We performed a comparison between Symantec Advanced Authentication and Thales Authenticators 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."One of the most valuable aspects is its remarkable stability."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is that it's a strong authentication solution that's able to integrate with applications."
"It tells us exactly what we want in terms of authentication to various applications and provides protection for users who access them."
"Rules on Risk Authentication are very good."
"The most valuable feature of SafeNet Authentication Manager is authentication."
"I like how the solution allows me to support different types of hardware tokens and integrate with OTP."
"Scalable and stable."
"The technical support services are good."
"We use this solution to log into virtual machines like VMware and VMware Horizon."
"Urgent improvement is necessary to ensure that support responses are faster and more effective, aligning with the demands of MFA implementation."
"This solution could be improved with risk-based authentication. I think that this product has everything that most customers are looking for, but modern technology has people looking for security tools with risk-based authentication, which they have a separate tool for. If they could integrate this, it would improve Symantec Advanced Authentication. They have to look at what's newly trending and how things are moving forward, and then adapt and adopt those features. Symantec's technical support should also be improved, in terms of response time."
"Advanced Authentication talks about the Device ID. But how the device ID is captured, I want to know more about that."
"We have seen quite a few issues with bugginess. It is indeed pretty buggy and we have had to install some fixes."
"The problem with SafeNet is that it's not integrated with Microsoft 365."
"The stability could improve."
"Lacks integration with other platforms."
"The solution should allow for support of multi-tenant architecture."
"The product could be improved by adding more features for sending tokens via SMS or phone calls."
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Symantec Advanced Authentication is ranked 17th in Authentication Systems with 9 reviews while Thales Authenticators is ranked 14th in Authentication Systems with 5 reviews. Symantec Advanced Authentication is rated 7.8, while Thales Authenticators is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Symantec Advanced Authentication writes "Ensures robust security features and ease of deployment, although it may lack some of the more modern authentication options ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Thales Authenticators writes "Has an easy-to-use management interface and a straightforward initial setup process ". Symantec Advanced Authentication is most compared with OneSpan DIGIPASS, whereas Thales Authenticators is most compared with Yubico YubiKey, Microsoft Entra ID, Cisco Duo, Utimaco SecurityServer and Fortinet FortiToken. See our Symantec Advanced Authentication vs. Thales Authenticators report.
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