Idira vs Primary Access Control: side-by-side comparison (2026)
Idira is a commercial privileged access management solution by Palo Alto Networks. Primary Access Control is a commercial non-human identity solution by Primary. 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.
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Side-by-side comparison
Feature
Idira
Primary Access Control
Pricing model
Commercial
Commercial
Category
Privileged Access Management
Non-Human Identity
Deployment and fit
Deployment type
Cloud
Cloud
Company size fit
Mid-Market, Enterprise
Mid-Market, Enterprise
Company
Company
Palo Alto Networks
Primary
Use cases and capabilities
PAM
Yes
No
Non-Human Identity
Yes
Yes
Agentic AI Security
Yes
Yes
Secrets Management
Yes
No
Least Privilege
Yes
Yes
SSO
Yes
No
MFA
Yes
No
Permissions
Yes
No
RBAC
Yes
Yes
Zero Trust Architecture
No
Yes
Policy
No
Yes
AI Governance
No
Yes
Data Exfiltration
No
Yes
Tokenization
No
Yes
Encryption
No
Yes
Core features
10 features listed
10 features listed
Integrations
23 integrations listed
No integrations listed
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