We performed a comparison between CyberArk Identity and Symantec VIP Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Access Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has machine learning and can help clients to learn the environment and understand what is happening."
"The initial setup is straightforward. It takes me up to an hour and a half."
"The setup, via cloud, is simple."
"If anyone makes an error, or if an incident occurs by accident, the business will not be harmed as a result of this activity."
"The most valuable features of CyberArk Identity are its ability to control access to administrative staff."
"I like the RBAC (Role-Based Access Control). It basically involves defining various roles, and then simply assigning those roles to users."
"The integration capabilities, ability to integrate CyberArk into the overall IBB strategy of our current clients."
"CyberArk Identity is a mature product."
"The tool has been very stable, in my experience. Also, I haven't faced any issues or problems with integration or connectivity."
"It offers more platform support, like Apple, Android, and Microsoft."
"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."
"The VPN we are using is good and working quite well."
"In this version 9.1, lots of changes are done for the dashboard, User Store etc."
"It is easy to use."
"It's a good tool. It's pretty straightforward."
"I'm not sure what needs improvement. It is a good platform."
"They can include the Mobile Device Management (MDM) feature."
"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 general user feedback, the more security you put in front of a user, the more they complain. So usability and the user experience are always a challenge. So there's always room for improvement."
"More integrations would be better."
"CyberArk Identity's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The solution could be easier to use and I found it to be very complex involving many steps."
"The gateway server is a RADIUS server, but it lacks the functionality of returning RADIUS attributes other than those that are required for the gateway to authenticate the users."
"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."
"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."
"In the next release, I would like the ability to work offline with remote access."
"Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it."
"It is challenging to use when installing a new version."
"Geofencing needs improvement."
"The User Store synchronization part needs to improve. Also, the logs, reports, and dashboard can be improved."
CyberArk Identity is ranked 8th in Access Management with 17 reviews while Symantec VIP Access Manager is ranked 12th in Access Management with 15 reviews. CyberArk Identity is rated 8.2, while Symantec VIP Access Manager is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of CyberArk Identity writes "Allows Linux and Unix administrators to login with single password ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec VIP Access Manager writes "With its mobile application, this tool offers a convenient and user-friendly experience to its users". CyberArk Identity is most compared with Microsoft Intune, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint IdentityIQ and PingFederate, whereas Symantec VIP Access Manager is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Yubico YubiKey, RSA SecurID and Q-Bot. See our CyberArk Identity vs. Symantec VIP Access Manager report.
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