Key differences, specifications and fit guidance for BeyondTrust and Teleport, compiled from official documentation and the iThub profiles.
BeyondTrust develops privileged access management software for remote access, credential vaulting, endpoint privilege management and session auditing.
Teleport provides connectivity, authentication, access controls and audit for servers, Kubernetes, databases, Windows desktops and web apps.
Pick BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access if admins and outside vendors need VPN-less sessions and shared privileged accounts must stay vaulted: its built-in Vault stores and rotates credentials and injects them so users never see the password, across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and SSH or Telnet devices. Pick Teleport if the estate is servers, Kubernetes, databases and cloud APIs and you want to drop long-lived keys: it issues short-lived certificates through an identity-aware proxy, without vault dependencies. Teleport also publishes its source code on GitHub under the AGPL.
Choose BeyondTrust ifShortlist BeyondTrust when admins and outside vendors need VPN-less sessions to Windows, macOS, Linux, mobile or SSH and Telnet devices, and shared privileged credentials must be vaulted, rotated and injected without being revealed.
Choose Teleport ifShortlist Teleport when engineers need access to servers, Kubernetes, databases, Windows desktops and cloud APIs through short-lived certificates instead of long-lived keys, and a self-hosted cluster or AGPL source code matters.
| Aspect | BeyondTrust | Teleport |
|---|---|---|
| Core access model | PRA brokers remote sessions for admins, IT staff and outside vendors without a VPN, and can inject a stored credential so the user never sees or types the password. | Teleport combines an identity-aware access proxy with a certificate authority that issues short-lived certificates, so resources are reached without long-lived keys or passwords. |
| Credential handling | A built-in Vault discovers, stores, rotates and manages privileged credentials for up to 200,000 accounts, and the Total PASM offering pairs PRA with Password Safe. | Teleport issues short-lived, auto-expiring mTLS and SSH certificates bound to an identity, and describes its PAM features as working without secrets, credential rotation or vault dependencies. |
| Supported targets | PRA secures access to Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS systems, plus SSH and Telnet devices such as switches and routers. | Teleport works with SSH, Kubernetes, databases, RDP, cloud consoles, internal web services, Git repositories and Model Context Protocol servers. |
| Deployment options | PRA Cloud runs on a single-tenant BeyondTrust instance with a 99.9% monthly uptime commitment. On premises, the B Series Appliance is physical hardware or a Virtual Appliance on VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Red Hat OpenShift, Azure or AWS. | Teleport runs as Teleport Enterprise Cloud or as a self-hosted cluster on Linux or Kubernetes. In its minimal configuration the Proxy Service exposes only port 443 to the internet. |
| Just-in-time access | PRA can require a ticket number, business justification, manager approval or multi-factor authentication before granting privileged access, and vendor access can be time-bound with expiration dates. | Users request the roles or resources they need, policies decide whether approval is required, and privileges expire automatically. The feature matrix places Access Requests and Reviews in Teleport Identity Governance. |
| Session audit | PRA records and logs sessions with a searchable audit trail, sends audit events to SIEM platforms through syslog, and keeps recordings and text logs for up to 90 days. | Teleport records and audits SSH, Kubernetes, database, RDP and web sessions. Its Auth Service maintains an audit log, which can be forwarded to SIEMs such as Splunk and Datadog. |
| Licensing and source code | An on-premises appliance is set up with a software license package sent by BeyondTrust Technical Support, and the license file contains your site DNS name and SSL certificate. | Source code on GitHub is under the AGPL, with the API module under Apache 2.0. Community Edition binaries are free for companies with fewer than 100 employees and less than US$10M in annual revenue. |
| Wider portfolio | BeyondTrust's Pathfinder platform brings PAM, ITDR, Cloud Identity Management and CIEM together, alongside products such as Password Safe and Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows, Mac, Unix and Linux. | Teleport's platform covers Zero Trust Access, Machine & Workload Identity, Identity Governance, Identity Security and an Agentic Identity Framework for AI agents. |
From the iThub profiles. “Not recorded” means the profile does not confirm it. Confirm prices and editions with each vendor.
| Attribute | BeyondTrust | Teleport |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | See vendor pricing | See vendor pricing ↗ |
| API | Not recorded | Yes |
| Founded | 1985 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Johns Creek, Georgia, USA | Oakland, USA |
| GitHub stars | Not recorded | 21.1K ↗ |
| Documentation | Official docs ↗ | Official docs ↗ |
BeyondTrustBeyondTrust is an American company, formerly known as Bomgar, that develops privileged access management (PAM) and vulnerability management software. Its documentation portal groups the portfolio by job rather than by a single product, so a shortlist should name the problem first: remote session entry, standing credentials, endpoint privileges or vendor access.
