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We performed a comparison between Symantec Siteminder and WSO2 Identity Server 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Symantec Siteminder vs. WSO2 Identity Server Report (Updated: March 2020).
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Pros
"It's agent-based. It's convenient to deploy and integrate.""Symantec Siteminder Is both scalable and stable.""SAML is the best thing we're using right now because there is no need for creating an external account.""All of our applications get a point, click, and you are in, while we increase security at the same time.""It's quite scalable.""The Directory is secure. It's our user store, and it's important to keep our members safe. The product does well with that.""Authentication & Authorization are important because all the sites need authentication for security purposes. That has been handled pretty well all these years with SSO.""If you look at our organization, and really all financial institutions, we have a lot of legacy apps. So it really helps to get Single Sign-On."

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"Comprehensive ecosystem.""The product provides easy integration between API manager and IT server components.""Some of the valuable features of the solution are the easy integration with processes, such as Single Sign-On. Overall WSO2 is straightforward and does not need customization.""I would rate the solution's stability eight or nine out of ten.""It's very easy to implement everything.""The keystore feature has been most valuable for us.""The single sign-on procedure itself, as well as the ability to connect to external user sources such as Microsoft Active Directory and LDAP servers, are the solution's most valuable features."

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Cons
"The technical support could be better.""The initial setup was complex, painful. But that is to be expected of any new setup. When you're a big bank like us, any kind of migration to a new product is hard. I expect it to be painful, and it was painful. But it's not something that you can avoid.""The main thing is we do not have the traceability and good monitoring that CA can provide us to capture problems when they occur.""To add more value to this solution it needs to be more user-friendly.""I would prefer to see their SAML integration be a more streamlined and easier interface.""The Federation part of CA Single Sign On, it's a bit complex to implement because it involves the SSL certificates, exchange of certificates, and lot of technical details. The documentation misses some important parts of this, so that's the reason it took some time for us to go live.""We are finding some compatibility issues. We're still working with CA on them.""I think they need to integrate some of the newer types of authentication into the product. I'm not seeing the innovation when it comes to biometrics in the product."

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"The high availability architecture has to be improved.""I found the initial setup to be very complex.""There needs to be a good support model and easy-to-understand documentation.""Sometimes working with the code is difficult because I search for documentation about the code and how to work with the code, which is where I believe they should improve, by providing some documentation on how to work with the code.""The solution could improve its development from a user perspective.""This solution requires extensive knowledge to be used effectively as certain areas of its use are not user friendly.""This solution does not have BPM workflows already integrated, we had to integrate the BPM module externally. They do not provide full-featured auditing and certification modules out of the box."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price is quite comparable to the other enterprise-level solutions in that market."
  • "I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."
  • "CA solutions are generally expensive but for the customer the ROI is big."
  • "Symantec Siteminder is expensive; they could definitely do better on the price."
  • "The licensing is fair for this solution."
  • "Siteminder is a little costly. You pay for licensing, and they offer packages, so if you have less users, then you have to buy different products at different prices. If you have more of a user base, then the package is different. They also include other features—for example, if you have a database and you're using Siteminder, then it's good to use a Semantic-specific database, but if you are using less, then you have to purchase the database separately. Whereas if you are going for a bigger license, then it comes within the package. It depends on which plan you are using."
  • "The pricing is reasonable."
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  • "We have to take their support, but that is a minimal charge if I'm comparing it to other identity managers."
  • "I have found the solutions license is priced competitively compared to others."
  • "At this time we are working with the open-source version."
  • "They should bring in some good pricing models to host the marketplace."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It's agent-based. It's convenient to deploy and integrate.
    Top Answer:It doesn't have a feature for... or maybe it has, but for modern authentication, like OAuth or OIDC. We haven't utilized that portion; we haven't really looked at it because our priority is LDAP… more »
    Top Answer:The product provides easy integration between API manager and IT server components.
    Top Answer:I rate WSO2 Identity Server’s pricing a seven out of ten. They offer two types of license subscriptions. One is Apache, where we can build it ourselves. The second one is the WSO2 purchase license… more »
    Top Answer:The product needs to be available in marketplaces for subscription. They should offer competitive pricing models. There could be a better service line compared to Kong. It will help us further adapt… more »
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    Also Known As
    Single Sign-On, SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder
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    Overview

    Symantec® SiteMinder is designed to secure the modern enterprise through a unified access management platform that applies the appropriate authentication mechanism to positively identify users; provides single sign-on and identity federation for seamless access to any application; enforces granular security policies to stop unauthorized access to sensitive resources; and monitors and manages the entire user session to prevent session hijacking. Finally, Symantec SiteMinder is battle-tested and has been deployed in the largest IT environments in the world.

    WSO2 Identity Server can be used to simplify identity and access management (IAM) related activities in the enterprise. The product is based on open standards and open source principles. WSO2 Identity Server comes with seamless, easy to use integration capabilities that help connect applications, user stores, directories and identity management systems.

    Sample Customers
    British Telecom, CoreBlox, DBS, HMS, Itera ASA and Simeo
    Nutanix, ELM, AlmavivA, BDigital, StubHub, M-creations, MedVision360
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm39%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Healthcare Company7%
    Retailer7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm35%
    Insurance Company11%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government10%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business8%
    Midsize Enterprise4%
    Large Enterprise88%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise6%
    Large Enterprise82%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise55%
    Buyer's Guide
    Symantec Siteminder vs. WSO2 Identity Server
    March 2020
    Find out what your peers are saying about Symantec Siteminder vs. WSO2 Identity Server and other solutions. Updated: March 2020.
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    Symantec Siteminder is ranked 15th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 69 reviews while WSO2 Identity Server is ranked 6th in Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) with 7 reviews. Symantec Siteminder is rated 8.0, while WSO2 Identity Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Symantec Siteminder writes "Easy to implement and customize and very stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 Identity Server writes "Provides valuable API management features, but its technical documentation needs improvement". Symantec Siteminder is most compared with PingFederate, ForgeRock, Okta Workforce Identity, PingAccess and PingID, whereas WSO2 Identity Server is most compared with Auth0, Amazon Cognito, SAP Identity Management, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM). See our Symantec Siteminder vs. WSO2 Identity Server report.

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