
Bastion
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Bastion, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Bastion's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Trial deployment | Priced on request | Price and scope based on server count and environment |
The facts
Each one read from Bastion's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access workflow
- Engineers request access for a set time window, administrators approve or deny it, and access expires automatically when the window ends.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Audit and SIEM
- Bastion provides a linked, tamper-proof audit log and exports audit events to the SIEM system in use.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Credential security
- Account passwords are stored encrypted and rotated automatically on a set schedule.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Deployment and data location
- The server runs in the customer’s infrastructure with MariaDB, and session recordings and audit logs stay in that network.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker identifies IT teams and MSPs managing 20 to a few hundred servers as a good fit and seeks trial deployments with teams managing 20 or more.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Network model
- Agents on managed servers initiate outbound connections to the Bastion server, so Bastion requires no new inbound firewall ports.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Notable limits
- Bastion focuses on operating systems rather than databases, network routers, or cloud consoles; complex IAM integrations and specific high-availability architectures need individual discussion.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Patching
- Central patch management covers Linux packages and Windows Update, with security labels, package holds, install history, and version rollback.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Bastion is a privileged access management platform for controlling SSH and RDP access to Linux and Windows servers on your own infrastructure.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Session recording
- SSH and RDP sessions are recorded for later replay, and administrators can watch active sessions live.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker describes Bastion as built in Lithuania and offers local support, with [email protected] listed as the contact address.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser sessions
- SSH terminals and RDP desktops open in the browser without a VPN or extra software on the engineer’s machine.checked 9 Oct 2026
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