StrongDM: The Dynamic Access Management Platform
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A mature solution for dynamic access control.
What do you like best about the product?
StrongDM supports the richest set of connectivity protocols covering all your infrastructure.
It is easy to deploy and maintain.
End users continue using their favorite client application for remote access to databases, servers, clouds, clusters.
Credentials broker feature allows to manage service credentials without affecting end users' access.
Ease of implementing role based access and improve least privilege posture.
Extensive logging capabilities will assist with your security audits and investigations.
Their customer support is knowledgeable and responsive.
It is easy to deploy and maintain.
End users continue using their favorite client application for remote access to databases, servers, clouds, clusters.
Credentials broker feature allows to manage service credentials without affecting end users' access.
Ease of implementing role based access and improve least privilege posture.
Extensive logging capabilities will assist with your security audits and investigations.
Their customer support is knowledgeable and responsive.
What do you dislike about the product?
The product is not cheap. Though it is worth the investment.
I am looking for better capabilities of extracting audit data out of the StrongDM platform.
I am looking for better capabilities of extracting audit data out of the StrongDM platform.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Implementation of the centralizes access management covering all corporate infrastructure.
Instant life improvement to access your infra
What do you like best about the product?
It's quite easy to use and a big improvement compared to a standard VPN.
It moves most of the complexity to your DevOps team and for the developers is a great time saver.
It moves most of the complexity to your DevOps team and for the developers is a great time saver.
What do you dislike about the product?
It would help if you had a capable team to manage it.
There are also a lot of useful features that are coming shortly but for the moment the core features are there and working decently well with few bugs.
The price is not for everyone.
There are also a lot of useful features that are coming shortly but for the moment the core features are there and working decently well with few bugs.
The price is not for everyone.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have multiple k8s clusters, databases, VMs and probably something else and with strongdm everyone that have access can connect to the needed resource in no time.
No more sloppy VPN connection to deal with. Big time saver and much smoother process to connect and switch environment.
No more sloppy VPN connection to deal with. Big time saver and much smoother process to connect and switch environment.
Modern and simple private access solution
What do you like best about the product?
Modern and simple design. Working as expected.
What do you dislike about the product?
Unfortunately I encountered a small bug that caused the same device to be registered twice for MFA breaking MFA entirely.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Accessing protected infrastructure of a customer.
UseFul for enterprise level application
What do you like best about the product?
Centralized Access Control
Audit Trails and Monitoring
Simplified Onboarding and Offboarding
Secure Access
Integration with Various Data Stores
Reports Library
Audit Trails and Monitoring
Simplified Onboarding and Offboarding
Secure Access
Integration with Various Data Stores
Reports Library
What do you dislike about the product?
Dependency on Internet Connection
Learning Curve
Learning Curve
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reports library is very use full which is new feature of strongdm team has enhanced.
A+ Software, A Must When Security Is Paramount But Users Need Access!
What do you like best about the product?
In Kubernetes, it makes switching between contexts, providing access (both role-based and temporary), and configuring your local kube config so seamless and so easy, it is actually painless. We handle dozens of environments and hundreds of datasources, and by leveraging their sdm CLI util, macbook app, and SDK, we are able to provision and maintain it all, with little-to-no issues. We use it multiple times a day and our dev teams use it multiple times an hour. Great customer service with timely, insightful responses. It was fairly easy to integrate into our existing infra.
What do you dislike about the product?
Would not say 'dislike' persay, but there is functionality we are waiting to see included in the sdm CLI to make managing some of the admin resources a bit easier. There is also an odd bug involving incorrect ports/local ports *sticking* to some datasources in the SDM macbook client app. Easy enough to workaround, though. It is a rare occurence.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Maintaining and provisioning hundreds of users and thousands of datasources in an organized, secure, and easy-to-use manner.
StrongDM - One of the best Access platforms out there
What do you like best about the product?
StrongDM provides a complete platform for managing access to infrastructure of all types. More traditional IT as well as modern cloud platforms such as AWS and Kubernetes. It integrates with identity systems and supports SCIM so you can continue to manage access controls in your existing IdP platforms.
