We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAuthenticator and Okta Workforce Identity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I work a lot with Fortinet products and I call the support often. They are very quick to respond and the support is very good."
"The initial setup is a valuable point on Fortinet products. Most of the time, putting the theory into practice on the devices is quite friendly and straightforward. As long as you can read English you can find your way around the solution and make it work. This is a high value point on Fortinet - the way everything is laid out in the web UI is user-friendly and quite straightforward. The UI is quite simple."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Fulfilled our requirement at a good price."
"The ease of use is really nice. Using Authenticator, I've been able to actually work better on my authentication due to the fact that I have a single fabric to authenticate control from my firewall and on my access points. Authentication takes place from this area."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is easy."
"Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is an easy-to-use solution."
"Enables easy integration, allowing for 2FA with our VPN."
"The most valuable feature in Okta Workforce Identity is the single sign-on, universal directory, and lifecycle management."
"It is a very stable solution."
"First of all, the solution is very simple."
"The provisioning functionality has been the most valuable. This solution has good performance, fast integration and is very responsive."
"Its simplicity and its integration with various vendor-agnostic platforms are the most valuable features."
"Okta integrates well with other solutions. Once you have integrated an application into Okta and onboarded a user, they will be onboarded for just-in-time provisioning."
"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."
"The solution so far has been very stable."
"The integration with third-party tools must be better."
"Integration with some other enterprise applications could be improved."
"The user interface and clustering are areas with shortcomings that need improvement."
"The solution could be more automated. It should be able to let me automate a lot of things so that what normally is done as a matter of manual processes can be handled quicker. Slow integrations can be taken up/out if there was more automation."
"Fortinet FortiAuthenticator provides only authentication. It should also enable authorization services"
"There is room for improvement in stability and support."
"The technical support team is bad."
"We've had some issues with integration."
"We experienced some technical glitches that need to be resolved."
"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’s policies are difficult to understand due to the policy methods. They use authentication. The solution’s workflow is also difficult and not very active. They need to have proper documentation on it. In the next release, I would like to see the workflows being more digestible."
"We still had to write several internal programs/scripts to complete the user-provisioning process. Okta does not have the ability to provision mailbox accounts for on-premise Exchange or in a hybrid O365 environment. The Group Push function from Okta to AD did not work reliably in our environment."
"UD attribute mapping, Okta group rules, and dynamic usage could use improvement. It also needs more in-depth functionality and features to integrate with RADIUS solutions."
"The only aspect in which it can be improved is that the interface could be cleaner. I found this even when I was trying to do my certification exam because the certification is hands-on. You find yourself fumbling around a little bit to find simple things. This happens even when you start to get familiar with the product."
"It's not compatible with on-premises installations, unless you host it as a SaaS. We were not able to do that. For example, imagine a scenario where the cloud is not available. Then, Okta will not work for you. That use case will readily fail because it doesn't have an on-premises installation that you can use to authenticate or provide identity and access management. If you have a purely on-premises solution that is not connected to the internet, then this will not work. This is one area that can 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."
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 5th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 52 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 4th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 58 reviews. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator writes "A reasonably priced solution that can be scaled toward different functionalities and offers flexible SMS messaging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiToken, Fortinet FortiNAC, Cisco Duo and ManageEngine Password Manager Pro, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy. See our Fortinet FortiAuthenticator vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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