Delinea Iris AI vs Idira: side-by-side comparison (2026)
Delinea Iris AI is a commercial privileged access management solution by Delinea. Idira is a commercial privileged access management solution by Palo Alto Networks. Features, integrations, deployment and the company behind each one, side by side.
Our take
What our shortlists say about the one we picked.
- Idira
Best for: Enterprises putting PAM, secrets and identity governance on one platform
Idira is here for the enterprise that wants to replace several identity point products with one platform, including controls for AI agents. That breadth pays off only if you plan to use most of it, so map which of your current products it would retire. If you only need PAM today, ask whether you can start with that and add the rest later.
From Best PAM Solutions for Business, Fall 2026
Reviewed by Nika (Nikoloz) Kokhreidze.
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Side-by-side comparison
Feature
Delinea Iris AI
Idira
Pricing model
Commercial
Commercial
Category
Privileged Access Management
Privileged Access Management
Deployment and fit
Deployment type
Cloud
Cloud
Company size fit
Mid-Market, Enterprise
Mid-Market, Enterprise
Company
Company
Delinea
Palo Alto Networks
Use cases and capabilities
Authorization
Yes
No
PAM
No
Yes
Non-Human Identity
No
Yes
Agentic AI Security
No
Yes
Secrets Management
No
Yes
Least Privilege
No
Yes
SSO
No
Yes
MFA
No
Yes
Permissions
No
Yes
RBAC
No
Yes
Core features
8 features listed
10 features listed
Integrations
No integrations listed
23 integrations listed
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