We performed a comparison between Cloudflare Access and Microsoft Entra ID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Access Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Enables me to work from two locations."
"Cloudflare, in my opinion, was easy to implement."
"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."
"The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good."
"For Cloudflare Access, I am using the free plan...The most valuable feature is their protection."
"Azure Active Directory's single sign-on feature has been helpful because users don't need to authenticate again and again each time they access it. Users only need to sign in the first time, and Azure handles everything. We haven't experienced any errors or security-related issues in the past four years. Many people use our protection servers from outside, requiring multi-factor authentication. Each authentication is logged precisely."
"It's a very intuitive platform. It's easy to create groups and add people."
"The most valuable components of the solution are provisioning and deprovisioning since both features work...Microsoft Entra Verified ID is a very stable solution."
"It's pretty easy to implement."
"The boards for task tracking are a valuable feature."
"It is a really nice tool and we have a license for the more complex model."
"I like Azure AD's conditional access policies. Microsoft Entra provides a single pane of glass for managing user access, improving the overall user experience."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to set up conditional access, where you can enforce users to connect using multifactor authentication."
"For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions."
"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."
"The pricing is an area that can be improved. Pricing, as far as I recall, was the source of our problems."
"They don't have a person to provide support for customers using the solution under their free plan."
"At the free or basic level of service, Azure should provide identity protection features including single sign-on and multifactor authentication."
"It would be an improvement if Authenticator made it easier to recover the app if you reboot your cellphone and lose access."
"The technical support can be confusing - if you're looking for something very specific, it can be hard to get the right answer or a solution."
"The support could be better. Lately, they sort of dropped off a bit in terms of quality."
"I rate Microsoft support five out of 10. It's just okay."
"The licensing and support are expensive and have room for improvement."
"Azure AD does not support legacy authentication protocols, such as NTLM or Kerberos."
"Microsoft needs to add a single setup, so whenever resources join the company or are leaving the company, all of the changes can be made with a single click."
Cloudflare Access is ranked 9th in Access Management with 5 reviews while Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Access Management with 190 reviews. Cloudflare Access is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cloudflare Access writes "Replaces traditional VPN and enables endpoint exposition ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Saves us time and money and features Conditional Access policies, SSPR, and MFA". Cloudflare Access is most compared with Twingate, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Auth0 and FortiSASE , whereas Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Okta Workforce Identity and Cisco Duo. See our Cloudflare Access vs. Microsoft Entra ID report.
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