An objective breakdown of modern, serverless identity governance compared to legacy multi-component password vaulting.
Legacy Privilege Access Management relies heavily on bloated background drivers and Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM) agents running locally on your endpoints. These local agents run deep inside the OS, triggering noticeable background lag, keyboard driver latency, and high resource utilization.
The Huntoso Difference: Huntoso PAM Pro introduces a zero local agent overhead model. By utilizing Microsoft Entra ID native integration and secure cloud-native API callbacks, we manage just-in-time credential access and audits without installing single-line driver hooks or background daemons on local sysadmin machines.
Installs deep background driver hooks, resulting in local lag, driver security hooks, and resource spikes during active rotation calls.
Zero agents, zero kernel drivers. Access is established through Azure native API triggers, keeping endpoints running at peak native performance.
CyberArk projects are notorious configuration nightmares. Due to the legacy nature of its backend database structure and multiple distinct component layers, companies typically spend 6 months or more on design workshops, environment provisioning, network mappings, and custom training before a single policy becomes active.
The Huntoso Difference: Our platform is cloud-native and natively integrated with standard modern authentication models. You can authenticate your Entra ID tenant, hook up your dedicated Key Vault, establish target directories, and deploy active compliant policies in under 10 minutes.
Operating CyberArk requires hosting a massive, high-maintenance web of underlying infrastructure. Even their cloud offering relies on VM architectures, forcing your team to deploy, patch, and manage Vault database clusters, Central Policy Manager (CPM) servers, Password Vault Web Access (PVWA) gateways, and Privileged Session Manager (PSM) proxies.
The Huntoso Difference: Huntoso PAM Pro is entirely serverless and uses a Zero-Infrastructure Bring-Your-Own-Key (BYOK) model. We write secrets and configurations to a dedicated Azure Key Vault and Storage Account that are exclusively yours and encrypted with a key only you control, requiring zero intermediary VMs, database hosts, or gateway proxies to run. (A Hybrid Deployment add-on that places that Key Vault directly inside your own Azure tenant is coming soon — still with zero databases to manage.)
| Component | CyberArk | Huntoso |
|---|---|---|
| Vault Host | Clustered VMs/Dedicated DB | Dedicated Azure Key Vault (BYOK) |
| Gateways & Proxies | PVWA / PSM VMs (Mandatory) | None (Serverless Direct API) |
| Policy Engine | CPM VMs (Requires VM patching) | Native Azure Function App |
Legacy enterprise PAM vendors like CyberArk guard their software behind sales gates. Getting a basic production quote requires navigating corporate sales calls, attending multi-hour canned product demos, and negotiating vague volume discount curves. Worse, licensing is typically bundled with mandatory five-figure professional implementation contracts.
The Huntoso Difference: We provide straightforward mid-market pricing. Huntoso PAM Pro is priced at a clear $20 per user per month (with a 20-user minimum, matching a $3,000/yr flat base), without upfront services costs, modular add-on traps, or complex enterprise gates.
Common questions from mid-market teams evaluating a switch away from CyberArk.
Huntoso PAM Pro is a cloud-native alternative to CyberArk built for mid-market IT teams that need Zero-Trust privileged access management without CyberArk's CPM/PVWA server infrastructure, endpoint agents, or six-figure enterprise contracts. It deploys in about 10 minutes directly against your existing identity tenant.
CyberArk's enterprise pricing typically bundles per-user licensing with mandatory professional services for CPM/PVWA server deployment, often running into six figures for mid-sized environments. Huntoso PAM Pro is a flat $20/user/month with a 20-seat minimum ($3,000/year starting cost) with no required professional services or infrastructure spend.
No. CyberArk's Central Policy Manager (CPM) and Password Vault Web Access (PVWA) require dedicated Windows servers, endpoint agents, and ongoing patch management. Huntoso PAM Pro is fully serverless, executing governance at the identity tenant's API layer with zero prerequisite VMs or endpoint software.
A typical CyberArk deployment takes weeks to months of infrastructure engineering to stand up CPM/PVWA servers and endpoint agents. Huntoso PAM Pro authenticates directly against your existing identity provider and is production-ready in about 10 minutes, with no server provisioning required.
Join the organizations displacing bloated PAM legacy products with Huntoso's clean, zero-trust cloud-native model.