We performed a comparison between Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID 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.
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Active Directory are the management of user and group policies."
"It is easy to understand all the components."
"It's useful in bringing order to the system."
"It is a stable solution."
"The ability for a single sign-on for applications."
"The most valuable features are it is easy to use, manage, create a repository, and create the OM."
"It is an all-in-one solution for cybersecurity and is available at a very low price."
"The user-friendliness of Microsoft Active Directory is a valuable feature."
"The way the laptops are joined is valuable. We can take advantage of that in terms of being able to log in and do things. It is easier to change passwords or set things up."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its ability to delegate roles to each individual resource, which is great."
"Many of its features are valuable, including: facilitating application authentication, privileged access management, processes for attestation, and access reviews."
"Don't delay implementing this solution, it's the best thing you can do for your identity protection."
"The benefits of using this solution were realized straightaway."
"We can have an audit and we can easily audit logs."
"The best thing about Active Directory is its compatibility. It works with lots of third-party vendors. We're using multiple products, and they're all integrated with our Active Directory."
"The security and compliance features are very helpful. The online information on the site is well documented."
"I would like to see improvements in the solution’s security filtering feature. It can include machines and filter some users. There is no option to exclude a particular user or system."
"UI is not very user-friendly."
"The DNS services could improve in Microsoft Active Directory."
"The product must provide remote password reset features."
"The product's premium support services could be less expensive."
"Could use more structure in the cloud version."
"If Microsoft is going to add anything to the on-prem solution, it should be an updated GUI."
"There is room for improvement in the support."
"Having more training would be quite helpful."
"The most challenging aspect I found was the creation of organizational units and specific domains. They have a tool called Bastion, which is expensive and a little bit confusing."
"Generally, everything works pretty well, but sometimes, Azure Active Directory has outages on the Microsoft side of things. These outages really have a very big impact on the users, applications, and everything else because they are closely tied to the Azure AD ecosystem. So, whenever there is an outage, it is really difficult because all things start failing. This happens very rarely, but when it happens, there is a big impact."
"They have had a few outages, so stability is a little bit of an issue. It is global. That is the thing. I know some of the other competitors are regionalized ID platforms, but Entra ID is global, so when something goes wrong, it is a problem because it underpins everything, whether you are logging in to M365 or you have single sign-on to Azure, Autopilot, Intune, Exchange mailbox or another application. If there is a problem with Entra ID, all of that falls apart, so its great strength and weakness is the global single tenant for it. Stability is a key area for me. Otherwise, it is generally pretty good."
"Many of the features are outdated, so the UI and UX could be improved."
"My only pain point in this solution is creating group membership for devices."
"You can manage the users from the Office 365 administration center, and you can manage them from Azure Active Directory. Those are two different environments, but they do the same things. They can gather the features in one place, and it might be better if that place were Azure."
"The price has room for improvement."
Microsoft Active Directory is ranked 6th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 36 reviews while Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 190 reviews. Microsoft Active Directory is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Active Directory writes "A solution that easily merges with cloud-based ADs and provides superior data security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Saves us time and money and features Conditional Access policies, SSPR, and MFA". Microsoft Active Directory is most compared with PingFederate, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, ManageEngine ADManager Plus and Auth0, whereas Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Okta Workforce Identity and Cisco Duo. See our Microsoft Active Directory vs. Microsoft Entra ID report.
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