Privileged remote access software: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank privileged remote access software by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Privileged remote access platforms used to grant secure vendor and admin access to critical systems without exposing passwords or persistent VPN credentials. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
BeyondTrust dominates this category with a visibility score of 37.5%, more than twelve times the category average of 3.1%. The next two ranked brands, CyberArk and JumpCloud, each sit at 12.5% visibility, creating a clear two-tier structure. The gap between BeyondTrust's composite score of 30.0 and CyberArk's 8.8 is substantial, and every brand from rank 5 onward holds a composite score of zero, meaning the majority of the 20 brands in this category have no measurable AI presence at all.
A notable divergence exists between visibility and citation across the top brands. CyberArk and JumpCloud each appear in AI responses at 12.5% visibility but carry a 0.0% citation rate, meaning they are named but not linked or sourced. ManageEngine inverts this pattern entirely, holding 0.0% visibility yet earning a 12.5% citation rate, suggesting AI responses reference its content as a source without naming it as a recommended brand. BeyondTrust is the only brand achieving meaningful scores on both dimensions simultaneously.
Google AI Mode is the top engine for every brand in this dataset, confirming the audit is concentrated on a single surface. The cited sources list includes gartner.com, g2.com, and reddit.com alongside brand-owned domains such as beyondtrust.com and manageengine.com. YouTube also appears as a top cited source, which is uncommon in B2B security categories and may reflect tutorial or review content. JumpServer appears as jumpserver.com, indicating open-source adjacent content is influencing AI responses in this category.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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BeyondTrust 0% → 38% · rank #0 → #1+38pp
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CyberArk 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #2+12pp
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JumpCloud 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #3+12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
beyondtrust.com
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38% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
BeyondTrust leads with 37.5% visibility and 12.5% citation, both figures far ahead of every competitor and well above the category averages of 3.1% and 1.2% respectively. |
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| 2 |
cyberark.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
CyberArk matches JumpCloud at 12.5% visibility but holds a 0.0% citation rate, meaning AI responses name it without linking back to its domain as a source. |
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| 3 |
jumpcloud.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
JumpCloud shares rank-tier visibility with CyberArk at 12.5% but also records zero citations, placing both brands in a named-but-not-trusted position within AI responses. |
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| 4 |
manageengine.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
ManageEngine is the only brand with zero visibility yet a 12.5% citation rate, meaning its content is used as a reference source while the brand itself is absent from AI recommendations. |
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| 5 |
imprivata.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
SecureLink records zero visibility and zero citations, giving it a composite score of 0.0 and no measurable presence in Google AI Mode responses for this category. |
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| 6 |
fudosecurity.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
delinea.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
strongdm.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
goteleport.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
tailscale.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
anydesk.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
teamviewer.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
netmotionsoftware.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
devolutions.net
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
ekransystem.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
awingu.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
keepersecurity.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
ssh.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
remotepc.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
splashtop.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on privileged remote access software, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about privileged remote access software AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in privileged remote access software?
BeyondTrust leads with 37.5% visibility, a composite score of 30.0, and a 12.5% citation rate, all of which are well above any other brand in the category.
What is the average AI visibility for brands in this category?
The category average visibility is 3.1% and the average citation rate is 1.2%, reflecting a highly concentrated landscape where most of the 20 brands have zero measurable presence.
Which brands appear in AI responses but are not cited as sources?
CyberArk and JumpCloud both achieve 12.5% visibility but carry 0.0% citation rates, meaning AI responses name them without referencing their domains as sources.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most for privileged remote access software research?
The top cited sources include gartner.com, g2.com, youtube.com, reddit.com, beyondtrust.com, and manageengine.com, alongside jumpserver.com and channelinsider.com.
Are there any brands cited by AI but not recommended by name?
Yes, ManageEngine holds a 12.5% citation rate with 0.0% visibility, indicating its content is used as a source within AI responses without the brand appearing as a named recommendation.
How concentrated is AI visibility in this category?
Visibility is highly concentrated: BeyondTrust alone accounts for the majority of measurable presence, and every brand from rank 5 onward holds a composite score of exactly 0.0.