We compared Okta Workforce Identity and Cato Networks across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: When comparing Okta Workforce Identity and Cato Networks, both products have easy setup processes and offer valuable features. Okta Workforce Identity is praised for its user-friendly interface, integration capabilities, and ease of use. However, it could improve in areas like password management and customer support. On the other hand, Cato Networks is commended for its simplicity, responsive technical support, and web filtering capabilities. It could enhance its security measures and expand its user interface. In terms of pricing, Okta Workforce Identity is considered expensive, while Cato Networks is seen as competitively priced.
"The visibility control and security aspects are amazing."
"The solution is stable."
"The product is efficient and easy to use."
"We appreciate the optimization and acceleration of the performance of SDP users."
"The scalability is quite good."
"The query and the SD-WAN are useful features of the solution."
"When I first encountered Cato, I didn't know how to use it, but after a week of training, I could onboard our systems to it, so the solution was easy to learn and navigate."
"It's a pretty straightforward solution."
"The support for YubiKey is really good because you don't actually have to type in your username and password."
"The most valuable features depend on a customer's needs. Our customers generally find multi-factor authentication very useful."
"This solution has a lot of capabilities and features."
"The solution can scale very well."
"A solution that's easy to use, stable, and reliable."
"Okta integrates well with other solutions. Once you have integrated an application into Okta and onboarded a user, they will be onboarded for just-in-time provisioning."
"I am able to authenticate my users on cloud and SaaS applications such as Workday through Okta workflows."
"Okta Workforce Identity is easy to use and has a lot of components."
"I would like to see better integration with identity providers."
"Cato Networks could improve their intrusion detection. There is not a lot in place."
"They should add more sophisticated security features. It should also be integrated into the cloud."
"For a packaged solution, needing external intervention or a system integrator to get other features not offered by Cato Networks could be an area for improvement. Cato Networks does what it's meant to do and is even overstretching capabilities when introducing new features. The product can only have very few features added on top of what its currently doing. Managed service providers can deliver the extra features you'd need. It's a set of managed services, and what Cato Networks does is very comprehensive. So, for the time being, when the actual incarnation of the SASE solution is deployed, Cato Networks is a very effective product. Naturally, technology will evolve, so everybody knows that in three, four, or five years, there will be a new kid on the block, a new game. Still, at the moment, Cato Networks only needs to improve a little regarding SASE delivery. The product is doing very well, but one feature the Cato Networks team is doing right is preparing for the future through deploying the SSE 360, so the security service is at that edge. It's an excellent strategy to prepare for the future. SSE 360 is what Cato Networks should invest in the most to keep prospering."
"The solution is not cheap."
"I am located in South Korea, and I can say that most people here have no idea about Cato Networks. I think Cato Networks should promote its network services in various countries."
"The price could be better."
"Web application firewalling (WAF) is a feature we would like to have in this solution and does not exist yet."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve the way passwords are reset and how it interfaces with Microsoft."
"SSO and MFA for improved end-user experience, and protection against password spray attacks, account password self-service."
"The integration with third-party tools needs to be improved."
"In my country, there's a lot of stealing of mobile phones, and mobile phones are the authentication device through the Okta application. If someone should steal my mobile phone, which is very common in my country, he or she might have access to my company account. That's my concern."
"The pricing could be improved."
"On the admin side, we can create our own passwords instead of generating one, which is usually difficult to explain to a user."
"There are some issues with the interface that can be improved."
"Therefore, if you have 10 million users, that's almost 100 million, so it is costly."
Cato SASE Cloud Platform is ranked 4th in ZTNA as a Service with 21 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 6th in ZTNA as a Service with 56 reviews. Cato SASE Cloud Platform is rated 8.8, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cato SASE Cloud Platform writes "Useful remote worker VPN, centralized management, and simple on-boarding process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Cato SASE Cloud Platform is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cisco SD-WAN, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet FortiGate and VMware SD-WAN, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and Auth0. See our Cato SASE Cloud Platform vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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