Cybersecurity · head to head
Delinea vs Sysdig
Delinea
Cybersecurity
Privileged access management from the merged Thycotic and Centrify
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Sysdig
Cybersecurity
Cloud-native runtime security platform with real-time detection and response
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- 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.; Sysdig custom pricing requires sales contact, difficult to compare costs
- They diverge on capability: Delinea covers Secret Server, Sysdig covers Real-time threat detection and response.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Delinea and Sysdig actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), 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 Sysdig
- Real-time threat detection and response
- Runtime intelligence
- AI-powered security agents
- Vulnerability management
- Cloud Security Posture Management
- Container and Kubernetes security
- Infrastructure as Code security
- Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management
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 Sysdig
- A mid-market IT team that abandoned a heavier PAM rollout and needs a vault that can be in production in weeksnot Sysdig
- A company removing local administrator rights from every workstation after a ransomware incidentnot Sysdig
- An audit finding that shared service account passwords are stored in a spreadsheet and used by contractorsnot Sysdig
Sysdig
- Real-time threat detection in Kubernetes clustersnot Delinea
- Container workload vulnerability prioritizationnot Delinea
- Cloud security posture compliance monitoringnot Delinea
- Infrastructure entitlement and permission analysisnot Delinea
- AI workload security and threat remediationnot 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.
Sysdig
- Custom pricing requires sales contact, difficult to compare costs
- No published pricing tiers or calculator available
- Primarily focused on cloud-native environments
- Requires integration with existing SIEM or monitoring tools for full visibility
- Steep learning curve for runtime security concepts
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
Sysdig
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Sysdig review.
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 Sysdig if
- You need real-time threat detection and response.
- You work on Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure, Cloud-native.
- You also want runtime intelligence.
Questions people ask
- Is Delinea or Sysdig better?
- Neither clearly leads. Delinea starts at On request and Sysdig at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Delinea or Sysdig?
- Delinea starts at On request and Sysdig at On request.
- Does Delinea or Sysdig run on more platforms?
- Delinea runs on Web, Windows, Linux, macOS. Sysdig runs on Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure, Cloud-native.
- 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 Sysdig is typically brought in for.
- What can Delinea do that Sysdig cannot?
- Delinea covers Secret Server, Privileged session recording, Privilege Manager, Server PAM. Sysdig covers Real-time threat detection and response, Runtime intelligence, AI-powered security agents, Vulnerability management.
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.
Sysdig: How does Sysdig achieve real-time threat detection?
Sysdig uses runtime intelligence with kernel-level system visibility, capturing live system calls to detect threats at machine speed, typically within 2 seconds.
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.
Sysdig: What is runtime intelligence and how does it differ from configuration-based security?
Runtime intelligence reveals what is actually executing in cloud environments through kernel-level visibility, rather than relying on theoretical risks from configuration analysis alone.
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.
Sysdig: What cloud platforms does Sysdig support?
Sysdig supports AWS, GCP, Azure, and IBM Cloud with multiple regional data centers across US, EU, and other regions.
SourceSysdig: Does Sysdig integrate with existing security tools?
Yes, Sysdig integrates with existing SIEM and monitoring tools to provide unified security visibility across cloud infrastructure.
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