Cybersecurity · head to head
Delinea vs Endor Labs

Delinea
Cybersecurity
Privileged access management from the merged Thycotic and Centrify
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -

Endor Labs
Cybersecurity
Security and AI agent governance for code and supply chain
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Endor Labs has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: 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.; Endor Labs pricing requires contacting sales, no transparent rates
- They diverge on capability: Delinea covers Secret Server, Endor Labs covers AI coding agent governance.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Delinea and Endor Labs actually diverge.
| Attribute | Delinea | Endor Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | Free |
| Pricing model | quote | Seat-based per contributing developer with volume discounts |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Web, Windows, Linux, macOS | Web, CLI, IDE |
| Founded | Unknown | 2021 |
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Cybersecurity).
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 Delinea
- Secret Server
- Privileged session recording
- Privilege Manager
- Server PAM
- Discovery
- DevOps secrets
- Behaviour analytics
Only in Endor Labs
- AI coding agent governance
- SAST scanning
- Secrets detection
- Reachability analysis
- Open source dependency scanning
- Package firewall
- MCP server integration
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Delinea
- An organisation whose cyber insurer now requires privileged credentials to be vaulted and rotatednot Endor Labs
- A mid-market IT team that abandoned a heavier PAM rollout and needs a vault that can be in production in weeksnot Endor Labs
- A company removing local administrator rights from every workstation after a ransomware incidentnot Endor Labs
- An audit finding that shared service account passwords are stored in a spreadsheet and used by contractorsnot Endor Labs
Endor Labs
- Securing AI coding agent outputs before deploymentnot Delinea
- Reducing SAST false positives with reachability analysisnot Delinea
- Managing open source supply chain risknot Delinea
- Enforcing security policies in CI/CD pipelinesnot Delinea
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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.
Endor Labs
- Pricing requires contacting sales, no transparent rates
- Developer tier lacks UI and historical scan data
- Free tier limited to local scanning only
- Seat-based model may become expensive for large teams
Pricing, plan by plan
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
Endor Labs
Free- DeveloperFree
- Local scanning
- Read-only vulnerability data
- No UI, policies, or scan history
Which should you pick?
Choose Delinea if
- You need secret server.
- You work on Web, Windows, Linux, macOS.
- You also want privileged session recording.
Choose Endor Labs if
- You need ai coding agent governance.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, CLI, IDE.
- You also want sast scanning.
Questions people ask
- Is Delinea or Endor Labs better?
- Neither clearly leads. Delinea starts at On request and Endor Labs at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Delinea or Endor Labs?
- Endor Labs has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Delinea and Free for Endor Labs.
- Does Delinea or Endor Labs run on more platforms?
- Delinea runs on Web, Windows, Linux, macOS. Endor Labs runs on Web, CLI, IDE.
- Can I use Endor Labs for free?
- Yes. Endor Labs has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Delinea starts at On request.
- What is Delinea best used for?
- Delinea is most often used for an organisation whose cyber insurer now requires privileged credentials to be vaulted and rotated, a mid-market it team that abandoned a heavier pam rollout and needs a vault that can be in production in weeks, a company removing local administrator rights from every workstation after a ransomware incident, an audit finding that shared service account passwords are stored in a spreadsheet and used by contractors. Of those, an organisation whose cyber insurer now requires privileged credentials to be vaulted and rotated and a mid-market it team that abandoned a heavier pam rollout and needs a vault that can be in production in weeks are not what Endor Labs is typically brought in for.
- What can Delinea do that Endor Labs cannot?
- Delinea covers Secret Server, Privileged session recording, Privilege Manager, Server PAM. Endor Labs covers AI coding agent governance, SAST scanning, Secrets detection, Reachability analysis.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
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.
Endor Labs: What is the difference between Endor Labs Developer and paid tiers?
Developer tier is free and provides local scanning via MCP server with read-only vulnerability access and no UI. Paid tiers (Core and Pro) add team features like policy enforcement, enterprise integrations, reporting, and scan history.
SourceDelinea: 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.
Endor Labs: How does Endor Labs define seats for pricing?
Seats are calculated per contributing developer (those with commits in monitored repositories within the last 90 days). Volume discounts apply as team size grows.
SourceDelinea: 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.
Endor Labs: Does Endor Labs support on-premises deployment?
The platform is cloud-based SaaS by default. Enterprise customers should contact sales to discuss custom deployment options.
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