We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAuthenticator and Okta Workforce Identity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Features the addition and removal of access as needed for the VPN."
"FortiAuthenticator is really good software that integrates very well with Fortinet products."
"FortiAuthenticator is easy to use."
"The product is stable and reliable."
"The product is good, cost-effective, and functionally efficient."
"It is very stable. We have never had any issues with this solution."
"We use this product for SSL two-factor authentication and FortiToken management."
"The most valuable features are the performance and ease of use."
"The tool helps improve our security and productivity."
"The support for YubiKey is really good because you don't actually have to type in your username and password."
"I find the provisioning features and the integration with other applications useful."
"They have good push authentications."
"Okta controls all the users. It has context-based access from the user and type of device. It identifies the risk and can do a step of authentication when that user is trying to access some sensitive application from an unknown device."
"First of all, the solution is very simple."
"We can automate the process of adding users to Okta if they are activated in Active Directory, or if they are added to the database of applications or Active Directory in the last couple of days."
"It made things a lot easier, especially with passwords."
"There are multiple areas that are in need of improvement. It is not a mature product."
"There are some protocols, such as SHA and SHA-2, that are not supported."
"We have issues with HA (high availability). These should be addressed in future releases."
"For improvement, Fortinet needs to ensure that they provide quick support to users...Fortinet sometimes needs to respond to users facing issues within an hour."
"Lacks a simplified two-factor authentication process."
"The speed of deployment on the cloud could be improved. It took a few days when it should have been just two days"
"I would like to see more ways to authenticate, such as adding facial recognition to the two-factor, where you log into your phone or another device."
"Other features that would improve the product are a single sign-on where people can use their Gmail ID to log-in, etc."
"The error logging could be improved. Okta doesn't provide enough details when you are troubleshooting an issue. It's often difficult to fix it from our end, so we always need additional support from Okta."
"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."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve the way passwords are reset and how it interfaces with Microsoft."
"We still had to write several internal programs/scripts to complete the user-provisioning process. Okta does not have the ability to provision mailbox accounts for on-premise Exchange or in a hybrid O365 environment. The Group Push function from Okta to AD did not work reliably in our environment."
"The lifecycle management part can be improved. It should also have identity governance and the ability to choose a specific factor authentication at the application level. Its licensing and pricing can also be improved."
"Therefore, if you have 10 million users, that's almost 100 million, so it is costly."
"Support could be a bit faster."
"There are some issues with the interface that can be improved."
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 6th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 52 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 4th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 59 reviews. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator writes "A reasonably priced solution that can be scaled toward different functionalities and offers flexible SMS messaging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiNAC, Fortinet FortiToken, Cisco Duo and ManageEngine Password Manager Pro, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt and Red Hat Single Sign On. See our Fortinet FortiAuthenticator vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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