In the organization I previously worked for, I also used VMware Identity Manager, apart from Okta Workforce Identity. Those two solutions work together, and though they have a little bit of competition, VMware Identity Manager and Okta Workforce Identity complement each other. Okta is the master identity solution while with VMware Identity Manager and Workspace ONE, you can create the aspect of the trusted device so that when you have a trusted iOS, Android, Windows, or Mac device, it will check whether it's trusted, via VMware, and then transfer the authentication to Okta Workforce Identity and everything works just smoothly, so Okta knows that this authentication comes from a trusted device and it can pass further without any additional MFA.

We used Microsoft Active Directory before. We evaluated Ping Identity, too.

We evaluated some native cloud services, like AWS and Azure before choosing Okta Workforce Identity. 

We also looked at IBM ISAM, IBM Security Access Management, and Oracle ISAM, but they're very rigid products. That's why we went for Okta. They don't have any flexibility, and the cost was also very high compared to that for Okta.

We evaluated IBM Access Manager but decided to go with a cloud-based product.

We evaluated SailPoint, IBM, and Oracle. Our customer migrated from Okta to IBM for more features.

We evaluated Microsoft Azure before choosing Okta Workforce Identity.

Microsoft Azure was not closely compatible with their features and support.

We've been evaluating Microsoft Azure Active Directory. It's still in the POC phase, and it's been three or four months. We have very particular requirements, e.g. a mix of multiple IDPs with Okta, and Azure Active Directory is one of them, but that is the only one where we don't have the solution. We are trying to do the POCs first to ensure that they are able to meet our needs.

As part of the process, our clients did a couple of POCs. Symantec was one of them, Okta was another, and there was a third product that they evaluated. During this process, they had success criteria defined, and Okta did well with most of it.

The metrics included the operation and cost benefits, the business value, and the support.

I am looking forward to seeing what Azure Active Directory has to offer. Microsoft is giving Okta competition in terms of pricing and other features.

Before choosing this product, we evaluated Ping and ADFS.

We considered Arribatec, which is a new startup solution in the market.

We are evaluating a few products for our customers.