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Delinea Privileged Remote Access
Your suppliers need one server for an afternoon. They shouldn’t get a VPN account and a password for a year — Delinea Privileged Remote Access gives suppliers and remote admins browser RDP and SSH sessions with the password injected from your vault, time-bound, recorded and audited with Iris AI — SaaS-only, with no Indian hosting region.
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The Delinea platform family
This page covers Delinea Privileged Remote Access — VPN-less RDP and SSH for vendors and remote admins. The rest:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- Browser-based, VPN-less RDP and SSH access for remote admins, contractors and vendors
- Maker
- Delinea, San Francisco; TPG-backed, CEO Art Gilliland; formed in 2021 from Thycotic and Centrify
- Delivery
- SaaS only, on the cloud-native Delinea Platform; there is no on-premises edition
- Price
- Quote-only; Delinea publishes neither a figure nor a licence unit for PRA
- Credentials
- Injected into the session from your vault, so the user never sees the password
- Audit
- Live monitoring and full recording, with auditing powered by Delinea Iris AI
- Companion
- Secret Server does the rotation and discovery; PRA brokers the session
- Analysts
- Delinea: Gartner PAM MQ Leader (2025); KuppingerCole PAM Overall Leader (2026)
- India
- No Indian region or office; the nearest hosting geographies are Singapore and the UAE
- In India via
- TechBag — access scoping, quote in INR with GST, first vendor onboarding
Understand privileged remote access before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is privileged remote access?
A brokered session to one server for a supplier or remote admin, instead of a VPN account onto the whole network.
VPN accounts for vendors vs brokered privileged sessions — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | VPN accounts and shared passwords | Delinea Privileged Remote Access |
|---|---|---|
| How a supplier connects | A VPN profile onto the whole network | A browser session to one approved server |
| Who knows the password | The vendor, emailed or read out | No one; it is injected from the vault |
| When access ends | Whenever someone remembers | When the time-bound window closes |
| What the vendor did | A VPN log of IPs and times | A recording, reviewed with Iris AI |
| Software on their laptop | A VPN client you have to support | Only a web browser |
| What it is NOT | — | A vault, an on-prem product, or India-hosted |
The cheapest test is one supplier, one server and one recorded browser session — then compare it with the VPN account it replaces.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Tenant
PRA is a service of the cloud-native Delinea Platform. The tenant is created in one hosting geography and its data is geo-replicated across two regions inside that geography.
Browser
Admins and suppliers open RDP or SSH sessions from a web browser; nothing goes on their laptop, and no VPN tunnel places them on your corporate network.
Vault
The target account’s password is pulled from your vault and injected into the session, so a contractor can work on the server without ever being told it.
Audit
Sessions are time-bound and MFA-gated, watched live and recorded; Delinea Iris AI, launched in August 2025, powers the auditing of those privileged recordings.
A browser broker on the Delinea Platform — passwords injected from the vault, every session time-bound and recorded.
Six capabilities. Connect, control, prove.
Delinea PRA brokers one recorded browser session to one server, so no supplier needs a VPN account or a password.
RDP and SSH in a browser tab
Remote admins and vendors start RDP or SSH sessions from a web browser, with no client, agent or VPN profile to install on their device.
One system, not the network
Access is brokered to the approved server rather than dropping a supplier onto your network through a VPN tunnel and a shared login.
Passwords stay in the vault
Credentials are injected from the vault into the live session, so a vendor finishes the job without ever seeing or keeping the password.
Access that expires on time
Each session sits inside a time limit and behind MFA, so a supplier’s access closes with its window instead of lingering for months.
Watch a session as it runs
Administrators can monitor privileged sessions while they happen, and every session is recorded for later review by security or audit.
AI-assisted recording audit
Delinea says its Iris AI engine powers the auditing of privileged session recordings, the review step that usually means hours of video.
Watch Delinea Privileged Remote Access in action
A browser-launched privileged session, why a VPN is the wrong tool for supplier access, and auditing recorded sessions with Iris AI.
Privileged Remote Access Demo
Delinea walks through a browser-launched privileged session with the credential supplied from the vault.
Redefining Remote Access Security: VPN and PRA
Why a VPN account is the wrong tool for supplier access, and what a brokered PRA session changes.
