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2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™
for Privileged Access Management 

Delinea recognized as a Leader for the 8th consecutive time

Delinea has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management (PAM) for the eighth consecutive time, reflecting our completeness of vision and ability to execute. Download the report to explore the independent Gartner evaluation of the PAM market and inform your PAM strategy.

Why download the report? 

PAM is shifting fast. Continuous identity discovery, zero standing privilege, just-in-time access and agentic AI access governance are redefining what a privileged access program must cover. In this report, you’ll find the Gartner evaluation of the PAM market and vendors, including how they evaluate vendors on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.

A Leader for the eighth consecutive time:  

  • Just-in-time access at runtime: Delinea injects short-lived credentials at the protocol level for servers, databases and Kubernetes, brokered only at the moment of connection. The result is zero standing privilege at runtime for AI agents, humans and machines.
  • Customer satisfaction: Most teams stall between deploying PAM and maturing it. Delinea maps your progress across 70 common PAM use cases and pairs it with robust customer training, so your team reaches value in weeks.
  • Operational resilience: The Delinea Platform holds a 99.995% monthly service level agreement (SLA) across global regions. 
  • Customer trust: Delinea’s customers consistently commend the user-friendly nature of our products. In fact, Delinea has a 4.6/5.0 star rating on Gartner Peer Insights™ based on over 1600 reviews as of October 1, 2026.

Read the latest report from Gartner to learn more. 

Server PAM
"The centralized control, session monitoring and credential management features are particularly valuable, as they help enforce strong security policies while maintaining smooth operational workflows."
 
 
 
 
 
Lead Engineer - IT Services
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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management, Paul Mezzera, Shubham Gera, Tarun Rohilla, Scott Brinker, 21 October 2026.

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Delinea was formed in April 2021 through the merger of Thycotic and Centrify and was named a Leader in the 2022 and 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM. Centrify was named a Leader in the 2018, 2020, and 2021 reports. Thycotic was named a Leader in the 2020 and 2021 reports.