We performed a comparison between Microsoft Entra ID and Ping Identity Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Authentication Systems solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This solution is less time-consuming. We don't have to hire as many resources to give permissions to a particular user or group for any application."
"The most valuable feature of Azure AD is its ability to connect with services outside of Microsoft, although documentation is necessary to properly implement these connections."
"Being able to use Azure AD means that you can use some of the Azure AD security features like Advanced Password Protection. As well as querying your normal password requirements like lengths and complexity, Azure AD has a feature in which you can put specific words. It can be words to do with your company, words to do with your company location, or words that a lot of your employees would otherwise use. You can disallow them. It's very good at making more obvious passwords, ones they're not allowed to use anymore. That's a good feature."
"In terms of identity management, it helps to improve security posture. It generally helps in terms cloud security, simplicity, and single sign-on for multiple apps."
"It's a quite comprehensive solution and it scales quite well within our required scale as well, which is very useful."
"The visibility and control for permission management are excellent."
"I like the downloads, availability for Android and iOS operating systems, and integration with Microsoft applications, such as Azure- and Office-based solutions. It is an excellent tool that helps with day-to-day business operations. I also like that I can install the app on my mobile."
"The technical support is pretty good."
"It's pretty stable as a product."
"PingFederate gives you granular control over the settings. There are many options for fine-tuning policies."
"This is a user-friendly solution."
"The most valuable feature is multifactor authentication."
"The solution is highly stable and scalable"
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It provides ease of connecting all our devices."
"The solution has a smooth and configurable user interface for single sign-on capabilities."
"The security policy of Azure Active Directory should be based on a matrix so that we can easily visualize which users have access to what."
"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."
"The dashboard and interface could be better. It would be ideal if it was easier to use."
"If any service is down, it can affect a whole region. We would need to wait on a ticket and get word from Microsoft to understand the issues. If it takes longer to resolve the issue on Microsoft's side, all we can do is wait for them to fix it."
"Definitely, the price could be lower. When we moved from AWS to Azure, we started paying more."
"There are some features, where if you want to access them, then you need to make use of PowerShell. If someone is not really versed in PowerShell scripting, then they would definitely have issues using some of those features in Azure Active Directory."
"A couple of years ago, I experienced some difficulty in implementing the solutions, the services of Azure AD. In one instance, I was not able to configure Azure AD for a registration. This was two or three years ago. However, currently, the documentation is very clear and there are no loopholes or anything that could hinder even a simple IT administrator to implement these services."
"The support is a bit slow."
"PingID's device management portal should be more easily accessible via a link. They provide no link to the portal like they do for the service. The passwordless functionality could be more comprehensive. You can't filter based on hardware devices. Having that filtering option would be great. Device authentication would be a great feature."
"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."
"If the solution is going to compete with Microsoft, they need to offer more unique functionality to keep their current user base."
"PingID would benefit from a better user interface for integration."
"PingID classifies the type of environment into internal and external, which is an area for improvement because you need to take additional steps to trust internal and external users."
"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."
"I think that the connection with like Microsoft Word, especially for Office 365, is a weak point that could be improved."
"We have encountered instances where it is not easy to do authentication."
Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Authentication Systems with 190 reviews while Ping Identity Platform is ranked 5th in Authentication Systems with 19 reviews. Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6, while Ping Identity Platform is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Saves us time and money and features Conditional Access policies, SSPR, and MFA". 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 Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Okta Workforce Identity and Cisco Duo, whereas Ping Identity Platform is most compared with Symantec Siteminder, ForgeRock, Microsoft Active Directory, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and RSA SecurID. See our Microsoft Entra ID vs. Ping Identity Platform report.
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