We performed a comparison between Microsoft Identity Manager and Symantec Identity Governance and Administration based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Identity Management (IM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Omada is its API connectivity, which allows seamless integration with various services like SAP, GRC, and Microsoft licenses."
"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."
"Omada offers a technical solution that addresses both our needs."
"It has a very user-friendly interface compared to what we are used to, and it is highly configurable. In the old solution, when we needed to do something, we had to have a programmer sitting next to us, whereas, in Omada Identity, everything is configurable."
"Two valuable features of Omada Identity are the ability to discover accounts and link them to identities, and the automatic disabling of inactive accounts or identities."
"We used to have a problem where an employee's access wasn't terminated when they left the company. Now, we have much better visibility into and control over who has access."
"For me, the best feature of Omada Identity is its web interface because it's really easy for users to understand."
"We don't have to go in and do a lot of the work that we did before. It may have saved us somewhere in the range of 10 to 30 percent of the time we spent on provisioning access."
"The most valuable feature is that it provides protection for our company documents."
"It is a stable product. You will experience some issues with it, but it's a good product."
"Very powerful synchronization tool."
"I appreciate how Microsoft keeps adding new features to Microsoft Identity Manager."
"Microsoft integration products are strong. That is what I like about the product."
"Its interface and the fact that it's integrated with everything in the Microsoft ecosystem are the most valuable features."
"The product allows us to track the logins easily."
"Microsoft Identity Manager's documentation is good, and its end-user portal is user-friendly."
"The product’s most valuable feature is flexibility. It can be customized as per the customer’s requirements."
"Using the implementation guide, I was able to implement the solution with ease."
"Connector Xpress and Policy Xpress and the new interface."
"The most valuable aspects of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration are all the features, it is the most complete solution on the market. It has features, such as scanners and portals, it has everything."
"What I found most valuable in Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is its simple GUI. It's also easy to deploy compared to other products. With other products, you have to install the Windows version inside the Windows machine on all units, but with Symantec Identity Governance and Administration, it can work offline, so the solution is a little bit easier than other systems."
"Streamlines user access, consolidates applications."
"It's a very useful tool that has improved our client's security, from day one."
"Provisioning engine (on the back-end, separate from front-end components, that's part of layered architecture)."
"Omada's performance could be better because we had some latency issues. Still, it's difficult to say how much of that is due to Omada versus the resources used by our other vendors in our on-prem environment. Considering the resources we have invested into making it run well, it's slightly slower than we would expect."
"The backend is pretty good but the self-service request access screen, the GUI, needs improvement. It's an old-fashioned screen. Also, Omada has reports, but I wouldn't dare show them to the business because they look like they're from 1995. I know they are working on these things and that’s good, because they’re really needed."
"One thing that we are not so happy about is the user interface. It is a bit dated. I know that they are working on that, but the user interface is quite dated. Currently, it is a little bit difficult to customize the user interface to the need of the business, which is a little bit disappointing. It needs it to be a little bit easier to operate, and it should have a better user interface."
"Omada's reporting functionality is limited and could benefit from greater customization."
"When the re-certification process is launched that makes Omada very slow. There are performance issues in the current version."
"The reporting on the warehouse data and the import process both have room for improvement."
"The current reporting tools in Omada are limited, but we expect significant improvements in the new version."
"Omada Identity has two main issues that need to be solved or improved the most. One is its setup or installation process because it's complex and cumbersome. I'm talking about the process for on-premises deployment because I've never tried the cloud version of Omada Identity. Setting up the cloud version should be much easier. The second area for improvement in Omada Identity is that it's piggybacking on Microsoft's complex way of having all kinds of add-ons, extensions, or setups, whether small or large, such as the new SQL Server, and it's cumbersome to make sure that everything works. Omada Identity is a complex solution and could still be improved."
"The information that is available for the Active Directory portal is segregated here and there."
"The product's pricing and integration features could be improved."
"All actions require logging in to the server."
"They have to improve the User Entity and Behavioral Analysis."
"The prices can always be improved, and the integration with the software from other vendors could use an improvement, especially if you are using something like Oracle for a database, SAP for ERP, or something like that."
"Microsoft Identity Manager could be more intuitive in terms of interface."
"In terms of the identity and access management solution for on-premises environment, I think Microsoft needs to eliminate or minimize the number of workloads for the solution to run in on-premises environment."
"The setup was difficult. The deployment process is not quick."
"Identity Manager has a lack of entitlement support, unlike other products that I have worked with."
"The development process to create this connector is not as easy as I would like."
"They should easier and better integration with other software."
"They provide a framework to develop your own connectors. A connector is a piece of software that integrates with the solutions that are not a part of the support matrix. Currently, it is difficult to create these connectors in this solution. Other solutions, such as NetIQ Identity, provide a better way to create your own connector. