We performed a comparison between Microsoft Active Directory and Ping Identity Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Cisco, Ping Identity and others in Single Sign-On (SSO)."The user interface of the product is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the configured appliance system in Hypervisor."
"The scalability of the solution is high...The initial setup of the solution is easy, and I would rate it an eight or nine out of ten on a scale of one to ten, where one being difficult and ten being easy."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Active Directory are the management of user and group policies."
"The user-friendliness of Microsoft Active Directory is a valuable feature."
"Stability and performance are good. So far, we have not observed any major downtime or performance issues since we deployed it."
"The Solution's most important feature is that it can merge with a cloud-based active directory via Azure AD Connect."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Active Directory is the group policies."
"It provides ease of connecting all our devices."
"I like the self-service feature. The 502 and UBP systems are also excellent. PingID's ability to authenticate with SSH, RDP, and Windows login is pretty handy. It covers the entire spectrum of use."
"The most valuable feature is multifactor authentication."
"I find the auto-discovery feature the most valuable. It helps us automate a lot of things using a single password across applications."
"It gets a mobility portal in place in conjunction with Office 365. It provides very good possibilities and it's much better than other technology that we have used before which was unstable and slower."
"This is a user-friendly solution."
"The soundness of the solution is its most valuable feature. For example, if you are in our corporate network, you can log on without any traffic interfering."
"PingFederate is very flexible. We can do many customizations, and it also provides an SDK to tailor it to our specific requirements. There are also numerous plugins available. I've worked with tools like ForgeRock and Okta, but I find PingFederate to be the most customizable."
"Typically, it depends on the customer's situation. If the customer operates in smaller locations where most PCs are in a common location, we usually aim to consolidate the directory infrastructure for easier maintenance. However, for distributed setups spanning multiple countries, configuring multiple sites becomes necessary and more intricate to handle. Our objective is to minimize the number of sites, simplifying operations for IT administrators and reducing errors. Mistakes in Active Directory can be costly for organizations, as disruptions can occur rapidly. Moreover, when it comes to hybrid single sign-on across various applications, Microsoft hasn't put forth significant effort. Single sign-on has become a challenge for many customers who utilize diverse solutions beyond Microsoft products. While implementing single sign-on is relatively straightforward in the Azure cloud, it's considerably more complex when dealing with the local Active Directory. This presents a big challenge for many of our customers."
"Microsoft Active Directory restricts most of the features our company's employees want to use since they are involved in research and development activities."
"The interface for logs should be user-friendly and allow for enhanced filtering to drill down to incidents."
"The solution could be made more safe by using authentication mechanisms."
"In the solution, assigning permissions is complex, making it difficult to grant them at a granular level or to multiple users without templates or alternative tools."
"We may occasionally experience difficulty integrating some solutions with Microsoft Active Directory, but I am unsure whether the issue lies with Microsoft Active Directory or the other solution."
"The solution's price could be better."
"If Microsoft is going to add anything to the on-prem solution, it should be an updated GUI."
"It requires some expertise to set up and manage."
"PingID should put a little more effort into making a pretty self-explanatory deck about their tech features and the services they offer."
"The management console needs to be improved. PingID should revise it."
"We have encountered instances where it is not easy to do authentication."
"The timing of the token validity, if it could be extended, would be great. I'm not sure if there is even an option to configure these types of settings."
"PingFederate's UI could be streamlined. They have recently made several improvements, but it's still too complex. It's a common complaint. The configuration should be simplified because the learning curve is too steep."
"They could use some bio-certification. It's just more user-friendly and more convenient than entering the one time passes. That would be an improvement."
"In the beginning, the initial setup was very complex."
Microsoft Active Directory is ranked 8th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 36 reviews while Ping Identity Platform is ranked 4th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 19 reviews. Microsoft Active Directory is rated 8.6, while Ping Identity Platform is rated 8.4. 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 Ping Identity Platform writes " A highly stable tool offering extremely helpful technical support to its users". Microsoft Active Directory is most compared with Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Microsoft Entra ID, ManageEngine ADManager Plus and Auth0, whereas Ping Identity Platform is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Symantec Siteminder, ForgeRock, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and RSA SecurID.
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