PAM
HashiCorp Boundary
Founded 2020San Francisco, CA, USASubsidiary of IBM (NYSE: IBM)Score 4.2/5Evaluated 2026-01-15Website ↗
Overview
Boundary takes a fundamentally different approach from legacy PAM. Identity-aware proxies replace bastion hosts and shared SSH keys, with credential injection through Vault. Best for cloud-native infrastructure access rather than Windows admin scenarios.
Independent editorial review. Author: Deepak Gupta. Last evaluated 2026-01-15.