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 logs have great detail that make it easier to evaluate and control the security environment."
"Enables easy integration, allowing for 2FA with our VPN."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is easy."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is that it easy to install. The user experience is very good."
"The product’s most valuable feature is integration with FortiGate, FortiToken, FortiTalk, and multi-factor authentication."
"For someone concerned with multifactor authentication, I'm satisfied with the product."
"It reduces the need for network administrator intervention by allowing the user to perform their own registration and resolve their own password problems and issues."
"Valuable features include the robust SSO features, when you have more complicated authentication within an organization. We can mix AD, Radius, Portal, SSO Portals (Google, etc.), and build our own environment. It is very flexible."
"The provisioning functionality has been the most valuable. This solution has good performance, fast integration and is very responsive."
"The product requires very little maintenance."
"It made things a lot easier, especially with passwords."
"Valuable features include UD, SSO functionality, MFA and Adaptive MFA functionality, ability to link multiple Directory databases with UD."
"The most valuable features depend on a customer's needs. Our customers generally find multi-factor authentication very useful."
"Enabled MFA to access federated applications as well as increased user satisfaction through improved provisioning times and more reliable processes."
"I like the tool's workflows, which is user-friendly. It can integrate with different applications. I particularly like that users are delighted to access their applications without the hassle of entering their username and password each time. It truly enhances user-friendliness."
"The solution can scale very well."
"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."
"The hardware aspect of the solution could be improved. We are not really able to understand the hardware capabilities of the device."
"There are some protocols, such as SHA and SHA-2, that are not supported."
"A better integration with other vendors."
"The integration with other products, for example, some SAML authentications, would make it more flexible."
"FortiAuthenticator's interface could be better."
"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."
"Integration with FortiGate could be more fluid."
"The training is too costly."
"It would be pricing, which is a tough one because it goes against Microsoft. A lot of companies say they're a Microsoft partner, and they get all their software for free. Okta is like a luxury product, and it's not the most affordable one. I would say if they could work on pricing, it would help. Other than that, they've done great strides in developing a product that is really good. The companies that do see the value tend to invest in it."
"We experienced some technical glitches that need to be resolved."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve provisioning it can be made simpler."
"The integration with third-party tools needs to be improved."
"It is challenging to obtain a comprehensive backup."
"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 guest user access could be improved."
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is ranked 5th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 50 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 4th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 54 reviews. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is rated 8.0, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. 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, Microsoft Entra ID, Fortinet FortiNAC and Microsoft Active Directory, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Google Cloud Identity, Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and Amazon Cognito. See our Fortinet FortiAuthenticator vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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