We performed a comparison between AWS Directory Service and Okta Workforce Identity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Provides good performance and availability."
"AWS handles everything on the backend requiring minimal legwork from our team. We only require a dedicated database administrator while depending on Amazon for RDS."
"I like the manageability. Activate Connect makes it easier to assign information and to manage the resources in the network."
"We like the fact that it's got such great redundancy."
"AWS Directory Service is secure."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Directory Service is cost-cutting features."
"Two-step authentication is very useful and important."
"We can provide specific access to people based on what they need from our accounts."
"Valuable features include UD, SSO functionality, MFA and Adaptive MFA functionality, ability to link multiple Directory databases with UD."
"The most valuable features of Okta Workforce Identity are MFA, and SSO, which have high security."
"The tool helps improve our security and productivity."
"What I found most valuable in Okta Workforce Identity is that it worked together with VMware Workspace One, so there was this device check at the same time. My company used the trusted device method that enabled you to define that only the trusted devices including the Workspace One agent were able to access the applications directly without an additional authentication step."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Its simplicity and its integration with various vendor-agnostic platforms are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable features are ease of operation and visibility."
"It offers very helpful support. The technical team is very helpful."
"Can be improved by including on-premises access for services through Identity Access Management."
"Our only complaint is that you cannot integrate your Exchange server. Or, if you are planning to install an Exchange server on your Amazon EC2 instance, then you need to configure Active Directory on EC2 instance. We would like for this limitation to be lifted."
"I would like to grant partial access to a table contained in a database without having to provide full access to the whole database."
"Some of the security protocols are difficult to understand."
"I would like to see better integration with other business solutions."
"To get CloudWatch to monitor your memory and storage, you have to do some configuration within your server, which sometimes results in errors."
"The AWS Directory Service should be easier to integrate."
"AWS could improve the number of regions. Azure has passed them. The ned more consistency, as far as the Northeast is concerned."
"The only area of concern in the solution stems from the fact that my company needs some help regarding the setup phase from a partner."
"A room for improvement in Okta Workforce Identity is its price. It could be cheaper. The biggest benefit of the solution is that everything works securely without extra steps, so you're saving on your workforce's time and effort because your applications work smoothly and securely, but you'd need to pay some amount of money for that. Another area that could be improved, though not necessarily regarding Okta Workforce Identity, is the SSO applications because so many of the source applications charge extra money to put the SSO to work, which means you have to buy a more expensive license. Nowadays, SSO is a mainstream functionality and it should be out-of-the-box in those applications because it's so easy to set up."
"We have experienced some challenges in integrating this solution with Scope and Cognito."
"The guest user access could be improved."
"Application updates are lacking. Customer support needs to be improved."
"Okta Workforce Identity can improve by having more features in governance."
"The product is expensive compared to other tools."
"The only aspect in which it can be improved is that the interface could be cleaner. I found this even when I was trying to do my certification exam because the certification is hands-on. You find yourself fumbling around a little bit to find simple things. This happens even when you start to get familiar with the product."
AWS Directory Service is ranked 10th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 12 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 2nd in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 59 reviews. AWS Directory Service is rated 8.6, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of AWS Directory Service writes "Extends AD identity and management capabilities to AWS resources". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". AWS Directory Service is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra External ID, Google Cloud Identity and SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt and Auth0. See our AWS Directory Service vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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