We performed a comparison between Okta Workforce Identity, Symantec Siteminder, and Symantec VIP Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Auth0, Okta and others in Access Management."Valuable features include UD, SSO functionality, MFA and Adaptive MFA functionality, ability to link multiple Directory databases with UD."
"We face no challenges in integrating the product with our legacy systems."
"It's easy to use and straightforward."
"A solution that's easy to use, stable, and reliable."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the integration with external websites one-factor authentication."
"The most valuable feature in Okta Workforce Identity is the single sign-on, universal directory, and lifecycle management."
"We can automate the process of adding users to Okta if they are activated in Active Directory, or if they are added to the database of applications or Active Directory in the last couple of days."
"Its simplicity and its integration with various vendor-agnostic platforms are the most valuable features."
"Authentication & Authorization are important because all the sites need authentication for security purposes. That has been handled pretty well all these years with SSO."
"Right now, federation that comes out-of-the-box with single sign-on is the most valuable feature that we have, and also scalability."
"The Directory is secure. It's our user store, and it's important to keep our members safe. The product does well with that."
"The single sign-on is the solution's most valuable feature"
"It's agent-based. It's convenient to deploy and integrate."
"It is reliable."
"IWA is an out-of-the-box feature. The SAML-based federation is standard for all tools. However, CA Single Sign-On has made the federation configuration way too simple and handy to set up and use."
"It's quite scalable."
"It offers more platform support, like Apple, Android, and Microsoft."
"The VPN we are using is good and working quite well."
"It is easy to use."
"It's a good tool. It's pretty straightforward."
"The tool has been very stable, in my experience. Also, I haven't faced any issues or problems with integration or connectivity."
"The two-factor authentication is most definitely valuable and moves us closer to being able to check off those important boxes for compliance."
"The product is useful for providing user access from an in-built office server as we follow the work-from-home model."
"Other than it provides us with remote access, so it's fairly easy to install, fairly easy to set up, and provides us the ability to get into our corporate 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."
"SSO and MFA for improved end-user experience, and protection against password spray attacks, account password self-service."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve the way passwords are reset and how it interfaces with Microsoft."
"We've not had any problems with Okta."
"We have experienced some challenges in integrating this solution with Scope and Cognito."
"You can't hide the device when you're checking logs."
"The guest user access could be improved."
"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."
"They need to make configurations easier, and not have the engineer having to guess what will happen when he changes a particular setting."
"We're currently unable to find information about if the solution can do a full implementation with SQL. Some better and more accessible documentation for new users or those curious about the product would be helpful."
"If the reporting feature can be integrated into SSO itself that will be an icing on the cake."
"Some of the new protocols, like OAuth 2.0, could be improved."
"To add more value to this solution it needs to be more user-friendly."
"Better documentation. I went through some sessions on single sign-on for version 12.7."
"The initial setup was complex, painful. But that is to be expected of any new setup. When you're a big bank like us, any kind of migration to a new product is hard. I expect it to be painful, and it was painful. But it's not something that you can avoid."
"We would like to the OAuth be more stable, more issues being fixed rather than not."
"If they had dashboards or a report for managers or executives, then it would allow them to see the status and have it make sense to them."
"In the next release, I would like the ability to work offline with remote access."
"The User Store synchronization part needs to improve. Also, the logs, reports, and dashboard can be improved."
"Geofencing needs improvement."
"Maybe Symantec could consider providing a step-by-step guide for first-time users."
"It gets out of sync with Active Directory or whatever it might be, whatever the authentication piece is on Active Directory, and they just reset it on the backend. I never have to contact the vendor."
"It is challenging to use when installing a new version."
"Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it."
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