Proud to be a Challenger
Familiar PAM vendors often get considered first. At Segura™, we believe the 2026 Gartner® research can add another perspective when evaluating what each platform can deliver.
Segura™ has been recognized as a Challenger in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management.
We believe the report evaluates vendor positioning, while the Critical Capabilities research examines specific PAM capabilities and Use Cases, including Privileged Credential Management and Privileged Account and Session Management (PASM).
We’ll share our perspective on the research and the questions worth asking during your PAM evaluation.
What we believe Segura™’s 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ recognition means
We believe the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ gives PAM buyers a structured way to compare vendors based on two important criteria: Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.
For teams evaluating their options, we see the research as another perspective to consider alongside their own environment, access requirements, and long-term needs.
Segura™ is positioned as a Challenger in the 2026 report. As you review the research, compare each platform against the requirements that matter most to your organization.
What does Gartner® Critical Capabilities add to your PAM evaluation?
The Magic Quadrant™ gives you the market view. Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Privileged Access Management goes deeper into specific Use Cases.
From our perspective, two areas are especially important to examine during a PAM evaluation.
How does the platform manage privileged credentials at scale?
Segura™’s Privileged Credential Management helps teams manage complex service-account dependencies and automate credential rotation across databases, files, and enterprise applications.
Think about a service account used across several applications. One password rotation can affect databases, scripts, services, and production workflows.
We believe your PAM evaluation should show you how those dependencies are identified, updated, and kept working.
Questions to ask:
- How do you identify credential dependencies?
- What happens when a service-account password rotates?
- How are changes propagated across connected systems?
- How much manual work does the process require?
One Segura™ customer put the operational value this way:
“The vault and the password rotation connects to a wide range of assets, which helps protect our infrastructure, and saves a lot of my team's time in managing privileged credentials.” IT Associate, Services (Non-Government), 50M–250M USD
How does the platform handle privileged sessions and access workflows?
Segura™ supports agentless, browser-based session brokering across web applications, databases, and servers, along with embedded attestation workflows.
For your evaluation, consider asking:
- Which privileged sessions can be brokered without agents?
- How are session recordings captured, stored, and reviewed?
- How is account ownership certified?
- How are active policies validated?
We believe these questions can help you evaluate how a platform would handle privileged access in your actual environment.
What should you expect from Privileged Access Management (PAM) now?
Privileged access now extends well beyond traditional privileged accounts.
Your environment may include:
- Human identitiesAdmins, employees, contractors, and third parties
- Machine identitiesService accounts, workloads, applications, and secrets
- Autonomous identitiesAutomated and agentic systems that can act with permissions
When you’re managing privileged access across human, machine, and autonomous identities, your PAM strategy should cover every identity that can reach sensitive systems or take high-impact actions.
5 questions to ask when evaluating PAM solutions
A vendor can look strong on paper and still be a poor fit for your environment. Bring the same questions to every PAM evaluation so you can compare your options on the things that matter most.
1. Does the platform cover the identities and environments you actually manage?
Map your real environment first: human, machine, and autonomous identities across cloud, SaaS, on-premises systems, endpoints, and third-party access.
2. How does it manage privileged credentials at scale?
Look at credential discovery, rotation, dependencies, and what happens when multiple systems rely on the same account.
3. How does it handle privileged sessions and access workflows?
Compare session brokering, monitoring, recording, approvals, and attestation against the workflows your team actually uses.
4. What does the vendor relationship look like after deployment?
Ask about onboarding, support availability, technical expertise, and how quickly and effectively issues are resolved after go-live.
5. What evidence are you using to compare vendors?
Bring several inputs into the decision, including analyst research, customer reviews, product demos, and your own technical and business requirements
These questions can help you evaluate how a platform would handle privileged access in your actual environment.
How do we recommend using Gartner® research in a PAM evaluation?
At Segura™, we see Gartner® research as one input alongside customer feedback, product demos, and your own technical and business requirements.
From our perspective, the Magic Quadrant™ can provide a broader market view, while Critical Capabilities can add more detail around specific capabilities and Use Cases.
Customer feedback can add context around the experience after deployment.
Then bring your own environment, access requirements, and workflows into the demo. Give each vendor the same scenarios and ask them to show how the platform would handle them.
In our view, the research can inform the evaluation. Your own requirements should determine the fit.
Why we believe Segura™ deserves a closer look
Segura™’s recognition extends beyond the Magic Quadrant™. We’ve also been recognized as a Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice. We believe this customer recognition adds another perspective when evaluating Segura™.
Now, put your PAM requirements to the test. Bring the five questions from this article into your next vendor conversation and see how Segura™ measures up.
Expect More From Your Next PAM Platform.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Segura™ a Challenger in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management?
Yes. Segura™ is recognized as a Challenger in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management. The report evaluates PAM vendors based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.
What is the difference between the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ and Critical Capabilities for Privileged Access Management?
The Magic Quadrant™ gives you a broader view of the PAM market and how Gartner positions vendors based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.
The Critical Capabilities research goes deeper into specific PAM capabilities and Use Cases.
Used together, we believe they give you both the market view and the capability-level detail you need during a PAM evaluation.
How should I use the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ and Critical Capabilities reports when evaluating PAM vendors?
From our perspective, the Magic Quadrant™ can help you understand vendor positioning, while Critical Capabilities can add more detail around specific PAM Use Cases.
We recommend using that research alongside customer feedback, product demonstrations, and your own technical and business requirements when evaluating which platform fits your environment.
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Gartner Report Attributions
¹ Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Recognition (2018, 2020, 2021, 2025, 2026)
- Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management, Felix Gaehtgens, Dale Gardner, Justin Taylor, Abhyuday Data, Michael Kelley, 3 December 2018.
- Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management, Felix Gaehtgens, Abhyuday Data, Michael Kelley, 4 August 2020.
- Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management, Felix Gaehtgens, Abhyuday Data, Michael Kelley, Swati Rakheja, 19 July 2021.
- Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management, Abhyuday Data, Paul Mezzera, Shubham Gera, Tarun Rohilla, Michael Kelley, 13 October 2025.
- Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management, Abhyuday Data, Paul Mezzera, Shubham Gera, Tarun Rohilla, Michael Kelley, 21 October 2026.
² Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice (2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026)
- Gartner, Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Privileged Access Management, Peer Contributors, 24 December 2021.
- Gartner, Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Privileged Access Management, Peer Contributors, 21 December 2022.
- Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Privileged Access Management, Peer Contributors, 30 January 2024.
- Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Privileged Access Management, Peer Contributors, 24 February 2025.
- Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Privileged Access Management, Peer Contributors, 15 April 2026.
