We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAuthenticator and Okta Workforce Identity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is very easy."
"The product's on-premise version doesn't have recurring costs."
"FortiAuthenticator is really good software that integrates very well with Fortinet products."
"It keeps track of users and their IPs no matter where they are in the network. When users roam, we don't have to worry about not mapping them to an IP."
"The most valuable feature is the OTP on the mobile phone."
"For someone concerned with multifactor authentication, I'm satisfied with the product."
"Intuitive interface and easy to deploy."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is RADIUS service and the social network integration feature."
"Workforce Identity offers a comprehensive access management solution with multi-factor authentication, total control, and features like app access management, identity governance, and administration tools such as certification and access request management. These are typically found in identity management solutions, but Okta integrates them seamlessly into its user interface."
"One of the most beneficial features of the solution is the user provisioning and the de-provisioning feature."
"Its simplicity and its integration with various vendor-agnostic platforms are the most valuable features."
"Other than Okta being an easy and awesome integration tool, one of the best features it has is the provisioning and deprovisioning, which makes management way easier. You don't need to be too technical to understand how it works."
"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."
"The provisioning functionality has been the most valuable. This solution has good performance, fast integration and is very responsive."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It is flexible and easy to install."
"The GUI has some shortcomings and can be made better. The GUI is not great."
"We have issues with HA (high availability). These should be addressed in future releases."
"The product must provide full support for third-party FIDO security keys."
"We would like to see Linux-based operating systems be able to integrate with FortiAuthenticator to get two-factor authentication running on them. as well. This is a shortcoming that I have faced a few times already."
"There are some protocols, such as SHA and SHA-2, that are not supported."
"We had issues trying to integrate the keys properly during the initial setup."
"There is a room for improvement. The log is a bit difficult to access, and searching the log codes is also a bit difficult. So it would be much better if, when we open a log, it could provide detailed information about errors, reasons for failure, and such."
"FortiAuthenticator's interface could be better."
"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."
"A room for improvement in Okta Workforce Identity is its price. It could be cheaper. The biggest benefit of the solution is that everything works securely without extra steps, so you're saving on your workforce's time and effort because your applications work smoothly and securely, but you'd need to pay some amount of money for that. Another area that could be improved, though not necessarily regarding Okta Workforce Identity, is the SSO applications because so many of the source applications charge extra money to put the SSO to work, which means you have to buy a more expensive license. Nowadays, SSO is a mainstream functionality and it should be out-of-the-box in those applications because it's so easy to set up."
"This user integration with the Okta integration network could be simplified."
"The training is too costly."
"The solution's user interface needs to be improved and made easy."
"The only aspect in which it can be improved is that the interface could be cleaner. I found this even when I was trying to do my certification exam because the certification is hands-on. You find yourself fumbling around a little bit to find simple things. This happens even when you start to get familiar with the product."
"The initial setup can be complex at first."
"The stability could be better."
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 5th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 52 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 4th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 56 reviews. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator writes "A reasonably priced solution that can be scaled toward different functionalities and offers flexible SMS messaging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiToken, Fortinet FortiNAC, Microsoft Entra ID and ManageEngine Password Manager Pro, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Google Cloud Identity, Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and Salesforce Identity. See our Fortinet FortiAuthenticator vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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