We compared Okta Workforce Identity and Cloudflare Access across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Based on the comparison of Okta Workforce Identity and Cloudflare Access, Okta Workforce Identity is highly praised for its user-friendly interface, integration capabilities, and valuable features like single sign-on and multi-factor authentication. However, users have suggested improvements in password management and customer support. On the other hand, Cloudflare Access is valued for its DDoS protection and connectivity to data centers, along with its customizable access control and user-friendly interface. Pricing is a concern for both products, with Okta Workforce Identity considered expensive and Cloudflare Access having mixed opinions. Customer support for both products has generally received positive feedback.
"It's the endpoint exposition. We don't need to expose our VPN server to the internet and need a zero-test solution. I can apply some conditional access to the endpoint that's connecting to our network to check their security policies or the security condition of their workstation. Once the workstation is trying to connect to my internal network, then I would like to check the discrete condition of these endpoints that are trying to access my internal network. We created some conditional access. We have CrowdStrike, to check if the CrowdStrike is installed, to check if it's updated, and to check for Windows updates. We created some conditional policies to check it."
"Cloudflare, in my opinion, was easy to implement."
"For Cloudflare Access, I am using the free plan...The most valuable feature is their protection."
"Enables me to work from two locations."
"The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good."
"I am able to authenticate my users on cloud and SaaS applications such as Workday through Okta workflows."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I find the provisioning features and the integration with other applications useful."
"This solution has a lot of capabilities and features."
"Other than Okta being an easy and awesome integration tool, one of the best features it has is the provisioning and deprovisioning, which makes management way easier. You don't need to be too technical to understand how it works."
"It is dependent on the evolution of your user base. It depends on usage per user, so the more sign-ins there are, the more expensive it becomes, so it works best for smaller companies from a financial perspective."
"The ease of deployment, ease of use, and speed of delivery is what I like about Okta Workforce Identity. It is very easy to use. For a lot of software, you need to be trained extensively and have a very technical background. Okta Workforce Identity is quite simple. You can integrate any software into Okta. They've got a network of 7,000 applications that easily integrate into it."
"We face no challenges in integrating the product with our legacy systems."
"When there are any dynamic changes in complex applications, the tool takes a lot of time, making its analytics-related area a major matter of concern where improvements are needed."
"For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions."
"They don't have a person to provide support for customers using the solution under their free plan."
"The pricing is an area that can be improved. Pricing, as far as I recall, was the source of our problems."
"The solution’s policies are difficult to understand due to the policy methods. They use authentication. The solution’s workflow is also difficult and not very active. They need to have proper documentation on it. In the next release, I would like to see the workflows being more digestible."
"We still had to write several internal programs/scripts to complete the user-provisioning process. Okta does not have the ability to provision mailbox accounts for on-premise Exchange or in a hybrid O365 environment. The Group Push function from Okta to AD did not work reliably in our environment."
"You can't hide the device when you're checking logs."
"We have experienced some challenges in integrating this solution with Scope and Cognito."
"Support could be a bit faster."
"The integration with third-party tools needs to be improved."
"They should focus on improving them to provide top-notch team access management while still offering those typical features."
"The initial setup can be complex at first."
Cloudflare Access is ranked 10th in Access Management with 5 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 3rd in Access Management with 59 reviews. Cloudflare Access is rated 8.8, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cloudflare Access writes "Replaces traditional VPN and enables endpoint exposition ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Cloudflare Access is most compared with Twingate, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Auth0 and Cisco Duo, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt and Auth0. See our Cloudflare Access vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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