[ SHORT ANSWER ]
If you already run CyberArk for privileged access management, keep Conjur for machine identity in regulated infrastructure — its policy model, compliance posture, and enterprise integrations are ahead of 1Claw's. Add 1Claw for autonomous agents, where you need per-agent policy, action guardrails, an MCP surface, and execution that never hands the agent the credential (Pro and above).
Conjur's host identity model assumes deterministic workloads. LLM agents are not deterministic: their next action depends on input that may be attacker-controlled. 1Claw is designed around that assumption, adding guardrails and approvals on the action rather than only on the credential fetch.
Tier note: the 1Claw capability compared here requires Pro ($29/mo). See pricing.
[ COMPARISON ]
1Claw vs CyberArk Conjur
Capability by capability. A dash means partial or qualified support — read the note.
[ WHEN TO USE ]
Which one is right for you
Most of these are not either/or. Where the competitor is the better answer, we say so.
Use CyberArk Conjur when
- You are a CyberArk shop and machine identity must live in the same governance model.
- Regulatory audit requires a vendor already accepted by your compliance function.
- Self-hosted deployment is mandatory.
Use 1Claw when
- You are governing LLM agents whose behaviour is input-driven.
- You need action-level guardrails and human approval, not just credential issuance.
- You want agents to operate without ever holding the credential.
[ MIGRATION ]
Moving over in three steps
Most teams keep CyberArk Conjur for what it is good at and add 1Claw for the agent layer.
- 1Leave privileged infrastructure credentials in Conjur.
- 2Stand up a 1Claw vault holding only agent-facing credentials, with per-agent policies.
- 3Route agent outbound calls through Execution Intents bindings.
[ FAQ ]
Common questions
Can 1Claw satisfy our PAM requirements?
Not as a CyberArk replacement. 1Claw governs the agent layer and produces a hash-chained audit trail, but it is not a privileged access management suite for human and infrastructure accounts.
Is 1Claw self-hostable for enterprises?
The Vault API is source-available under PolyForm Noncommercial; commercial self-hosting requires an Enterprise arrangement. Talk to us before assuming either answer.
Does 1Claw support consensus approvals?
Yes — M-of-N approvals with approver roles and credential-type requirements, applied to control-plane changes as well as transactions.
[ RELATED ]
Other comparisons
[ FREE TIER ] 3 vaults · 50 secrets · 2 agents · 100 signatures/mo
Give agents access, not copies
Store the credential once, scope it per agent, and let the agent act without ever holding it.