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Delinea vs SailPoint

Delinea is an identity security control plane that extends privileged access management (PAM) into continuous authorization across human, machine and AI identities. SailPoint sells identity security software that discovers, governs and secures every human and non-human identity from a single platform. CISO Tribune files both under Identity governance and administration and Non-human identity security. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • Delinea
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Delinea vs SailPoint: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
DelineaDelinea is an identity security control plane that extends privileged access management (PAM) into continuous authorization across human, machine and AI identities.delinea.comSailPointSailPoint sells identity security software that discovers, governs and secures every human and non-human identity from a single platform.sailpoint.com
What it sells
  • Secret Server[1][4][5]Secret Server vaults secrets with automated rotation and session monitoring.
  • Delinea Fastpath[3]Governs access across ERP and business applications.
  • Privileged Remote Access[1][4][7]Provides remote access to critical systems.
  • Delinea Analytics[9]Detects deviations from normal user activity and scores user risk.
  • Delinea Vault[6]Rotates database credentials for PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQL Server on a schedule.
  • SailPoint Identity Security[15][16][23]Continuous, cloud-native identity security solution for modern enterprises.
  • SailPoint Human Fabric[10]Shifts workforce governance from scheduled audits to continuous, always-on protection.
  • SailPoint Agentic Fabric[12][15][17]Discovers, governs, and secures non-human identities such as service accounts, machines, and AI agents.
  • IdentityIQ[10][15][22]Customizable governance for complex, hybrid, and heavily regulated environments.
  • Data Access Security[19]Extends identity security and access controls to data.
  • SecOps Identity Intelligence[20]Delivers governance-grade identity context into security workflows.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesAustin, United States[3]
Founded
Not stated on its pages2005[4]
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesPublic (NASDAQ: SAIL)[2][11][13][28]
Named customers
Not stated on its pages
Recent news
Not stated on its pages
  • October 6, 2026At its Navigate 2026 conference, SailPoint released IdentityIQ 9.0 for on-premises customers and added enterprise-scale features to SailPoint Human Fabric.[10]
  • August 4, 2026SailPoint unveiled its Identity Security solution, combining Agentic Fabric, now generally available, with Human Fabric, the evolution of Identity Security Cloud.[25]
  • June 29, 2026SailPoint completed its acquisition of Entro Security, a Tel Aviv company focused on non-human identity and credentials security.[11]
  • June 15, 2026SailPoint announced its intent to acquire Tel Aviv-based Entro, a company focused on non-human identity and credentials security.[26]
  • May 11, 2026SailPoint launched SailPoint Agentic Fabric, a product for securing AI agents and other non-human identities at enterprise scale.[12]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: listed, seen November 4, 2026[28]
Who it fits
Delinea addresses the energy and utility sector and educational institutions. Delinea describes remote workers and third-party vendors as the users of its browser-based remote access solution. Delinea describes developers and remote teams as people who need access to sensitive systems and data during digital transformation projects. Delinea Analytics is described as providing visibility to IT and security teams.From its own pages, SailPoint sells mainly to enterprises. It names modern enterprises as the setting for SailPoint Identity Security, and complex, hybrid, and heavily regulated environments as the setting for IdentityIQ. Its pages say customers include Fortune 500 and Forbes Global 2000 companies. IdentityIQ covers access for employees, partners, contractors, and non-human identities such as bots. SailPoint-Entro is aimed at IAM and AppSec teams, and its pages speak to financial data and sensitive patient data.
Last verified
November 3, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Delinea and SailPoint are both filed under Identity governance and administration and Non-human identity security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Delinea's primary category is Privileged access management; SailPoint's is Identity governance and administration.
  • Delinea is also filed under Identity threat detection and response.
  • Delinea lists Secret Server, Delinea Fastpath, Privileged Remote Access, Delinea Analytics and Delinea Vault. SailPoint lists SailPoint Identity Security, SailPoint Human Fabric, SailPoint Agentic Fabric, IdentityIQ, Data Access Security and 1 more.
  • SailPoint is headquartered in Austin, United States.
  • SailPoint was founded in 2005.
  • SailPoint is a public company listed on NASDAQ as SAIL.
  • SailPoint publicly names Best Buy, PACCAR, The AES Corporation, Salling Group and Temple Health.

What it sells: Delinea

What Secret Server does[1][4][5]
Secret Server keeps privileged account credentials in an encrypted vault that enforces password management controls. Secret Server identifies and inventories privileged accounts across an environment automatically. Secret Server records and monitors privileged sessions with audit trails and customizable reports.
What Privileged Remote Access does[1][4][7]
Delinea Privileged Remote Access (PRA) provides remote access to critical systems. Privileged Remote Access is a VPN-less, browser-based RDP and SSH solution for managing remote workers and third-party vendors. Privileged access can be managed and monitored through Privileged Remote Access.
What Delinea Analytics does[9]
Delinea Analytics continuously learns the behavior of each user and creates a unique baseline for every identity. Delinea Analytics assigns automated risk scores based on behavioral patterns. Delinea Analytics lets teams adjust risk scoring, thresholds and alerts.
What Delinea Vault does[6]
Delinea Vault rotates database credentials for PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQL Server on a schedule. Delinea Vault updates the database and the secret store at the same time.

