We performed a comparison between ForgeRock and VMware Identity Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Auth0, Ping Identity and others in Access Management."The solution is very scalable. We have a lot of users that have been increasing over the years that we have been using it. We have approximately 20,000 users."
"We create and define the permissions and configurations for the users."
"We used it to implement multi-factor authentication and to improve our security posture as well as reducing the potential for attacks."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the authentication for the consumers. The integration with other third-party applications is excellent."
"I like the intelligent authentication feature."
"Easy to customize and adaptable to any environment."
"Easy to navigate, handle and manage the applications."
"The support is good and prompt."
"The most valuable features in VMware Identity Manager for me are the control groups and rules."
"Its value is when you use it with a Workspace ONE UEM solution as it is part of the ecosystem for VMware Workspace ONE."
"Personally, VMware Identity Manager is useful for comparison purposes so that I can provide better solutions to my company's customers."
"The most valuable feature is the User Experience Designer, which has been very helpful for our project."
"The most valuable feature is single sign-on."
"It helps the end users to work on the road without needing to set up all kinds of VPN connections"
"When we publish the applications, getting the credentials to log in and keep the application up or running is easy."
"Zero Trust implementation is a great feature."
"The solution requires more simplified customization. However, part of the problem is my clients determining their own preferences. Technology can help and do many things, but you have to define your own policies to ensure that the solution or service works within those parameters. Helping customers understand their business and different processes is another issue not relating to the functionality of this solution."
"We raised tickets asking for improvements, but sometimes we don't get the proper solution. They are responding, but the ticket is open for weeks and weeks. For some issues, we don't get a satisfactory solution or the solution doesn't work."
"The solution's documentation is not very good, and they do not give more details."
"We would like this solution to be developed for use with mobile applications."
"As with any complex software platform, there is a learning curve to using ForgeRock, and it may require specialized expertise to implement and manage effectively."
"ForgeRock is an open source solution and is available to everyone but it is not freeware. If you need support, you need a subscription for ForgeRock. Many of its functionalities need to be built up with the help of a consultant."
"The solution's deployment should be made easier."
"It should be a little bit easier to implement. It is user-friendly, but there is always scope for improvement."
"We have a lot of problems when it comes to integrating with Active Directory."
"I would like better integration for deploying programs with binary files."
"Many of the features that exist in Active Directory do not exist in Identity Manager, which means that people depend on Active Directory."
"I would like to have better support for multi-cloud sessions."
"The database gets corrupted when used in the cluster. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't."
"The mobile SSO doesn't work as well on Android."
"There is a need for better user lifecycle management within VMware Identity Manager, along with better user governance...The scalability of the product needs to improve."
"The security features could always use improvement, although there has already been a huge improvement from years ago."
ForgeRock is ranked 5th in Access Management with 27 reviews while VMware Identity Manager is ranked 20th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 12 reviews. ForgeRock is rated 8.0, while VMware Identity Manager is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of ForgeRock writes "Governance and access management solution used for multi-factor authentication that is outdated with an unresponsive UI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Identity Manager writes "A tool that needs to improve scalability but is useful to manage user". ForgeRock is most compared with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Ping Identity Platform, Microsoft Entra ID, Auth0 and Symantec Siteminder, whereas VMware Identity Manager is most compared with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Microsoft Entra ID, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator.
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