Auditing Powered by Iris AI | Monitor Privileged Session Recordings
How Iris AI is used to review recorded privileged sessions instead of watching each one end to end.
Want a live, India-context walkthrough for your environment?
Book a guided demo →Supplier access usually means a VPN and a shared password. Delinea PRA swaps both for one recorded browser session.
Here’s what genuinely sets it apart — and exactly where it stops.
Suppliers get in without a VPN account
A maintenance vendor needs one server for an afternoon, yet the usual answer is a VPN profile and a domain login that outlive the contract. PRA gives that vendor a browser session to the approved system only, time-limited and behind MFA, so there is no tunnel onto the network and no account left behind when the job ends.
The password never leaves the vault
PRA injects the target account’s credential straight from your vault into the session. The contractor logs in, does the work and leaves without ever reading the password, which means nothing to write down, forward or reuse, and a rotation in Secret Server does not need a single message to the supplier.
Evidence without a video marathon
Every session can be watched live and is recorded, and Delinea’s Iris AI engine, added to the Platform in August 2025, powers the auditing of those recordings. For a team that owes its auditor proof of what third parties did in production, that is the difference between sampling a few videos and reviewing all of them.
Where it stops
Delinea documents RDP and SSH only, with no VNC, web-app or database brokering for PRA. It is SaaS-only, with no Indian region or office. It is not a vault: rotation and discovery need Secret Server. Pricing is quote-only, TechBag’s PAM guide does not verify its scale, and no customers are named on the product page.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Delinea PRA rollout looks like
List who connects to what
Name every supplier and remote admin, the servers each one reaches, and whether RDP and SSH cover all of those sessions.
Settle hosting and the vault
Agree with legal whether an SEA or UAE tenant is acceptable, and confirm Secret Server holds the accounts PRA will inject.
Onboard one friendly vendor
Give a single trusted supplier a time-bound, MFA-gated browser session to one server, and record everything they do.
Review the recordings
Have audit review the pilot sessions with Iris AI-assisted auditing and decide what evidence they will ask for each quarter.
Retire the VPN accounts
Move the remaining suppliers across, revoke their VPN profiles and domain logins, and set a review date for every grant.
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“Our ERP partner used to hold a VPN login for three years. Now they get a two-hour SSH window and the access just ends.”
“Contractors connect from their own laptops through the browser. Nobody on our side installs or supports a client anymore.”
“The auditor asked what a vendor ran on the core server in March. We pulled the recording in minutes instead of guessing.”
“Injection from Secret Server is the best part — we rotated the admin password mid-project and no supplier noticed.”
“It only covers RDP and SSH for us, so the storage team’s web consoles still go through another route. Check your list.”
“Hosting is in Singapore, not India. Legal signed off for our case, but ask that question before the pilot, not after.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the privileged remote access market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag Privileged Remote Access Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
Quote-only SaaS; strongest when Secret Server is the vault.
Hosting Choice × Session Control
The grid nobody publishes — where the broker and its recordings can live, India included, vs how deep the session control and audit go.
SaaS only, no India region; RDP and SSH with Iris AI auditing.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Delinea Privileged Remote Access vs the remote-access PAM field
Against BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access, CyberArk Vendor PAM, ARCON Global Remote Access, One Identity Safeguard Remote Access and Securden Vendor PAM — on deployment, protocols, price, the vault behind it, audit depth and India.
