Devolutions Server
Privileged access management (PAM) software
Identity management software
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What is Devolutions Server
Devolutions Server is a self-hosted privileged access management platform used to centralize, secure, and audit access to IT credentials and remote connections. It is typically used by IT operations, help desk, and security teams that need shared vaulting, role-based access controls, and session governance for administrative access. The product commonly pairs with Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager to provide a managed repository for credentials, secrets, and connection metadata with auditing and approval workflows. It supports deployment in on-premises environments where organizations prefer to keep privileged data within their own infrastructure.
Centralized credential and secret vault
Devolutions Server provides a shared repository for privileged credentials, secrets, and connection records to reduce unmanaged storage in files and personal password managers. It supports role-based access controls and inheritance models to standardize who can view, use, or edit entries. Centralization also simplifies offboarding and credential rotation processes by reducing reliance on individual administrators.
Auditing and access governance
The platform maintains audit trails for administrative actions and access to stored items, supporting accountability and compliance reporting. It includes governance features such as approvals and controlled access patterns that help teams enforce least privilege. These controls are useful in environments where multiple operators share access to the same infrastructure.
Integrates with remote access workflows
Devolutions Server is designed to work closely with remote connection tooling (notably within the Devolutions ecosystem) so teams can launch sessions while keeping credentials protected. This reduces copy/paste credential handling and helps standardize how sessions are initiated. The approach fits IT service teams that manage many endpoints and systems across different protocols.
Not a full IAM suite
Although it can integrate with directory services for authentication and authorization, Devolutions Server is primarily oriented around privileged access rather than broad workforce identity lifecycle management. Organizations needing full provisioning/deprovisioning, HR-driven identity workflows, and extensive SaaS app governance may require additional identity management tooling. This can increase overall architecture complexity when compared with platforms built primarily for identity management.
Ecosystem-dependent best experience
Many operational workflows are strongest when used with companion tools in the same vendor ecosystem, especially for day-to-day remote session launching and connection management. Teams using a different primary remote access toolset may not realize the same level of integration and may need custom configuration. This can affect adoption in heterogeneous environments.
Self-hosting operational overhead
As a self-hosted server product, it requires internal resources for deployment, upgrades, backups, and high availability planning. Organizations must also manage database, certificate, and network dependencies to meet security and uptime requirements. For smaller teams, this can be more burdensome than a fully managed service.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 (up to 10 users) | Self-hosted credential vault with SSO (Azure AD/Entra ID), MFA and core DVLS features; reintroduced in 2024.1 and available up to 10 users. |
| Team | Not listed on official site / Contact sales | Team-oriented subscription; included with Remote Desktop Manager Team edition; provides shared vaulting and team management features. |
| Enterprise | Not listed on official site / Contact sales | Enterprise-tier with Devolutions Gateway and Privileged Access Management integrations; advanced RBAC, auditing and reporting. |
| Platinum | Not listed on official site / Contact sales | Top-tier edition (Platinum) — includes Gateway/PAM integrations and premium features; pricing not published on site. |
| Starter Pack (bundle including Devolutions Server) | $25 per user/month (up to 5 users) | Starter Pack bundle (workforce password management, remote access, remote connection, privileged access) — advertised at $25/user/month for up to 5 users. |
Seller details
Devolutions Inc.
Laval, Quebec, Canada
2010
Private
https://devolutions.net/
https://x.com/devolutions
https://www.linkedin.com/company/devolutions/