What it sells: SailPoint

What SailPoint Identity Security does[15][16][23]
SailPoint Identity Security is the continuous, cloud-native solution within the SailPoint Platform. Human Fabric and Agentic Fabric are its two products. Atlas is the foundation that powers it.
What SailPoint Human Fabric does[10]
SailPoint Human Fabric is one of the two products within SailPoint Identity Security. It shifts workforce governance from scheduled audits to continuous, always-on protection.
What SailPoint Agentic Fabric does[12][15][17]
SailPoint Agentic Fabric is one of the two products within SailPoint Identity Security. It discovers, governs, and secures non-human identities such as service accounts, machines, and AI agents. Agent Identity Security has evolved into SailPoint Agentic Fabric.
What IdentityIQ does[10][15][22]
SailPoint IdentityIQ is an identity security platform built for complex enterprises. Its core modules are Compliance Manager, Lifecycle Manager, Password Manager, and File Access Manager. It connects through standards-based connectors.
What Data Access Security does[19]
SailPoint Data Access Security extends identity security and access controls to data, securing access across every identity, human or machine. It discovers where critical information lives, classifies it, and enforces least-privilege access policies.
What SecOps Identity Intelligence does[20]
SecOps Identity Intelligence delivers governance-grade identity context directly into security workflows. It is meant to help teams investigate threats faster and make more informed response decisions.

Questions about Delinea and SailPoint

What do Delinea and SailPoint sell?
Delinea sells Secret Server, Delinea Fastpath, Privileged Remote Access, Delinea Analytics and Delinea Vault. SailPoint sells SailPoint Identity Security, SailPoint Human Fabric, SailPoint Agentic Fabric, IdentityIQ, Data Access Security and 1 more.
Are Delinea and SailPoint in the same category?
They share Identity governance and administration and Non-human identity security. Delinea's primary category is Privileged access management and SailPoint's is Identity governance and administration.
Where are Delinea and SailPoint headquartered?
SailPoint is headquartered in Austin, United States.
When were Delinea and SailPoint founded?
SailPoint was founded in 2005.
Who owns Delinea and SailPoint?
SailPoint is a public company listed on NASDAQ as SAIL.
Which customers do Delinea and SailPoint name?
SailPoint publicly names Best Buy, PACCAR, The AES Corporation, Salling Group and Temple Health.
Who are Delinea and SailPoint sold to?
Delinea addresses the energy and utility sector and educational institutions. From its own pages, SailPoint sells mainly to enterprises.
What have Delinea and SailPoint announced recently?
October 6, 2026: At its Navigate 2026 conference, SailPoint released IdentityIQ 9.0 for on-premises customers and added enterprise-scale features to SailPoint Human Fabric.

About Delinea

Delinea is an identity security control plane that extends privileged access management (PAM) into continuous authorization across human, machine and AI identities. Delinea Iris AI, the intelligence engine built into the platform, continuously discovers every identity, analyzes its risk and authorizes every access decision in real time. Delinea has introduced a runtime AI authorization agent that can use identity and risk context to automate and enable policy-driven access. Delinea continuously applies policy across on-premises, multi-cloud and ephemeral infrastructure from a single, cloud-native platform.[1][2][3][4][8]

Delinea continuously discovers privileged accounts, monitors activity, and detects threats early. Delinea secures and governs employee access with centralized, policy-based control. Delinea continuously discovers and secures machine identities and secrets. Delinea discovers and governs AI agents with just-in-time, least-privilege access. Delinea embeds security into developer workflows with just-in-time access at the moment of execution.[2][7]

Delinea Secret Server vaults secrets with automated rotation and session monitoring. Secret Server keeps privileged account credentials in an encrypted vault that enforces password management controls. Secret Server identifies and inventories privileged accounts across an environment automatically. Secret Server handles password creation, rotation and expiration with templates and built-in automation, and enforces check-in and check-out, role-based access and approval workflows. Secret Server records and monitors privileged sessions with audit trails and customizable reports. Secret Server centralizes management of privileged account credentials for human, machine and AI identities. Delinea Vault rotates database credentials for PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQL Server on a schedule.[1][4][5][6][8]

Delinea Privileged Remote Access (PRA) provides remote access to critical systems. Privileged Remote Access is a VPN-less, browser-based Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and SSH solution for managing remote workers and third-party vendors. Delinea grants access just-in-time and revokes it when tasks complete. NHIs such as CI/CD pipelines, GitOps controllers and automation workflows request just-in-time access through the same approval processes as human users.[1][4][7][8]

Delinea Analytics continuously learns the behavior of each user and creates a unique baseline for every identity. Delinea Analytics assigns automated risk scores based on behavioral patterns. Delinea Analytics responds to unusual behavior with actions including MFA prompts, session terminations or alerts.[9]

Delinea supports 47 data source types across SQL and NoSQL, in 68 variants, with the same Just-in-Time access, credential protection and query-level audit trail. Delinea supports action-level control for PostgreSQL and SQL Server through its policy engine. Delinea allows developers to install DevOps applications and run processes without having local admin privileges. Delinea has out-of-the-box integrations with common DevOps tools. Delinea lets robots make API calls to get credentials from a central PAM vault and then log in to machines or services. A dynamic secret is created at the time of access request and destroyed when the session is terminated. With Delinea software, service account use can be monitored, logged and audited.[3][6][10][11]

Delinea offers privileged access protection across banking, insurance, asset management and fintech environments. Delinea works with core banking, mainframes and cloud environments, with hundreds of validated integrations. A Swiss bank works with Delinea on identity monitoring. Delinea offers PAM for the energy and utility sector. Delinea addresses ransomware and data misuse at educational institutions.[1][3][4][6][8][9][12][13]

Delinea on the record

Sources

Delinea full record

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SailPoint full record

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