We compared Okta Workforce Identity and Perimeter 81 across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Okta Workforce Identity and Perimeter 81 are both praised for their user-friendly interfaces and ease of use. Okta Workforce Identity stands out for its comprehensive integration capabilities, single sign-on, and multi-factor authentication features. Perimeter 81, on the other hand, is highly valued for its single sign-on for businesses and strong customer support. Okta Workforce Identity has room for improvement in areas like user interface and customer support, while Perimeter 81 needs enhancements in connectivity and user interface customization. Okta Workforce Identity is considered expensive, while Perimeter 81 offers more affordable and transparent pricing.
"A solution that's easy to use, stable, and reliable."
"The most valuable features of Okta Workforce Identity are MFA, and SSO, which have high security."
"It has a wide range of MFA options. I prefer "Okta Verify" out of them all."
"We find the solution to be stable."
"The product’s most valuable feature is multifactor authentication."
"What I found most valuable in Okta Workforce Identity is that it worked together with VMware Workspace One, so there was this device check at the same time. My company used the trusted device method that enabled you to define that only the trusted devices including the Workspace One agent were able to access the applications directly without an additional authentication step."
"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 made things a lot easier, especially with passwords."
"Perimeter 81 has increased my security and privacy while maintaining solid internet performance."
"The solution provides us with an easy way to configure and join the VPN with Perimeter 81."
"The feature that I have found to be most valuable is the reputation that the company has regarding privacy. Nowadays, this is critical, especially when you do all of your work online."
"Their split tunneling feature has been very valuable to our company since implementing the Perimeter 81 solution."
"Distributing the agent was very simple, allowing us to enforce security posture on our devices (i.e. S1, Disk-encryption, etc.)."
"It helps to quickly get access to the pages I need."
"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."
"Logging back into Perimeter 81 is relatively user-friendly as I just need to re-type my Windows credentials in to access the VPN."
"The product does not offer enough integration capabilities."
"In some setup cases, there are issues with attributes not going in properly."
"We've not had any problems with Okta."
"The integration with third-party tools needs to be improved."
"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."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve provisioning it can be made simpler."
"Okta Workforce Identity can improve by having more features in governance."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve the support system, they are too slow."
"Perimeter 81 could enhance its reporting and analytics capabilities to provide more detailed insights into network activity."
"The platform still lacks relevant dashboards and the ability to customize them based on our needs."
"I don't know if it is technically feasible, however, if the Desktop App could be used as a Web App or a Chrome Extension it would be very nice."
"One of our challenges is ensuring the security of our cloud-based operations."
"If I were to be nitpicky, I would ask that Perimeter 81 offer the option for us to change the color of the graphical user interface, like maybe pink or green or so on."
"Its initial setup process is complex for a hybrid environment."
"In the future, maybe P81 can improve the network traffic balancing and redundancy."
"I have found that the log-in/out process takes quite some time."
Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 6th in ZTNA as a Service with 58 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 5th in ZTNA as a Service with 22 reviews. Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. 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 Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and Auth0, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Tailscale. See our Okta Workforce Identity vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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