We performed a comparison between CyberArk Identity and Google Cloud 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."The integration capabilities, ability to integrate CyberArk into the overall IBB strategy of our current clients."
"It has machine learning and can help clients to learn the environment and understand what is happening."
"The initial setup of CyberArk Identity was straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of CyberArk Identity is the adaptive interface."
"The solution helps with auditing, and monitoring, and integrates with Splunk for log analysis. User activity logs are captured in CyberArk Identity and sent to external tools like Splunk for analysis and monitoring."
"The initial setup is straightforward. It takes me up to an hour and a half."
"The tool helps with authentication. It acts as an MFA for any kind of privileged access that occurs in our organization."
"I like the RBAC (Role-Based Access Control). It basically involves defining various roles, and then simply assigning those roles to users."
"The solution is moderate to difficult to use. I found the approach was practical. Following the steps made it very easy to use."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The tool provides a free service that you can integrate for laptop authentication. You also don’t need a separate Active Directory."
"The most valuable feature is that you can manage users from one central location."
"One of the most useful features was the single sign-on. You can use it as an identity provider or service provider. And you can use their organization unit feature to enable or disable some of the features for a specific group of users."
"Google Cloud Identity uses what they call organizational units (OUs) instead of the security groups you'd find in Microsoft's Entra."
"It is a very stable solution. I would rate it a ten out of ten."
"Cloud Identity is scalable enough for our needs. It's serving more than 3,000 users in our organization."
"More integrations would be better."
"The user interface could be improved."
"In terms of a governance platform, it's worth noting that CyberArk doesn't offer a particularly strong one."
"I'm not sure what needs improvement. It is a good platform."
"The product needs to leverage the cloud more, especially in the financial sector, where cloud adoption might be limited. Proper reporting within the cloud is essential. The tool should be more user-friendly to expedite access for users. The current agent-based system poses challenges if a user loses access to the server, making tasks difficult to perform. It should also improve technical support."
"The solution's difficulty in gaining skill sets should be improved because it's a vertical product."
"There is room for improvement in documentation. The documentation could be more specific about the changes needed to achieve specific goals."
"We would like to see an improvement in the ability to manage mobile devices."
"In the next release, I would like to see integration with different systems, mainly wireless SIEMS and other analytical systems that we want to introduce."
"The customer service and support team is not so good."
"The pricing for this solution is a little bit higher than AWS and others, which is something that should be improved."
"The solution's storage capacity could be increased."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"Technical support is slow."
"I want the tool to improve its support. It should also incorporate some functionalities. Currently, preparing presentations in Google is a pain point. The tool’s certain features like user provisioning are not intuitive as well. The product’s LDAP support is very poor. Clients do not trust the product due to the spam."
"To improve the product, the integration with third-party products could always be smoother."
CyberArk Identity is ranked 7th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 17 reviews while Google Cloud Identity is ranked 3rd in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 21 reviews. CyberArk Identity is rated 8.2, while Google Cloud Identity is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of CyberArk Identity writes "Allows Linux and Unix administrators to login with single password ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud Identity writes "A stable and scalable cloud solution easily compatible with Google office Suite". CyberArk Identity is most compared with Microsoft Intune, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint IdentityIQ and PingFederate, whereas Google Cloud Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, Okta Workforce Identity, JumpCloud and PingOne. See our CyberArk Identity vs. Google Cloud Identity report.
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