We compared Okta Workforce Identity and Cloudflare Access across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Based on the comparison of Okta Workforce Identity and Cloudflare Access, Okta Workforce Identity is highly praised for its user-friendly interface, integration capabilities, and valuable features like single sign-on and multi-factor authentication. However, users have suggested improvements in password management and customer support. On the other hand, Cloudflare Access is valued for its DDoS protection and connectivity to data centers, along with its customizable access control and user-friendly interface. Pricing is a concern for both products, with Okta Workforce Identity considered expensive and Cloudflare Access having mixed opinions. Customer support for both products has generally received positive feedback.
"For Cloudflare Access, I am using the free plan...The most valuable feature is their protection."
"Enables me to work from two locations."
"The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good."
"Cloudflare, in my opinion, was easy to implement."
"It's the endpoint exposition. We don't need to expose our VPN server to the internet and need a zero-test solution. I can apply some conditional access to the endpoint that's connecting to our network to check their security policies or the security condition of their workstation. Once the workstation is trying to connect to my internal network, then I would like to check the discrete condition of these endpoints that are trying to access my internal network. We created some conditional access. We have CrowdStrike, to check if the CrowdStrike is installed, to check if it's updated, and to check for Windows updates. We created some conditional policies to check it."
"It offers very helpful support. The technical team is very helpful."
"The solution so far has been very stable."
"I find the provisioning features and the integration with other applications useful."
"The most valuable features of Okta Workforce Identity are SSO, MFA, and beneficial feature sets."
"I like the tool's workflows, which is user-friendly. It can integrate with different applications. I particularly like that users are delighted to access their applications without the hassle of entering their username and password each time. It truly enhances user-friendliness."
"We can automate the process of adding users to Okta if they are activated in Active Directory, or if they are added to the database of applications or Active Directory in the last couple of days."
"It is a very stable solution."
"First of all, the solution is very simple."
"When there are any dynamic changes in complex applications, the tool takes a lot of time, making its analytics-related area a major matter of concern where improvements are needed."
"The pricing is an area that can be improved. Pricing, as far as I recall, was the source of our problems."
"They don't have a person to provide support for customers using the solution under their free plan."
"For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions."
"They should focus on improving them to provide top-notch team access management while still offering those typical features."
"There are some issues with the interface that can be improved."
"The lifecycle management part can be improved. It should also have identity governance and the ability to choose a specific factor authentication at the application level. Its licensing and pricing can also be improved."
"The product is expensive compared to other tools."
"It's not compatible with on-premises installations, unless you host it as a SaaS. We were not able to do that. For example, imagine a scenario where the cloud is not available. Then, Okta will not work for you. That use case will readily fail because it doesn't have an on-premises installation that you can use to authenticate or provide identity and access management. If you have a purely on-premises solution that is not connected to the internet, then this will not work. This is one area that can be improved."
"The stability could be better."
"It can have more API integrations."
"We still had to write several internal programs/scripts to complete the user-provisioning process. Okta does not have the ability to provision mailbox accounts for on-premise Exchange or in a hybrid O365 environment. The Group Push function from Okta to AD did not work reliably in our environment."
Cloudflare Access is ranked 9th in Access Management with 5 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 3rd in Access Management with 59 reviews. Cloudflare Access is rated 8.8, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cloudflare Access writes "Replaces traditional VPN and enables endpoint exposition ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Cloudflare Access is most compared with Twingate, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Auth0 and Akamai Enterprise Application Access, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt and Auth0. See our Cloudflare Access vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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