We compared Okta Workforce Identity and Cato Networks across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: When comparing Okta Workforce Identity and Cato Networks, both products have easy setup processes and offer valuable features. Okta Workforce Identity is praised for its user-friendly interface, integration capabilities, and ease of use. However, it could improve in areas like password management and customer support. On the other hand, Cato Networks is commended for its simplicity, responsive technical support, and web filtering capabilities. It could enhance its security measures and expand its user interface. In terms of pricing, Okta Workforce Identity is considered expensive, while Cato Networks is seen as competitively priced.
"We appreciate the optimization and acceleration of the performance of SDP users."
"It is quite simple and easy to use."
"The product is efficient and easy to use."
"The solution is stable."
"The scalability is quite good."
"When I first encountered Cato, I didn't know how to use it, but after a week of training, I could onboard our systems to it, so the solution was easy to learn and navigate."
"The product is very simple, and everything can be done very quickly."
"It is a stable solution...it is a scalable solution."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The provisioning functionality has been the most valuable. This solution has good performance, fast integration and is very responsive."
"One of the features that I have found to be very valuable is its interoperability and compatibility with all types of resources, whether it's networking, infrastructure, or applications. That is, it is compatible as well as interoperable, as far as the federated authentication is concerned."
"We face no challenges in integrating the product with our legacy systems."
"The product requires very little maintenance."
"I am able to authenticate my users on cloud and SaaS applications such as Workday through Okta workflows."
"Enabled MFA to access federated applications as well as increased user satisfaction through improved provisioning times and more reliable processes."
"Workforce Identity's best features include its user-friendliness and easy setup."
"Cato Networks security could be better."
"I would like to see better integration with identity providers."
"The product may be complex for users with few years of experience."
"There's no principal in Malaysia, only a distributor."
"A little tweaking or improvement of the UI in terms of logging when troubleshooting would be an improvement because it's very detailed."
"The solution could be made more user friendly for the administrator to use the portal. It is difficult to use it for people who are not experienced with Cato Networks."
"The price could be better."
"Web application firewalling (WAF) is a feature we would like to have in this solution and does not exist yet."
"The guest user access could be improved."
"We experienced some technical glitches that need to be resolved."
"The only area of concern in the solution stems from the fact that my company needs some help regarding the setup phase from a partner."
"This user integration with the Okta integration network could be simplified."
"They also have single sign-on (SSO). When we bought Okta Workforce Identity a year and a half ago, I was also looking at SSO, but not much documentation was available for SSO. The documentation for SSO should be a little more robust for somebody who is implementing it for the first time."
"Okta doesn't have a partial push. It pushes down the full profile schema for lifecycle management or provisioning."
"We have experienced some challenges in integrating this solution with Scope and Cognito."
"The solution should have greater on-premises availability, not just cloud and more package customization in its processing."
Cato SASE Cloud Platform is ranked 4th in ZTNA as a Service with 21 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 6th in ZTNA as a Service with 59 reviews. Cato SASE Cloud Platform is rated 8.8, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cato SASE Cloud Platform writes "Useful remote worker VPN, centralized management, and simple on-boarding process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Cato SASE Cloud Platform is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cisco SD-WAN, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet FortiGate and VMware SD-WAN, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and Auth0. See our Cato SASE Cloud Platform vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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