We performed a comparison between Okta Workforce Identity and SailPoint IdentityIQ 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."The most valuable features of Okta Workforce Identity are SSO, MFA, and beneficial feature sets."
"It has a wide range of MFA options. I prefer "Okta Verify" out of them all."
"The most valuable features depend on a customer's needs. Our customers generally find multi-factor authentication very useful."
"A solution that's easy to use, stable, and reliable."
"Okta controls all the users. It has context-based access from the user and type of device. It identifies the risk and can do a step of authentication when that user is trying to access some sensitive application from an unknown device."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the integration with external websites one-factor authentication."
"The solution so far has been very stable."
"This solution has a lot of capabilities and features."
"The solution is pretty stable and simple to use."
"It is a scalable product."
"This solution has made our team more effective. We need less manual approvals when someone new joins our company. There is less paperwork and fewer support tickets raised for access."
"It provides a lot of out-of-the-box functionalities. You don't have to do too much custom development like other solutions such as Microsoft or NetIQ. It also has a lot of out-of-the-box connectors for different sources, directories, databases, etc. Its cloud version is working very well, and its pricing is okay. Its value for money is fine for most of the customers. It is also very flexible. They have frequent new releases and patches for fixing errors and things like that."
"Access certification and provisioning are two of the solutions most valuable features."
"It offers a single source of truth. Everything can be handled from one tier."
"This solution has improved our organization through its ease of application onboarding, approvals, provisioning, and lifecycle UI performance."
"A feature of SailPoint IdentityIQ that I like best is that it has good integration with other platforms. My company is using ADP here in Brazil, and SailPoint IdentityIQ works very, very well with it. My company is also using the solution for governance evaluation, segregation, and other access tests. For my company, SailPoint IdentityIQ is a very important solution, especially because it's automated, and there's a huge audit and risk issue here in Brazil."
"I would appreciate it if Okta Workforce Identity becomes more user-friendly. Its API technology is complicated. Certain applications may pose challenges in terms of integration, especially when they require IDP technologies that aren't easily codable. While I can't provide specific examples, some applications may not integrate with Okta Workforce Identity."
"In my country, there's a lot of stealing of mobile phones, and mobile phones are the authentication device through the Okta application. If someone should steal my mobile phone, which is very common in my country, he or she might have access to my company account. That's my concern."
"The product is expensive compared to other tools."
"The solution's user interface needs to be improved and made easy."
"The guest user access could be improved."
"We experienced some technical glitches that need to be resolved."
"Support could be a bit faster."
"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 connectors are far too manual. This needs to be automated a bit."
"Additional details during account aggregation failures to help quick troubleshooting."
"There's a lot of customization required to improve the user experience."
"We have had a lot of service breaks because of the lack of support."
"One needs to understand that SailPoint is into full-fledged IAM practice with a long-term vision, and customers will get a quick ROI with best practices implementation."
"If you compare Saviynt and Okta Workforce Identity versus SailPoint IdentityIQ, SailPoint IdentityIQ needs to improve its UI."
"The advanced provisioning features require more improvement."
"Finding integration experts for SailPoint in the North American market can be challenging, and transitioning to a no-code or low-code setup could reduce dependence on specialized skills."
Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 2nd in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 58 reviews while SailPoint IdentityIQ is ranked 4th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 61 reviews. Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4, while SailPoint IdentityIQ 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 SailPoint IdentityIQ writes "Flexible, easy to customize, and not too difficult to set up". Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, Saviynt, Auth0 and IBM Security Verify Access, whereas SailPoint IdentityIQ is most compared with Saviynt, One Identity Manager, Microsoft Entra ID, ForgeRock and CyberArk Privileged Access Manager. See our Okta Workforce Identity vs. SailPoint IdentityIQ report.
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