12Port - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

12Port is an agentless Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform for securing and managing privileged access for human and non-human identities across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. It combines privileged access, credential vaulting and automated rotation, just-in-time access, approval workflows, third-party access, session management, and Session Intelligence in a unified platform.

Agentless Privileged Access

12Port brokers privileged connections without requiring agents on managed endpoints. Administrators and engineers can continue using familiar browser-based and native tools while PAM policies control access behind the scenes. The platform supports privileged connections including RDP, SSH, PowerShell, VNC, Telnet, SCP, and SFTP, as well as web application access with credential injection. Credentials can remain protected from users during authorized sessions.

Role-based access controls, MFA, separation of duties, approval workflows, and time-bound access help organizations reduce standing privilege and apply Zero Trust principles to employees, administrators, contractors, and vendors.

Credential and Secrets Management

The integrated vault protects passwords, SSH keys, API keys, tokens, certificates, and other secrets used by people, applications, and machine identities. Automated credential rotation and policy-based controls help reduce reliance on manually managed or long-lived privileged credentials.

Session Security and Intelligence

Privileged sessions can be recorded and monitored with video and detailed event information. Security teams can review user activity and apply active policies to control sessions, including restricting activity or terminating sessions when defined conditions are met. Session Intelligence provides searchable activity and AI-assisted analysis to help teams investigate privileged activity more efficiently.

Integrations and Deployment

12Port integrates with identity and IT environments including Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, OneLogin, ServiceNow, Jira, AWS, and VMware. REST APIs provide additional integration options.

The platform supports on-premises, public and private cloud, and hybrid deployments, along with high availability, disaster recovery, multi-site, and multitenant configurations. Its agentless architecture is designed to simplify deployment and ongoing management while minimizing changes to protected endpoints and existing IT workflows.

Detailed audit trails, MFA, access approvals, credential controls, and session recording can also help organizations implement and document controls for security audits, compliance programs, and cyber insurance requirements.

12Port can be used by organizations deploying PAM for the first time or replacing an existing PAM solution. A free trial is available for organizations that want to evaluate the platform in their own environment.