We performed a comparison between Okta Workforce Identity and WSO2 Identity Server 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."First of all, the solution is very simple."
"The product is easy to use."
"It's easy to use and straightforward."
"The solution can scale very well."
"The feature that is most valuable to me is the automated user provisioning that we set up using Okta as a major part of that process."
"Its simplicity and its integration with various vendor-agnostic platforms are the most valuable features."
"It is dependent on the evolution of your user base. It depends on usage per user, so the more sign-ins there are, the more expensive it becomes, so it works best for smaller companies from a financial perspective."
"I like the tool's workflows, which is user-friendly. It can integrate with different applications. I particularly like that users are delighted to access their applications without the hassle of entering their username and password each time. It truly enhances user-friendliness."
"The keystore feature has been most valuable for us."
"It's very easy to implement everything."
"Comprehensive ecosystem."
"I would rate the solution's stability eight or nine out of ten."
"The single sign-on procedure itself, as well as the ability to connect to external user sources such as Microsoft Active Directory and LDAP servers, are the solution's most valuable features."
"Some of the valuable features of the solution are the easy integration with processes, such as Single Sign-On. Overall WSO2 is straightforward and does not need customization."
"The product provides easy integration between API manager and IT server components."
"The solution gets the job done, and we don't have to do the main configuration."
"In some setup cases, there are issues with attributes not going in properly."
"The initial setup can be complex at first."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve the way passwords are reset and how it interfaces with Microsoft."
"The ability or the options in the solution for changing the look and feel are not good enough because in our partner portal, essentially what they have is an ugly admin interface."
"The solution should have greater on-premises availability, not just cloud and more package customization in its processing."
"Application updates are lacking. Customer support needs to be improved."
"They also have single sign-on (SSO). When we bought Okta Workforce Identity a year and a half ago, I was also looking at SSO, but not much documentation was available for SSO. The documentation for SSO should be a little more robust for somebody who is implementing it for the first time."
"The product does not offer enough integration capabilities."
"The high availability architecture has to be improved."
"The solution could improve its development from a user perspective."
"This solution does not have BPM workflows already integrated, we had to integrate the BPM module externally. They do not provide full-featured auditing and certification modules out of the box."
"There needs to be a good support model and easy-to-understand documentation."
"I found the initial setup to be very complex."
"The solution seems to be pretty outdated."
"This solution requires extensive knowledge to be used effectively as certain areas of its use are not user friendly."
"Sometimes working with the code is difficult because I search for documentation about the code and how to work with the code, which is where I believe they should improve, by providing some documentation on how to work with the code."
Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 2nd in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 59 reviews while WSO2 Identity Server is ranked 6th in Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) with 8 reviews. Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4, while WSO2 Identity Server is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 Identity Server writes "Provides easy integration with other tools". Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and Auth0, whereas WSO2 Identity Server is most compared with Auth0, Amazon Cognito, SAP Identity Management, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM). See our Okta Workforce Identity vs. WSO2 Identity Server report.
We monitor all Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.