12port Review, Pricing & Features

12Port is an agentless PAM platform that brokers, vaults, rotates, and records privileged sessions for human, AI, and machine identities across on-prem,…

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12Port does not publish per-user prices, since PAM pricing depends on deployment topology and target system count. It offers a 30-day free trial (no card required) followed by a scoping call and a custom, per-named-user quote covering all four bundled modules.
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12Port is an agentless Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform built for on-prem, cloud, and isolated/air-gapped networks. Rather than installing agents on every target system, 12Port brokers privileged sessions (SSH, RDP, PowerShell, VNC, Telnet, and HTTP(s)) through a secured vault, so credentials for human, AI, and machine identities are never directly disclosed to the person or process requesting access. The platform bundles four capability areas into a single license: Privileged Access Management (agentless brokering, just-in-time elevation, approval workflows, full session recording), Credential Vault (centralized storage for service accounts, API keys, certificates, and SSH/database credentials with just-in-time credential injection), Account Management (automated password reset, key rotation, and reconciliation across systems), and AI & Session Intelligence (an MCP server for AI agents, real-time monitoring, behavioral analytics, and adaptive MFA). It also offers AccessWall, a control that blocks direct SSH/RDP access to force all sessions through the broker, plus full session video and transcripts for audit purposes. 12Port targets workforce/developer production access, third-party and vendor access, managed service providers, and regulated industries such as healthcare, banking/financial services, manufacturing/OT, energy/utilities, and government, and states it is 100% founder and employee owned.

Key Features

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Agentless deployment means no software has to be installed on target systems, which shortens time-to-value compared to agent-based PAM tools
  • All four capability areas (PAM, credential vault, account management, AI & session intelligence) are bundled into a single per-user license rather than sold as separate add-on SKUs
  • Supports on-prem, private cloud, and air-gapped deployment models, which suits data-sovereignty-sensitive and regulated customers
  • Purpose-built module for AI agent identities (MCP server, session intelligence) in addition to human and machine identities

Cons

  • No public pricing figures are published; buyers must go through a scoping call and quote process to learn actual cost
  • No customer testimonials, logos, or case studies are shown on the public site, making it harder to independently verify real-world deployments
  • Founding year, headquarters location, and leadership team details are not disclosed on the public site

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