We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Identity and Okta WorkForce Identity based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Okta WorkForce Identity is the preferred choice when it comes to Identity and Access Management solutions. Okta is easy to use, offers great integrations with numerous solutions, and is a safe, secure, and robust solution. Additionally, it is very fast, responsive, and has great performance. The SSO, MFA, and other beneficial feature sets make it a complete and reliable product. The only downside is the price.
"The most valuable feature is the performance."
"Google is always on its own. Google Cloud Identity is pretty good on every point."
"I used it as an administrator without implementing it myself. As for valuable aspects or benefits, the significant point is that it's a straightforward, single solution that just works."
"The most valuable feature is that you can manage users from one central location."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is group access. You are able to assign policies to groups instead of users individually."
"One of the most useful features was the single sign-on. You can use it as an identity provider or service provider. And you can use their organization unit feature to enable or disable some of the features for a specific group of users."
"It is a very stable solution. I would rate it a ten out of ten."
"The Cloud Identity is well advanced in terms of features, applications, and the components that it is offering."
"The feature that is most valuable to me is the automated user provisioning that we set up using Okta as a major part of that process."
"Okta integrates well with other solutions. Once you have integrated an application into Okta and onboarded a user, they will be onboarded for just-in-time provisioning."
"It's easy to use and straightforward."
"The MFA part is the best. MFA provided most of the security that we were looking at with respect to the second level of authentication. Okta Workforce Identity provides a number of options with respect to multifactor authentication, such as the app, phone call, and text. These options provide different ways of logging in for users, and they were a lot more than what we needed. This is certainly a very good feature of Okta Workforce Identity."
"I am able to authenticate my users on cloud and SaaS applications such as Workday through Okta workflows."
"The initial setup of Okta Workforce Identity is straightforward. I was able to get an environment ready within half a day."
"Valuable features include UD, SSO functionality, MFA and Adaptive MFA functionality, ability to link multiple Directory databases with UD."
"It is flexible and easy to install."
"We cannot manage the attributes of SSPR."
"The integration should be made easier."
"The customer service and support team is not so good."
"The management of external users needs to be introduced in the tool as it is an area of concern in the tool presently."
"They are going ahead and adding a few more things to the Google Cloud premium edition. Their stock management and remote computer management can be improved."
"I would like to see more integration in future releases."
"Google Cloud Identify could make the technology used easier to understand as a layman making it more user-friendly."
"Technical support is slow."
"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 integration with third-party tools needs to be improved."
"In some setup cases, there are issues with attributes not going in properly."
"SSO and MFA for improved end-user experience, and protection against password spray attacks, account password self-service."
"RESTful Web Service calls and their response seem a bit slow."
"Okta doesn't have a partial push. It pushes down the full profile schema for lifecycle management or provisioning."
"It can have more API integrations."
"Application updates are lacking. Customer support needs to be improved."
Google Cloud Identity is ranked 4th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 21 reviews while Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 2nd in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 59 reviews. Google Cloud Identity is rated 7.6, while Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Identity writes " A stable solution that can help with collaboration and productivity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". Google Cloud Identity is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra ID, JumpCloud, VMware Workspace ONE and ManageEngine Endpoint Central, whereas Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt, Auth0 and IBM Security Verify Access. See our Google Cloud Identity vs. Okta Workforce Identity report.
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