Access engineers love.
PAM auditors expect.
Teleport modernized infrastructure access with short-lived certificates for SSH, Kubernetes, and databases, and earned its following. But its center of gravity is engineering access. Enterprises also need the classic PAM spine: vaulted credentials for accounts that must exist, session video, approval workflows, and real Windows depth. Monopam delivers both sides in one platform, self-hosted or cloud, deployed in minutes.
The accounts that must exist
Short-lived certificates are the right model where targets support them. But root, sa, service accounts, and appliance logins do not go away; they need vaulting, rotation, and check-out control. Monopam runs both models side by side: ephemeral access where possible, vaulted credentials where reality demands them.
Windows is not an afterthought
Enterprise privileged access is heavily Windows: RDP to servers, domain admin sessions, appliances that only speak VNC or Telnet. Monopam treats browser-based RDP as first-class, with video and keystroke-transcript recording, alongside SSH, VNC, and Telnet in the same console.
One platform past the infrastructure
Infrastructure access is one slice of privileged access. Monopam shares a platform with Monosign (IAM) and Monosync (IGA), so SSO, MFA, lifecycle, and access reviews live in the same console, priced per concurrent session, not per resource.
Monofor vs Teleport,
feature by feature.
On the modern infrastructure surface (SSH, Kubernetes, databases), the two are at parity. The gap opens on the classic PAM side: vaulting, Windows depth, and how far the platform reaches beyond engineering.
Compare product coverage. “Supported” does not mean included in the entry price. Read each value alongside its plan, additional-product, and deployment conditions.
| Capability / scope | Monofor | Teleport |
|---|---|---|
| SSH access with recording Native clients or browser, full session capture | Supported | Supported |
| Kubernetes & OpenShift access Native kubectl / oc, verb & namespace policy, JIT tokens | Supported | Supported |
| Database access with native tools psql, mysql, SSMS and friends through the gateway | Supported | Supported |
| SQL command policy & dynamic data masking Statement-level control, masked result sets | Supported | Not offered |
| Browser-based RDP / VNC / Telnet First-class Windows and appliance access | Supported | Partial; verify scope |
| Credential vault with rotation For the accounts that must exist | Supported | Partial; verify scope |
| Session video + keystroke transcript | Supported | Supported |
| Just-in-time access with approvals Time-bound, approval-gated grants | Supported | Supported |
| IAM + IGA in the same platform SSO, MFA, lifecycle, access reviews | Supported | Not offered |
| Self-hosted or cloud Same product, same price | Supported | Supported |
| Per-concurrent-session pricing Not per resource or per user | Supported | Quote-based |
| Deploy in minutes without agents on every target | Supported | Partial; verify scope |
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Common questions.
- Does Monopam cover Kubernetes the way Teleport does?
- Yes. Monopam brokers Kubernetes and OpenShift access with short-lived kubeconfigs and just-in-time TokenRequest tokens, enforces verb- and namespace-level policy, records exec sessions, and lets engineers keep using native kubectl and oc.
- How deep is the Windows / RDP support?
- First-class. RDP runs in the browser with no client installs, sessions are recorded as video plus keystroke transcript, and vaulted credentials are injected so admins never see the password. VNC and Telnet cover the appliances that never modernized.
- Do engineers have to give up their tools?
- No. kubectl, oc, psql, mysql, and native SSH clients all work through the Monopam gateway with policy and recording applied in the path. The browser console is an option, not a requirement.
- If short-lived certificates are the future, why vault credentials at all?
- Because many privileged accounts must exist regardless: root and local admin, database sa, service accounts, and logins on appliances that will never support certificate auth. Those need vaulting, rotation, and check-out control: the part of PAM that certificate-only models leave to you.
- Can we run it self-hosted?
- Yes. Monopam deploys self-hosted on your infrastructure or as SaaS (same product, same price) and is priced per concurrent session rather than per resource, so growing your fleet does not grow your bill.
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