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Product	AWS Systems Manager Session Manager by AWS View product	Venafi SSH Protect by CyberArk View product
Overview
What it is	AWS Systems Manager Session Manager: TLS 1.2 end-to-end encryption. Built for secure bastionless server administration. Compare Cloud Security alternatives.	Venafi SSH Protect by CyberArk is a SSH key management. Key features include risk analysis. Compare deployment, integrations and top PAM alternatives.
Product type	Managed Interactive Node Access Capability	SSH Key Management
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector	Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Technology, Telecommunications
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybridOn-Premise	SaaSCloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises; AWS Cloud-native managed capability via outbound SSM agent	Self-hosted; Cloud (SaaS); Self-hosted; SaaS
Data residency	Session metadata and logs stored in selected AWS Region	Customer-controlled (self-hosted)
Key features
What it offers	Inbound-port-free shell access Browser and CLI interactive access IAM-based authentication and authorization TLS 1.2 end-to-end encryption Full session keystroke logging to S3 and CloudWatch Private port forwarding and tunneling Secure bastionless server administration Centralized access auditing	SSH key discovery Trust relationship mapping Risk analysis (weak, orphaned, duplicate keys) Automated key rotation Policy enforcement SSH certificate authority Audit logging SSH key inventory
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: yes	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Amazon EC2 instanceson-premises serversVMware VMsIoT devices running SSM Agent	LinuxUnixWindows (OpenSSH)
Compliance	SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High	Supports PCI DSS, SOX, NIST SP 800-53 and NISTIR 7966 SSH access controls
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AWS IAMAWS CloudTrailAmazon CloudWatch LogsAmazon S3AWS KMSAWS Systems ManagerAWS Organizations	Linux and Unix serversCyberArk Privileged Access ManagerSIEM toolsServiceNow
Industries	Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcarePublic Sector	Financial ServicesGovernmentHealthcareTechnologyTelecommunications
Regions	Global (all AWS Regions)	Global
Vendor
Company	AWS	CyberArk
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Company size	100,000+	5,000+
Founded	2006	1999

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

by AWS

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Venafi SSH Protect

by CyberArk

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Overview

What it is

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager: TLS 1.2 end-to-end encryption. Built for secure bastionless server administration. Compare Cloud Security alternatives.

Venafi SSH Protect

Venafi SSH Protect by CyberArk is a SSH key management. Key features include risk analysis. Compare deployment, integrations and top PAM alternatives.

Product type

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Managed Interactive Node Access Capability

Venafi SSH Protect

SSH Key Management

Best for

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector

Venafi SSH Protect

Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Technology, Telecommunications

Pricing

Pricing model

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Contact Vendor

Venafi SSH Protect

Contact Vendor

Free trial

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Venafi SSH Protect

Deployment

Deployment options

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Venafi SSH Protect

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises; AWS Cloud-native managed capability via outbound SSM agent

Venafi SSH Protect

Self-hosted; Cloud (SaaS); Self-hosted; SaaS

Data residency

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Session metadata and logs stored in selected AWS Region

Venafi SSH Protect

Customer-controlled (self-hosted)

Key features

What it offers

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Inbound-port-free shell access
Browser and CLI interactive access
IAM-based authentication and authorization
TLS 1.2 end-to-end encryption
Full session keystroke logging to S3 and CloudWatch
Private port forwarding and tunneling
Secure bastionless server administration
Centralized access auditing

Venafi SSH Protect

SSH key discovery
Trust relationship mapping
Risk analysis (weak, orphaned, duplicate keys)
Automated key rotation
Policy enforcement
SSH certificate authority
Audit logging
SSH key inventory

Platform & access

API access

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Venafi SSH Protect

Single sign-on (SSO)

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Venafi SSH Protect

Role-based access (RBAC)

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Venafi SSH Protect

Multi-tenant

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Venafi SSH Protect

Mobile app

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Venafi SSH Protect

Supported platforms

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Amazon EC2 instanceson-premises serversVMware VMsIoT devices running SSM Agent

Venafi SSH Protect

LinuxUnixWindows (OpenSSH)

Compliance

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High

Venafi SSH Protect

Supports PCI DSS, SOX, NIST SP 800-53 and NISTIR 7966 SSH access controls

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

AWS IAMAWS CloudTrailAmazon CloudWatch LogsAmazon S3AWS KMSAWS Systems ManagerAWS Organizations

Venafi SSH Protect

Linux and Unix serversCyberArk Privileged Access ManagerSIEM toolsServiceNow

Industries

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcarePublic Sector

Venafi SSH Protect

Financial ServicesGovernmentHealthcareTechnologyTelecommunications

Regions

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Global (all AWS Regions)

Venafi SSH Protect

Global

Vendor

Company

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

AWS

Venafi SSH Protect

CyberArk

Headquarters

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Seattle, Washington, USA

Venafi SSH Protect

Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Company size

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

100,000+

Venafi SSH Protect

5,000+

Founded

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

2006

Venafi SSH Protect

1999