We compared Appgate SDP and Okta Workforce Identity across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Appgate SDP requires a moderately complex setup and has a learning curve, whereas Okta Workforce Identity offers a generally straightforward and easy setup. Appgate SDP provides flexibility and robustness with strong configuration capabilities, while Okta Workforce Identity is praised for its user-friendly nature and simplicity. Appgate SDP is considered expensive, while Okta Workforce Identity is reasonably priced. Appgate SDP's user interface is challenging to navigate, while Okta Workforce Identity's interface could be more intuitive. In summary, Appgate SDP prioritizes security and preventing lateral movement, while Okta Workforce Identity focuses on ease of use and integration capabilities.
"It is a scalable solution...The support answers your questions very fast."
"It is pretty stable."
"The flexibility of the tool is valuable. It is very robust. It has a very robust configuration capability."
"One of the most important features is stopping lateral movement across our network."
"The interface is really friendly. It's simple to understand."
"The simplicity of the SDP platform is a standout feature; instead of navigating through intricate details, users can seamlessly connect to the company's network or switch to the internet with minimal effort."
"The ease of deployment, ease of use, and speed of delivery is what I like about Okta Workforce Identity. It is very easy to use. For a lot of software, you need to be trained extensively and have a very technical background. Okta Workforce Identity is quite simple. You can integrate any software into Okta. They've got a network of 7,000 applications that easily integrate into it."
"The product is easy to use."
"One of the features that I have found to be very valuable is its interoperability and compatibility with all types of resources, whether it's networking, infrastructure, or applications. That is, it is compatible as well as interoperable, as far as the federated authentication is concerned."
"It offers very helpful support. The technical team is very helpful."
"It made things a lot easier, especially with passwords."
"The product’s most valuable feature is multifactor authentication."
"The most valuable feature in Okta Workforce Identity is the single sign-on, universal directory, and lifecycle management."
"The solution so far has been very stable."
"The user interface should be improved as it is not very easy to work with the updates."
"One thing that kind of sticks out to me is the ability to do a proper non-split tunnel. VPN tunnel-wise, it is not really a true unsplit tunnel, but I think that's just because of the way it's designed. A split VPN basically allows your system to talk to other systems without being forced down the tunnel. A VPN running in a non-split tunnel mode forces all the traffic down the tunnel to wherever you're VPNing to. It forces the traffic down so that the traffic is subject to the firewall and rules that you have in your corporate environment and such. It helps to prevent remote malicious folks that may be talking directly to that box from piggybacking into the corporate environment through it. They do it partially, but it would be nice to see more of an enterprise-level solution there."
"On the cloud, when you make some changes, it may be difficult."
"They could provide a single-box solution to manage tools for 4000 users. Additionally, they could add extra features to enhance remote micro connection."
"One limitation is that it's harder to provide access to multiple applications in the company with Appgate, but that's probably because of poor management."
"It would be better to connect to an application portal from any device. Documentation and support could be better."
"We have experienced some challenges in integrating this solution with Scope and Cognito."
"It only facilitates provisioning and not de-provisioning."
"It's not compatible with on-premises installations, unless you host it as a SaaS. We were not able to do that. For example, imagine a scenario where the cloud is not available. Then, Okta will not work for you. That use case will readily fail because it doesn't have an on-premises installation that you can use to authenticate or provide identity and access management. If you have a purely on-premises solution that is not connected to the internet, then this will not work. This is one area that can be improved."
"Therefore, if you have 10 million users, that's almost 100 million, so it is costly."
"The training is too costly."
"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."
"SSO and MFA for improved end-user experience, and protection against password spray attacks, account password self-service."
"I would appreciate it if Okta Workforce Identity becomes more user-friendly. Its API technology is complicated. Certain applications may pose challenges in terms of integration, especially when they require IDP technologies that aren't easily codable. While I can't provide specific examples, some applications may not integrate with Okta Workforce Identity."
Appgate SDP is ranked 11th in ZTNA as a Service with 6 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 6th in ZTNA as a Service with 59 reviews. Appgate SDP is rated 8.8, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Appgate SDP writes "Helps us manage traffic-related issues and streamlines access management for the network ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Appgate SDP is most compared with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Internet Access, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Waverley Labs Open Source Software Defined Perimeter and Netskope Private Access, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt and Auth0. See our Appgate SDP vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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