We performed a comparison between Microsoft Entra ID and Thales Authenticators based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Cisco, Fortinet and others in Authentication Systems."The single sign-on is very convenient for us."
"Don't delay implementing this solution, it's the best thing you can do for your identity protection."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its authentication security. That is Azure Active Directory's purpose - making cloud services' security and integration easier."
"It offers features that improve our security posture such as multifactor authentication, which is the second layer of protection that is used when we log into the cloud."
"The most valuable feature of Azure AD is its ability to connect with services outside of Microsoft, although documentation is necessary to properly implement these connections."
"It is a very straightforward implementation."
"The solution adds an extra layer of security."
"Conditional Access is a helpful feature because it allows us to provide better security for our users."
"Scalable and stable."
"We use this solution to log into virtual machines like VMware and VMware Horizon."
"The most valuable feature of SafeNet Authentication Manager is authentication."
"I like how the solution allows me to support different types of hardware tokens and integrate with OTP."
"For example, there were some authentication features that, for security purposes, had certain limitations. Those limitations still exist, but the portal now has options so that the customers can make custom features to manage their identity."
"The product needs to be more user-friendly."
"The product needs to improve its support."
"The solution can improve the educational portion because it is an administration cost."
"The product could be more cost-effective."
"When it comes to identity governance, the governance features in Azure AD are very focused on Microsoft products. I would like to see those governance and life cycle management features offered for non-Microsoft products connected to Azure AD."
"Azure AD could be more robust and adopt a saturated model, where they can offer unlimited support for a multi-cloud environment."
"When it comes to identity and access life cycle management for applications that are run on-premises, as well as access governance, if those kinds of capabilities could be built into Azure Active Directory, that would be good."
"Lacks integration with other platforms."
"The stability could improve."
"The problem with SafeNet is that it's not integrated with Microsoft 365."
"The solution should allow for support of multi-tenant architecture."
Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Authentication Systems with 190 reviews while Thales Authenticators is ranked 17th in Authentication Systems with 4 reviews. Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6, while Thales Authenticators is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Allows users to authenticate from home and has excellent integrations in a simple, stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Thales Authenticators writes "Responsive support, effective authentication, but stability could improve". Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Yubico YubiKey and Cisco Duo, whereas Thales Authenticators is most compared with Yubico YubiKey, Cisco Duo, Atalla Hardware Security Module, Utimaco SecurityServer and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator.
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