Their customer support is very responsive even off hours.
Their customer support is very responsive even off hours.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are a few limitations in the UI for viewing access assignments from a user to a specific resource. Roles are used to assign resources to users but when you view a user, you can't see the resources they have, only the roles. It requires some CLI work to get the end to end picture. For this reason it's important to avoid using a lot of different roles.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We cannot give users passwords to systems and must maintain separation of duties. This product allows us to give our developers access to databses without managing individual credentials on every databsae. We have over 50 databsaes and hundreds of users. We aren't a huge company with a dedicated team to manage access requests. This product lets us easily manage access.
The other huge benefit is auditing. We are audited annually and this product gives us an audit trail of who accessed what resource and in some cases, what they executed against a particular resource (e.g. SQL, Shell commands)
Lastly, we have a lot of non-technical people who have to access databases to run queries. The Windows client is very simply to use for our non-technical people. No CLI required, just view list of resources and "connect" as needed.
The other huge benefit is auditing. We are audited annually and this product gives us an audit trail of who accessed what resource and in some cases, what they executed against a particular resource (e.g. SQL, Shell commands)
Lastly, we have a lot of non-technical people who have to access databases to run queries. The Windows client is very simply to use for our non-technical people. No CLI required, just view list of resources and "connect" as needed.
Feature velocity is picking up!
What do you like best about the product?
- core feature set works flawlessly
- support team is responsive, and knowledgable, providing complete answers and potential workarounds.
- the slack integration has sped up our team
- The CX team is engaged and listens to feature requests
Overall, I'm really excited about what SDM will look like in 2025
- support team is responsive, and knowledgable, providing complete answers and potential workarounds.
- the slack integration has sped up our team
- The CX team is engaged and listens to feature requests
Overall, I'm really excited about what SDM will look like in 2025
What do you dislike about the product?
Lack of deep integration with GCP console and other resources
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
JIT access to resources. Session recording. Audit logs.
Straightforward & easy to deploy.
What do you like best about the product?
Purchasing StrongDM is as easy as implementing it. Transparent pricing and ease of purchase makes this more appealing than all other "enterprise" PAM out there. -- It does access control and logging while allowing our developers to use their own favorite tools. Something that can't be said for all other PAMs we have explored.
We requested a minor feature to make StrongDM work in our envrionment. We waited about a month or so to get this feature shipped!
We requested a minor feature to make StrongDM work in our envrionment. We waited about a month or so to get this feature shipped!
What do you dislike about the product?
A more granular permission system & connectivity configuration would be nice. Low-level error messages should be sent to StrongDM instead of forcing sysadmins to SSH into relays. Advanced log (e.g. ship logs to S3) costs extra. Additional scripting is required to get everything archived in S3.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We need PAM. We need IAM. But our developers need privileged access using their own favorite tool. Yes, we are more productive and are more secure thanks to StrongDM
Access to resources in single click!
What do you like best about the product?
StrongDM helped to mitigate old solutions using VPN and right now all of our engineers can connect to the resources in just one click! It is super easy to setup new resource.
What do you dislike about the product?
You need to create as any resource as access levels to them, so it complicates a lot, as you would like to have one single resource configured with x access levels, you need to create x times resources.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Stopping using legacy VPN client and having least-privileges approach.
Powerful tool for access management
What do you like best about the product?
Temporary access grants is fantastic
The ability to automate access requests/approval is mission-critical (currently using an access bot).
SSO integration helps a lot with user management
The ability to automate access requests/approval is mission-critical (currently using an access bot).
SSO integration helps a lot with user management
What do you dislike about the product?
Improved client software stability and the ability to reconnect automatically are needed when using SDM for automated processes that rely on SDM db connection.
Better logging/audit trail that is exportable
Direct integration with monitoring systems Datadog, CloudWatch, etc) or better monitoring facility
Better logging/audit trail that is exportable
Direct integration with monitoring systems Datadog, CloudWatch, etc) or better monitoring facility
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Temporary access grants for accessing sensitive data
Access granting automation allows for low friction workflow
Access granting automation allows for low friction workflow
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