Very customizable and easy to use password management tool
Rating: 7 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Password Manager Pro (PMP) to store credentials for various applications and services that we in IT use throughout the company. The tool is network accessible through our SSO provider allowing for easy access from anywhere. It solves the business problem of having a central and secure location to store application credentials. Applications can be sorted into groups and those can be set so that only certain individuals have access to the credentials that they need.
Pros
- PMP is great for sorting passwords into different groups depending on the category of application access. This makes it easy to find the password that you are looking for.
- Application credentials can easily be saved to the clipboard to make it easier to copy and paste them into the appropriate log in screen.
- Different types of credentials for the same application can be stored next to each other and are easy to distinguish by the icon next to the name. For example, SSH credentials, web credentials, and local root credentials are all easy to sort under one application group.
Cons
- PMP can improve on where granular password settings are stored. It difficult in my opinion to locate where the password complexity rules are to be set.
- Integration with SSO providers is not as straightforward as some other applications I've used.
- Access from a mobile device is far from ideal and makes it difficult to access important credentials when away from a desktop or laptop.
Likelihood to Recommend
PMP is well suited for organizations that have a lot of different applications throughout different departments that all have different credentials. It is also good for setting up sharing so that different users have access to only the passwords that are needed for their work. Users are also able to store their own credentials in this tool without sharing them with any other users. PMP is less appropriate for smaller organizations or ones where only a single department only needs to store passwords. In this case, there are other cheaper and simpler tools more suited for the task.