We performed a comparison between AWS Directory Service and CyberArk Identity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the manageability. Activate Connect makes it easier to assign information and to manage the resources in the network."
"We like the fact that it's got such great redundancy."
"AWS has eliminated the downtime we waste when our on-premises resources go down."
"Two-step authentication is very useful and important."
"The support is very good. I would rate the technical support as a nine out of ten."
"Provides good performance and availability."
"The most valuable feature is that because it's all in the cloud, you don't need to manage the infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"CyberArk Identity is a mature product."
"The tool helps with authentication. It acts as an MFA for any kind of privileged access that occurs in our organization."
"The initial setup is straightforward. It takes me up to an hour and a half."
"The solution helps with auditing, and monitoring, and integrates with Splunk for log analysis. User activity logs are captured in CyberArk Identity and sent to external tools like Splunk for analysis and monitoring."
"The feature that we find most valuable is the ability to integrate multiple IDs for on-premises Active Directory."
"The most valuable feature of CyberArk Identity is the adaptive interface."
"The user identification is simplified, and managing user privileges, whether adding or revoking them, is also quite straightforward when utilizing CyberArk SaaS."
"The initial setup of CyberArk Identity was straightforward."
"We had a problem with the schema uploading and setting up the directory when we are migrating our users from on-premises to cloud infrastructure."
"To get CloudWatch to monitor your memory and storage, you have to do some configuration within your server, which sometimes results in errors."
"The AWS Directory Service should be easier to integrate."
"I would like to see better integration with other business solutions."
"I would like to grant partial access to a table contained in a database without having to provide full access to the whole database."
"Our only complaint is that you cannot integrate your Exchange server. Or, if you are planning to install an Exchange server on your Amazon EC2 instance, then you need to configure Active Directory on EC2 instance. We would like for this limitation to be lifted."
"Can be improved by including on-premises access for services through Identity Access Management."
"AWS Directory Service needs to improve processing."
"In terms of a governance platform, it's worth noting that CyberArk doesn't offer a particularly strong one."
"They can include the Mobile Device Management (MDM) feature."
"More integrations would be better."
"I'm not sure what needs improvement. It is a good platform."
"We would like to see an improvement in the ability to manage mobile devices."
"The OpenID features could improve in CyberArk Identity."
"They could improve their UI and make everything more user-friendly."
"The tool has issues with the third-party SMS gateway. The solution has its own SMS gateway. Integration support is a challenge when we don’t use their SMS gateway. The tool also needs to improve its scalability."
AWS Directory Service is ranked 10th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 12 reviews while CyberArk Identity is ranked 7th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 18 reviews. AWS Directory Service is rated 8.6, while CyberArk Identity is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AWS Directory Service writes "Extends AD identity and management capabilities to AWS resources". On the other hand, the top reviewer of CyberArk Identity writes "Allows Linux and Unix administrators to login with single password ". AWS Directory Service is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra External ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and Okta Workforce Identity, whereas CyberArk Identity is most compared with Microsoft Intune, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Microsoft Entra ID, Ping Identity Platform and SailPoint Identity Security Cloud. See our AWS Directory Service vs. CyberArk Identity report.
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