, macOS.
  • You also want privileged session recording.
Delinea review

Questions people ask

Is Coder or Delinea better?
Neither clearly leads. Coder starts at Free and Delinea at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Coder or Delinea?
Coder has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Coder and On request for Delinea.
Does Coder or Delinea run on more platforms?
Coder runs on web, linux, mac, windows, api. Delinea runs on Web, Windows, Linux, macOS.
Can I use Coder for free?
Yes. Coder has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Delinea starts at On request.
What is Coder best used for?
Coder is most often used for running self-hosted development environments behind a corporate firewall, standardizing developer workspaces across a large engineering org, giving approved ai coding agents governed, isolated workspaces, enforcing sso and audit trails on developer environment access. Of those, running self-hosted development environments behind a corporate firewall and standardizing developer workspaces across a large engineering org are not what Delinea is typically brought in for.
What can Coder do that Delinea cannot?
Coder covers Self-hosted workspaces, Multi-IDE support, AI coding agent support, OpenID Connect SSO. Delinea covers Secret Server, Privileged session recording, Privilege Manager, Server PAM.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Coder: Is there a free plan, and what are its limits?

Yes, the Community edition is free and includes unlimited workspaces, templates, and organization members with OpenID Connect SSO, aimed at hobbyists and small teams.

Source
Delinea: Is Delinea the same as Thycotic?

Delinea is the merged company formed from Thycotic and Centrify in 2021. Secret Server is the former Thycotic product; the server access products come from Centrify.

Coder: What does Premium add over Community?

Premium adds ticket-based SLA support, multi-organization access controls, resource quotas, audit logging, AI governance, workspace proxies, high availability, and custom branding.

Source
Delinea: Is pricing published?

Not by Delinea. Public sector frameworks have listed Secret Server Cloud around 348 GBP per user per year, which is a reference point, not a quote.

Coder: How is Coder priced?

Community is free; Premium is priced per user annually, with the exact rate available by contacting Coder.

Source
Delinea: Does one licence cover endpoints and servers?

No. Secret Server, Privilege Manager and Server PAM are separately licensed on different units. Scope all three if your requirement spans them.

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