BeyondTrust describes remote access that works without a VPN, injects credentials and audits every session, aimed at vendors, DevOps and privileged users. It describes a vault that rotates and governs credentials and discovers shadow accounts and orphaned identities. For endpoints, it describes removing standing admin rights, elevating privileges just-in-time, and enforcing least privilege on Windows, Mac, Unix and Linux. Sessions can be recorded, monitored and audited with replay.
TeleportTeleport provides an identity-based access proxy that replaces VPNs, bastion hosts, and long-lived credentials with short-lived, certificate-based access to servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, and internal web applications. It's built and maintained by the company behind Teleport (formerly Gravitational), headquartered in Oakland, California. A free, open-source Community Edition is self-hostable; paid plans add SSO, session recording at scale, access requests, and compliance features, with pricing based on active users and protected resources rather than a published price list.
The README describes Teleport as an identity-aware access proxy, a certificate authority that issues short-lived certificates, a unified access control system and a tunneling system for resources behind the firewall. It ships as a single Go binary and works with SSH, Kubernetes, databases, RDP, cloud consoles, internal web services, Git repositories and Model Context Protocol servers. It is fully compatible with OpenSSH, and SSO works through GitHub, OpenID Connect or SAML with providers such as Okta or Microsoft Entra ID.
BeyondTrust and Teleport both control privileged access to infrastructure, but they start from different models. BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access brokers VPN-less sessions for admins and outside vendors and injects credentials from its built-in Vault. Teleport issues short-lived certificates through an identity-aware proxy for servers, Kubernetes, databases, Windows desktops and cloud APIs, and publishes its source code on GitHub.
Start with the systems and the people who need access. List endpoints, network devices, Kubernetes clusters and databases, and separate employees from outside vendors. Decide whether shared privileged accounts must stay vaulted and rotated, or whether access can move to identity-bound certificates. Then choose Cloud or self-hosted deployment and ask each vendor to price your real user and resource counts.
Pick one Linux server, one Windows host, one database and one network device or Kubernetes cluster. On each tool, enroll them, sign in through your identity provider, grant a contractor time-bound access with an approval step and record a session. Compare setup effort, what the user sees of credentials, the audit trail in your SIEM and the user and resource counts each vendor would bill.
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access stores privileged credentials in a built-in Vault and injects them into remote sessions, so admins and vendors never see the password. Teleport issues short-lived, auto-expiring certificates bound to an identity and describes its PAM capabilities as working without secrets, credential rotation or vault dependencies.
Teleport's source code is on GitHub under the GNU Affero General Public License, and its API module is under Apache 2.0. Teleport's feature matrix lists Community Edition binaries as commercial with restrictions: free for companies with fewer than 100 employees and less than US$10M in annual revenue. Both Enterprise editions are listed as commercial.
Yes. BeyondTrust PRA runs on premises on a B Series Appliance, as physical hardware or as a Virtual Appliance on VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Red Hat OpenShift, Azure or AWS, and is also offered as PRA Cloud. Teleport runs as a self-hosted cluster on Linux or Kubernetes, or as Teleport Enterprise Cloud, where the Auth Service is fully managed for you.
Teleport's pricing page says you pay only for what you use, active users and protected resources, and Teleport offers a free 14-day Enterprise trial. BeyondTrust's documentation points buyers to Contact Sales, and an on-premises appliance is set up with a software license package sent by BeyondTrust Technical Support.
PRA can use local accounts or connect to Active Directory, LDAP, SAML, Microsoft Entra ID, OpenID Connect or Kerberos, and supports TOTP apps and FIDO2 keys for two-factor authentication. Teleport uses existing identity providers such as Okta, Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID or GitHub to issue short-lived certificates, and can also act as a SAML identity provider for applications.
Facts on this page come from these official pages, checked on , and from the iThub profiles. Vendors change plans and features: confirm with them before buying.