| Dimension | Delinea Privileged Remote Access | BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access | CyberArk Vendor PAM | ARCON Global Remote Access | One Identity Safeguard Remote Access | Securden Vendor PAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | VPN-less browser access | Brokered remote access | Third-party access only | Agentless remote gateway | SaaS add-on to SPS | Vendor access portal |
| Deployment | SaaS only | Cloud or own appliance | SaaS only | On-prem or SaaS | SaaS front, SPS behind | Cloud portal, your PAM |
| Protocols covered | RDP and SSH | RDP, SSH, VNC, web + | Servers, network, cloud | Targets, not protocols | HTML5, RDP, SSH | RDP, SSH, SQL |
| Pricing model | Quote; unit unstated | Per user, quoted | Per vendor, yearly | Per user, in INR | Per user, with Safeguard | Per vendor user |
| Published entry price | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Vault behind it | Vault is separate | Password Safe pairs | Needs CyberArk PAM | ARCON PAM pairs | Needs Safeguard | Inside Unified PAM |
| Scale evidence | Not verified | Verified at scale | Verified at scale | Below the flagship | Platform-level only | Mid-market evidence |
| Sign-in and JIT | MFA, time-bound | IdP, MFA, approvals | Biometric QR sign-in | AD, roles, ticketing | JIT, time-boxed | JIT with approvals |
| Session audit depth | Live view + Iris AI | Watch, record, end | Command-level index | Recorded, monitored | Keystroke-level trail | Monitor and record |
| Integrations | Delinea Platform | SIEM and ServiceNow | Rides on CyberArk PAM | ARCON platform | Safeguard family | Within Securden suite |
| India data location | Singapore or UAE | India – West region | Region not stated | Host it in India | SaaS region unstated | Self-host the PAM |
| Local presence | No India office | India office | India office | Mumbai-built, INR | India office | India-built |
| Lock-in and exit | Platform-bound | Jump agents to redo | Tied to CyberArk | ARCON ecosystem | Safeguard-bound | Portal tied to Securden |
| Best fit | Delinea vault estates | Mixed protocols, OT | CyberArk-run estates | Indian BFSI, ARCON PAM | Safeguard customers | Mid-market, many vendors |
Which approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Delinea PRA if…
- ✓Secret Server already holds your admin credentials and you want suppliers to use them without ever seeing them
- ✓Your remote admins and vendors mostly need RDP and SSH, and you want to retire the VPN accounts you hand them
- ✓Recorded sessions must be reviewed for an auditor, and Iris AI-assisted auditing would save that team real hours
Compare alternatives if…
- ✓You need VNC, web-app, database or OT protocol access — BeyondTrust PRA documents a wider protocol range
- ✓Sessions and recordings must stay in India — BeyondTrust offers an India – West region, ARCON runs on your servers
- ✓Your vault is CyberArk, Safeguard, ARCON or Securden — each sells a remote-access layer built for its own vault
Do not expect…
- ✓An on-premises PRA you can install in an Indian data centre
- ✓Password rotation or account discovery from PRA on its own
- ✓A published price, a named customer list, or an Indian Delinea office
Delinea Privileged Remote Access is one of 29 privileged access management products TechBag carries. The Privileged Access Management guide narrows them to a shortlist and shows the reasoning. →
What do VPN accounts for vendors cost you?
Drag the sliders (supplier and remote-admin users; admin-hour cost). Estimates model the time spent issuing and revoking VPN accounts, sharing and resetting passwords and gathering session evidence for auditors, at an assumed 1.5 hours per user a year, with 70% of it removed by brokered, recorded sessions. Both figures are assumptions. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models your actual environment and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Quote-only: Delinea publishes no price and no licence unit for Privileged Remote Access, and every Delinea product is sold on quote. PRA is SaaS on the Delinea Platform and draws credentials from a vault, so budget for Secret Server too unless you already run it. TechBag scopes your suppliers and admins first, then quotes in INR with GST.
Delinea Privileged Remote Access
Best for supplier and remote-admin sessions
- Quote-only; licence unit not published
- SaaS on the Delinea Platform; interactive demo
- Browser RDP and SSH, credentials from the vault
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
Secret Server (the vault behind it)
Best for rotation and account discovery
- Quote-only, with a free 30-day trial
- On-premises editions or Secret Server Cloud
- Cloud via Essentials, Standard or Enterprise bundles
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
Get an India-ready quote
Tell us your requirements and current tools — we’ll model it against what you spend today.
The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Do all supplier and remote-admin sessions run over RDP or SSH? Web consoles or databases need another route.
Has legal accepted a Delinea Platform tenant in SEA (Singapore) or UAE, given that there is no Indian region?
Are the target accounts already in Secret Server, so PRA has a credential to inject, and who rotates them?
If your Secret Server is on-premises, is it at 12.2.7 or later after the September 2026 critical advisories?
How will each vendor user prove identity — which MFA method, and who approves a new supplier joining?
What is the default length of a session window, and who may extend it during an incident at night?
How long must recordings be kept for your auditor, and who reviews them with the Iris AI auditing view?
Does the quote name the licence unit, the term and the vault it relies on? Ask for INR with GST itemised.
Questions buyers ask
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Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.