We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Identity and Okta WorkForce Identity based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Okta WorkForce Identity is the preferred choice when it comes to Identity and Access Management solutions. Okta is easy to use, offers great integrations with numerous solutions, and is a safe, secure, and robust solution. Additionally, it is very fast, responsive, and has great performance. The SSO, MFA, and other beneficial feature sets make it a complete and reliable product. The only downside is the price.
"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."
"The main control page and the ability to manage all our users from a web-based portal are the most valuable aspects of the solution. That's particularly useful because we're a heterogeneous network."
"It's easy to set up."
"The initial setup is easy."
"I used it as an administrator without implementing it myself. As for valuable aspects or benefits, the significant point is that it's a straightforward, single solution that just works."
"Google Cloud Identity uses what they call organizational units (OUs) instead of the security groups you'd find in Microsoft's Entra."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is group access. You are able to assign policies to groups instead of users individually."
"The Cloud Identity is well advanced in terms of features, applications, and the components that it is offering."
"The provisioning functionality has been the most valuable. This solution has good performance, fast integration and is very responsive."
"It made things a lot easier, especially with passwords."
"Having a single sign-on to all our applications."
"The most valuable features are ease of operation and visibility."
"The most valuable features of Okta Workforce Identity are SSO, MFA, and beneficial feature sets."
"The product requires very little maintenance."
"We face no challenges in integrating the product with our legacy systems."
"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."
"Technical support is slow."
"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."
"We cannot manage the attributes of SSPR."
"The solution needs to better integrate with Mac's OS."
"The solution's storage capacity could be increased."
"I would like to see more integration in future releases."
"The pricing for this solution is a little bit higher than AWS and others, which is something that should be improved."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve the support system, they are too slow."
"The integration with third-party tools needs to be improved."
"The guest user access could be improved."
"They should focus on improving them to provide top-notch team access management while still offering those typical features."
"It can have more API integrations."
"There are some issues with the interface that can be improved."
"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."
"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."
Google Cloud Identity is ranked 3rd in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 21 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 2nd in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 56 reviews. Google Cloud Identity is rated 7.6, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Identity writes "A stable and scalable cloud solution easily compatible with Google office Suite". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Google Cloud Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, JumpCloud, VMware Workspace ONE and ManageEngine Endpoint Central, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt, Auth0 and IBM Security Verify Access. See our Google Cloud Identity vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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