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Product	Tectia SSH Server by SSH Communications Security View product	AWS Systems Manager Session Manager by AWS View product
Overview
What it is	Tectia SSH Server: hardware-accelerated SFTP transfers and quantum-resistant SSH cryptography. Built for enterprise SSH administrative access. Compare ZTNA alternatives.	AWS Systems Manager Session Manager: TLS 1.2 end-to-end encryption. Built for secure bastionless server administration. Compare Cloud Security alternatives.
Product type	Enterprise SSH Key Management & Encrypted File Transfer Server	Managed Interactive Node Access Capability
Best for	Banking, Financial Services, Government, Defense, Healthcare, Telecommunications	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybridOn-Premise	CloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	On-premises; Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises Server; Virtual Machine; Cloud Virtual Appliance	Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises; AWS Cloud-native managed capability via outbound SSM agent
Data residency	Customer Datacenter / Private Cloud Hosting Dependent	Session metadata and logs stored in selected AWS Region
Key features
What it offers	Hardware-accelerated SFTP transfers Quantum-resistant SSH cryptography PKI smart card & certificate authentication Granular command restrictions Session recording Enterprise SSH administrative access Secure high-speed SFTP file transfer Quantum-ready encrypted communication	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
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: no	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: yes
Supported platforms	Enterprise Datacenter ServersMainframesCloud VMsFinancial Gateways	Amazon EC2 instanceson-premises serversVMware VMsIoT devices running SSM Agent
Compliance	FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaPCI-DSSHIPAASOXFISMA	SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Microsoft Active DirectoryLDAPKerberosPKISplunkSyslog	AWS IAMAWS CloudTrailAmazon CloudWatch LogsAmazon S3AWS KMSAWS Systems ManagerAWS Organizations
Industries	BankingFinancial ServicesGovernmentDefenseHealthcareTelecommunications	Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcarePublic Sector
Regions	Global	Global (all AWS Regions)
Vendor
Company	SSH Communications Security	AWS
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland	Seattle, Washington, USA
Company size	201-500	100,000+
Founded	1995	2006

Tectia SSH Server

by SSH Communications Security

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AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

by AWS

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Overview

What it is

Tectia SSH Server

Tectia SSH Server: hardware-accelerated SFTP transfers and quantum-resistant SSH cryptography. Built for enterprise SSH administrative access. Compare ZTNA alternatives.

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.

Product type

Tectia SSH Server

Enterprise SSH Key Management & Encrypted File Transfer Server

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Managed Interactive Node Access Capability

Best for

Tectia SSH Server

Banking, Financial Services, Government, Defense, Healthcare, Telecommunications

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Tectia SSH Server

Contact Vendor

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Tectia SSH Server

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Deployment

Deployment options

Tectia SSH Server

CloudHybridOn-Premise

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Tectia SSH Server

On-premises; Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises Server; Virtual Machine; Cloud Virtual Appliance

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

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

Data residency

Tectia SSH Server

Customer Datacenter / Private Cloud Hosting Dependent

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Session metadata and logs stored in selected AWS Region

Key features

What it offers

Tectia SSH Server

Hardware-accelerated SFTP transfers
Quantum-resistant SSH cryptography
PKI smart card & certificate authentication
Granular command restrictions
Session recording
Enterprise SSH administrative access
Secure high-speed SFTP file transfer
Quantum-ready encrypted communication

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

Platform & access

API access

Tectia SSH Server

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Single sign-on (SSO)

Tectia SSH Server

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Role-based access (RBAC)

Tectia SSH Server

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Multi-tenant

Tectia SSH Server

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Mobile app

Tectia SSH Server

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Supported platforms

Tectia SSH Server

Enterprise Datacenter ServersMainframesCloud VMsFinancial Gateways

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Amazon EC2 instanceson-premises serversVMware VMsIoT devices running SSM Agent

Compliance

Tectia SSH Server

FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaPCI-DSSHIPAASOXFISMA

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

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

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Tectia SSH Server

Microsoft Active DirectoryLDAPKerberosPKISplunkSyslog

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

AWS IAMAWS CloudTrailAmazon CloudWatch LogsAmazon S3AWS KMSAWS Systems ManagerAWS Organizations

Industries

Tectia SSH Server

BankingFinancial ServicesGovernmentDefenseHealthcareTelecommunications

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Cross-industryEnterpriseTechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcarePublic Sector

Regions

Tectia SSH Server

Global

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Global (all AWS Regions)

Vendor

Company

Tectia SSH Server

SSH Communications Security

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

AWS

Headquarters

Tectia SSH Server

Helsinki, Finland

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company size

Tectia SSH Server

201-500

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

100,000+

Founded

Tectia SSH Server

1995

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

2006