We performed a comparison between Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and Omada Identity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Forescout and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."Cisco ISE is a powerful solution. It gives us the ability to control who's accessing our network, and Cisco has made it very easy."
"The features that do work, work well, and we use it on a daily basis."
"Being able to authenticate wired users through 802.1X is valuable as it enhances our security."
"The way the ISE works is you can get into defining. Let's say, in my case, I've got a Windows laptop and I've got an Apple product and those have unique identifiers, unique back addresses. It would say that this in my profile so I could get to those apps with either device, 24/seven. That's how granular the ISE or these NAC Solutions can get."
"It's scalable."
"The ability to integrate our Cisco AnyConnect connections to the active directory has been great."
"The most valuable feature is the provisioning of the device so as to ensure that they are compliant with the security policy that we need to have."
"[One of the most valuable features] is just the ease of use. It's pretty simple to set up certs that we can add to our clients to make sure that they connect properly, [as is] whitelisting Mac addresses."
"The most valuable aspects of Omada Identity for me are the automation capabilities."
"The customer success and support teams have been crucial."
"The administrative features and SoD are valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the automatic provisioning and reconciliation of things like the Active Directory groups and memberships."
"Surveying is a valuable feature because it allows us to import data and see who has access to what data, for example."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to set up connectors to various IT systems and offer a wide range of supported connectors."
"As an administrator, we benefit from a lot of functionality that is available out of the box, but it is also configurable to meet our specific needs."
"The support for the validity of the resources is valuable. The tool allows resource assignments within a validity period so that the managers do not have to remember to revoke the access once the work is done."
"There is room for improvement in CLI. Most things are done through the GUI, and there aren't many commands or troubleshooting options available compared to other Cisco products like switches and routers."
"The Cisco wireless controller needs to add more than one physical port."
"It could be less monolithic. It's one huge application, and it does everything under the sun, so it's hard to deal with and upgrade and manage."
"There are still some bugs in ISE that need to be worked out."
"Cisco ISE is complex. The deployment and design of networks with it is so complex. If it could change it would be better."
"The user interface could be improved to make it more user-friendly."
"They could incorporate some AI features."
"A lot of people tell you the hardware requirements for ISE are pretty substantial. If you're running a virtual environment, you're going to be dedicating quite a bit of resources to an ISE VM. That is something that could be worked on."
"The security permission inside Omada needs improvement. It's tricky to set up."
"The user interface could be improved. The interface between Omada and the user is mainly text-based."
"We are trying to use Omada's standards and to adapt our processes. But we have had some trouble with the bad documentation. This is something that they could improve on. It has not been possible for us to analyze some of the problems so far, based on the documentation. We always need consultants. The documentation should include some implementation hints and some guidelines for implementing the processes."
"The account management integration isn't bad, but it isn't plug-and-play like Microsoft Azure. You need some deep development knowledge to set up the connectors."
"The current reporting tools in Omada are limited, but we expect significant improvements in the new version."
"When the re-certification process is launched that makes Omada very slow. There are performance issues in the current version."
"Omada could communicate better with us about the product roadmap. We haven't gotten any updates about it. The user interface is often a bit difficult to understand. It isn't optimized for small screens, so it doesn't display all of the information clearly, so users need to scroll a lot."
"I would like to see them expand the functionality of the tool to continue to be competitive with the monsters out there. For example, they could add functionality on the authentication side, functionality that Octa and SailPoint have. But they should do that while maintaining the same simplicity that makes Omada a product of choice today."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Network Access Control (NAC) with 137 reviews while Omada Identity is ranked 4th in Identity Management (IM) with 45 reviews. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2, while Omada Identity is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Omada Identity writes "The solution has sped up employee onboarding while reducing manual work". Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, whereas Omada Identity is most compared with SailPoint IdentityIQ, Microsoft Entra ID, Saviynt, SAP Identity Management and Oracle Identity Governance.
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