We performed a comparison between AWS Directory Service and Okta Workforce 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."We like the fact that it's got such great redundancy."
"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 support is very good. I would rate the technical support as a nine out of ten."
"I like the manageability. Activate Connect makes it easier to assign information and to manage the resources in the network."
"Two-step authentication is very useful and important."
"We can provide specific access to people based on what they need from our accounts."
"AWS has eliminated the downtime we waste when our on-premises resources go down."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The support for YubiKey is really good because you don't actually have to type in your username and password."
"First of all, the solution is very simple."
"It has a wide range of MFA options. I prefer "Okta Verify" out of them all."
"The MFA part is the best. MFA provided most of the security that we were looking at with respect to the second level of authentication. Okta Workforce Identity provides a number of options with respect to multifactor authentication, such as the app, phone call, and text. These options provide different ways of logging in for users, and they were a lot more than what we needed. This is certainly a very good feature of Okta Workforce Identity."
"Its integration components are most valuable. It integrates with everything in some way. There are some products, such as O365 or AD, with which it completely and 100% integrates. So, you can seamlessly create accounts across the board with some of these products. For some of the products with which it doesn't completely integrate, you can do some kind of interfacing."
"The product’s most valuable feature is multifactor authentication."
"The most valuable features of Okta Workforce Identity are MFA, and SSO, which have high security."
"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."
"Can be improved by including on-premises access for services through Identity Access Management."
"The AWS Directory Service should be easier to integrate."
"AWS could improve the number of regions. Azure has passed them. The ned more consistency, as far as the Northeast is concerned."
"The group policy can be improved."
"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."
"To get CloudWatch to monitor your memory and storage, you have to do some configuration within your server, which sometimes results in errors."
"The solution lacks certain features."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve provisioning it can be made simpler."
"The pricing could be improved."
"The only area of concern in the solution stems from the fact that my company needs some help regarding the setup phase from a partner."
"There are some issues with the interface that can be improved."
"I would appreciate it if Okta Workforce Identity becomes more user-friendly. Its API technology is complicated. Certain applications may pose challenges in terms of integration, especially when they require IDP technologies that aren't easily codable. While I can't provide specific examples, some applications may not integrate with Okta Workforce Identity."
"On the admin side, we can create our own passwords instead of generating one, which is usually difficult to explain to a user."
"Application updates are lacking. Customer support needs to be improved."
"The product is expensive compared to other tools."
AWS Directory Service is ranked 10th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 12 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 2nd in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 59 reviews. AWS Directory Service is rated 8.6, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. 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 Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". AWS Directory Service is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra External ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and Omada Identity, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt and Auth0. See our AWS Directory Service vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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