We performed a comparison between AWS Directory Service and CyberArk Identity 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."AWS has eliminated the downtime we waste when our on-premises resources go down."
"The most valuable feature is that because it's all in the cloud, you don't need to manage the infrastructure."
"Two-step authentication is very useful and important."
"We can provide specific access to people based on what they need from our accounts."
"We like the fact that it's got such great redundancy."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"AWS Directory Service is secure."
"AWS handles everything on the backend requiring minimal legwork from our team. We only require a dedicated database administrator while depending on Amazon for RDS."
"The initial setup of CyberArk Identity was straightforward."
"I found the solution to be stable."
"I like the RBAC (Role-Based Access Control). It basically involves defining various roles, and then simply assigning those roles to users."
"The tool helps with authentication. It acts as an MFA for any kind of privileged access that occurs in our organization."
"CyberArk Identity is a mature product."
"It has machine learning and can help clients to learn the environment and understand what is happening."
"The user identification is simplified, and managing user privileges, whether adding or revoking them, is also quite straightforward when utilizing CyberArk SaaS."
"The most valuable features of CyberArk Identity are its ability to control access to administrative staff."
"We had a problem with the schema uploading and setting up the directory when we are migrating our users from on-premises to cloud infrastructure."
"The group policy can be improved."
"Our only complaint is that you cannot integrate your Exchange server. Or, if you are planning to install an Exchange server on your Amazon EC2 instance, then you need to configure Active Directory on EC2 instance. We would like for this limitation to be lifted."
"The solution lacks certain features."
"The AWS Directory Service should be easier to integrate."
"AWS could improve the number of regions. Azure has passed them. The ned more consistency, as far as the Northeast is concerned."
"AWS Directory Service needs to improve processing."
"Some of the security protocols are difficult to understand."
"We would like to see an improvement in the ability to manage mobile devices."
"They could improve their UI and make everything more user-friendly."
"More integrations would be better."
"The solution's difficulty in gaining skill sets should be improved because it's a vertical product."
"CyberArk Identity could improve by having the ability to better manage the network, such as Cisco. There seem to be some issues in this area."
"In terms of a governance platform, it's worth noting that CyberArk doesn't offer a particularly strong one."
"They can include the Mobile Device Management (MDM) feature."
"The product needs to leverage the cloud more, especially in the financial sector, where cloud adoption might be limited. Proper reporting within the cloud is essential. The tool should be more user-friendly to expedite access for users. The current agent-based system poses challenges if a user loses access to the server, making tasks difficult to perform. It should also improve technical support."
AWS Directory Service is ranked 6th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 12 reviews while CyberArk Identity is ranked 8th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 17 reviews. AWS Directory Service is rated 8.6, while CyberArk Identity is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AWS Directory Service writes "Extends AD identity and management capabilities to AWS resources". On the other hand, the top reviewer of CyberArk Identity writes "Allows Linux and Unix administrators to login with single password ". AWS Directory Service is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra External ID, Google Cloud Identity, Okta Workforce Identity and Omada Identity, whereas CyberArk Identity is most compared with Microsoft Intune, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint IdentityIQ and PingFederate. See our AWS Directory Service vs. CyberArk Identity report.
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