We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Identity and Okta WorkForce Identity based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Okta WorkForce Identity is the preferred choice when it comes to Identity and Access Management solutions. Okta is easy to use, offers great integrations with numerous solutions, and is a safe, secure, and robust solution. Additionally, it is very fast, responsive, and has great performance. The SSO, MFA, and other beneficial feature sets make it a complete and reliable product. The only downside is the price.
"Although we have not looked at the whole product and explored it completely, we find that all the authentication features that we are using now are valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the performance."
"Google is always on its own. Google Cloud Identity is pretty good on every point."
"The Cloud Identity is well advanced in terms of features, applications, and the components that it is offering."
"It is a very stable solution. I would rate it a ten out of ten."
"The solution is moderate to difficult to use. I found the approach was practical. Following the steps made it very easy to use."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Cloud Identity is scalable enough for our needs. It's serving more than 3,000 users in our organization."
"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 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."
"Other than Okta being an easy and awesome integration tool, one of the best features it has is the provisioning and deprovisioning, which makes management way easier. You don't need to be too technical to understand how it works."
"The most valuable feature in Okta Workforce Identity is the single sign-on, universal directory, and lifecycle management."
"We face no challenges in integrating the product with our legacy systems."
"The most valuable features of Okta Workforce Identity are SSO, MFA, and beneficial feature sets."
"The ease of deployment, ease of use, and speed of delivery is what I like about Okta Workforce Identity. It is very easy to use. For a lot of software, you need to be trained extensively and have a very technical background. Okta Workforce Identity is quite simple. You can integrate any software into Okta. They've got a network of 7,000 applications that easily integrate into it."
"It is a very stable solution."
"They are going ahead and adding a few more things to the Google Cloud premium edition. Their stock management and remote computer management can be improved."
"If I were to suggest enhancements, it would mainly revolve around ensuring compatibility and maximizing integration options with various services."
"We cannot manage the attributes of SSPR."
"Technical support is slow."
"The pricing for this solution is a little bit higher than AWS and others, which is something that should be improved."
"The solution's storage capacity could be increased."
"In the next release, I would like to see integration with different systems, mainly wireless SIEMS and other analytical systems that we want to introduce."
"The management of external users needs to be introduced in the tool as it is an area of concern in the tool presently."
"You can't hide the device when you're checking logs."
"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 is expensive compared to other tools."
"The lifecycle management part can be improved. It should also have identity governance and the ability to choose a specific factor authentication at the application level. Its licensing and pricing can also be improved."
"The initial setup can be complex at first."
"Support could be a bit faster."
"The stability could be better."
"The solution can be quite expensive."
Google Cloud Identity is ranked 3rd in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 21 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 2nd in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 58 reviews. Google Cloud Identity is rated 7.6, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Identity writes "A stable and scalable cloud solution easily compatible with Google office Suite". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Google Cloud Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, JumpCloud, VMware Workspace ONE and ManageEngine Endpoint Central, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt, Auth0 and IBM Security Verify Access. See our Google Cloud Identity vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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