We compared Okta Workforce Identity and Cato Networks across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: When comparing Okta Workforce Identity and Cato Networks, both products have easy setup processes and offer valuable features. Okta Workforce Identity is praised for its user-friendly interface, integration capabilities, and ease of use. However, it could improve in areas like password management and customer support. On the other hand, Cato Networks is commended for its simplicity, responsive technical support, and web filtering capabilities. It could enhance its security measures and expand its user interface. In terms of pricing, Okta Workforce Identity is considered expensive, while Cato Networks is seen as competitively priced.
"What I found most helpful in Cato Networks is that it works out of the box. One of its main advantages is that it's a simple product to deploy. You subscribe, and you're ready to run."
"The product is very simple, and everything can be done very quickly."
"The product is efficient and easy to use."
"The WAN aggregation feature is the most valuable."
"The scalability is quite good."
"I haven't had any trouble, and practically forget that I'm using it."
"The visibility control and security aspects are amazing."
"Cato offers all the functionality found in other solution. The life cycle management is always very stable."
"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."
"It made things a lot easier, especially with passwords."
"It is a very stable solution."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"Its integration components are most valuable. It integrates with everything in some way. There are some products, such as O365 or AD, with which it completely and 100% integrates. So, you can seamlessly create accounts across the board with some of these products. For some of the products with which it doesn't completely integrate, you can do some kind of interfacing."
"It's easy to use and straightforward."
"The most valuable features are ease of operation and visibility."
"The most valuable features of Okta Workforce Identity are MFA, and SSO, which have high security."
"Modifying or incorporating Cato Network to work with a third-party platform, such as Microsoft, or other Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings would be beneficial. Having more integration partners would help the users implement the solution."
"We would like the product to continue to improve its security."
"The different languages in the user interface should be enhanced."
"The price could be better."
"Web application firewalling (WAF) is a feature we would like to have in this solution and does not exist yet."
"For a packaged solution, needing external intervention or a system integrator to get other features not offered by Cato Networks could be an area for improvement. Cato Networks does what it's meant to do and is even overstretching capabilities when introducing new features. The product can only have very few features added on top of what its currently doing. Managed service providers can deliver the extra features you'd need. It's a set of managed services, and what Cato Networks does is very comprehensive. So, for the time being, when the actual incarnation of the SASE solution is deployed, Cato Networks is a very effective product. Naturally, technology will evolve, so everybody knows that in three, four, or five years, there will be a new kid on the block, a new game. Still, at the moment, Cato Networks only needs to improve a little regarding SASE delivery. The product is doing very well, but one feature the Cato Networks team is doing right is preparing for the future through deploying the SSE 360, so the security service is at that edge. It's an excellent strategy to prepare for the future. SSE 360 is what Cato Networks should invest in the most to keep prospering."
"The product may be complex for users with few years of experience."
"A little tweaking or improvement of the UI in terms of logging when troubleshooting would be an improvement because it's very detailed."
"The training is too costly."
"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."
"SSO and MFA for improved end-user experience, and protection against password spray attacks, account password self-service."
"We experienced some technical glitches that need to be resolved."
"There should be automated aggregation and complete classification processes included in it."
"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."
"The integration with third-party tools needs to be improved."
"The product does not offer enough integration capabilities."
Cato SASE Cloud Platform is ranked 4th in ZTNA as a Service with 21 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 7th in ZTNA as a Service with 56 reviews. Cato SASE Cloud Platform is rated 8.8, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cato SASE Cloud Platform writes "Useful remote worker VPN, centralized management, and simple on-boarding process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Cato SASE Cloud Platform is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cisco SD-WAN, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet FortiGate and VMware SD-WAN, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Google Cloud Identity, Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and Auth0. See our Cato SASE Cloud Platform vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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