We performed a comparison between NetIQ Access Manager and Okta Workforce Identity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Access Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of NetIQ Access Manager are SSO and Multi-Factor Authentication."
"The single sign-on feature is excellent."
"There are lots of options to customize the solution to your needs."
"It's very easy to integrate with applications."
"The features that we have found most valuable with NetIQ Access Manager are its single sign-on and two factor two second factor database."
"One of the most beneficial features of the solution is the user provisioning and the de-provisioning feature."
"The most valuable features of Okta Workforce Identity are MFA, and SSO, which have high security."
"It made things a lot easier, especially with passwords."
"The most valuable feature in Okta Workforce Identity is the single sign-on, universal directory, and lifecycle management."
"The provisioning functionality has been the most valuable. This solution has good performance, fast integration and is very responsive."
"Workforce Identity offers a comprehensive access management solution with multi-factor authentication, total control, and features like app access management, identity governance, and administration tools such as certification and access request management. These are typically found in identity management solutions, but Okta integrates them seamlessly into its user interface."
"Its integration components are most valuable. It integrates with everything in some way. There are some products, such as O365 or AD, with which it completely and 100% integrates. So, you can seamlessly create accounts across the board with some of these products. For some of the products with which it doesn't completely integrate, you can do some kind of interfacing."
"I find the provisioning features and the integration with other applications useful."
"Having the ability to easily extract and view and compare and version control configurations would be ideal."
"The application portal could be improved with more options and easier customization."
"Classification of junctions and new versions of applications, such as APIs, can be added to enable the use of more devices that utilize biometrics for Multi-Factor Authentication to improve the solution."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the security of the infrastructure and the server and the working networking device."
"I would love to see the upgrade procedure handled more effectively. I would prefer to have OVS installation possibilities, although the upgrade procedures should include the OS as well. You should be able to use the whole application as an appliance."
"They also have single sign-on (SSO). When we bought Okta Workforce Identity a year and a half ago, I was also looking at SSO, but not much documentation was available for SSO. The documentation for SSO should be a little more robust for somebody who is implementing it for the first time."
"I would appreciate it if Okta Workforce Identity becomes more user-friendly. Its API technology is complicated. Certain applications may pose challenges in terms of integration, especially when they require IDP technologies that aren't easily codable. While I can't provide specific examples, some applications may not integrate with Okta Workforce Identity."
"The integration with third-party tools needs to be improved."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve the support system, they are too slow."
"Okta doesn't have a partial push. It pushes down the full profile schema for lifecycle management or provisioning."
"RESTful Web Service calls and their response seem a bit slow."
"In some setup cases, there are issues with attributes not going in properly."
"It only facilitates provisioning and not de-provisioning."
NetIQ Access Manager is ranked 14th in Access Management with 5 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 3rd in Access Management with 58 reviews. NetIQ Access Manager is rated 8.0, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of NetIQ Access Manager writes "A mature, powerful product with good integration capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". NetIQ Access Manager is most compared with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Microsoft Entra ID, Auth0 and Symantec Siteminder, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and Auth0. See our NetIQ Access Manager vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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