We performed a comparison between Microsoft Active Directory and PingFederate 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 user interface of the product is very easy to use."
"Stability and performance are good. So far, we have not observed any major downtime or performance issues since we deployed it."
"I think the main reason we are using Active Directory for SSO Office for single time and for intake integrity capability to other services."
"It's quite easy to integrate into other directories."
"Active Directory is more flexible and feature-rich than Apache."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution is easy to install and has good reliability."
"The most valuable features are it is easy to use, manage, create a repository, and create the OM."
"PingFederate is very flexible. We can do many customizations, and it also provides an SDK to tailor it to our specific requirements. There are also numerous plugins available. I've worked with tools like ForgeRock and Okta, but I find PingFederate to be the most customizable."
"The most valuable feature is multifactor authentication."
"PingFederate gives you granular control over the settings. There are many options for fine-tuning policies."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The product must provide remote password reset features."
"Microsoft Active Directory restricts most of the features our company's employees want to use since they are involved in research and development activities."
"UI is not very user-friendly."
"The solution could be made more safe by using authentication mechanisms."
"Microsoft Active Directory fails to provide MFA. MFA, which is also known as multi-factor authentication on top of the password and username, is what I would like to see in the product's future releases."
"There is room for improvement."
"There are no reporting features."
"The technical support team does not give prompt responses."
"Notifications and monitoring are two areas with shortcomings in the solution that need improvement."
"It requires some expertise to set up and manage."
"Currently, the main integration is SAML-based, but other integration methodologies need to be supported."
"PingFederate's UI could be streamlined. They have recently made several improvements, but it's still too complex. It's a common complaint. The configuration should be simplified because the learning curve is too steep."
Microsoft Active Directory is ranked 7th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 36 reviews while PingFederate is ranked 10th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 4 reviews. Microsoft Active Directory is rated 8.6, while PingFederate is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Active Directory writes "A solution that easily merges with cloud-based ADs and provides superior data security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PingFederate writes " A highly stable tool offering extremely helpful technical support to its users". Microsoft Active Directory is most compared with Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Microsoft Entra ID, ManageEngine ADManager Plus, Auth0 and CyberArk Identity, whereas PingFederate is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Symantec Siteminder, PingID, CyberArk Identity and Auth0. See our Microsoft Active Directory vs. PingFederate report.
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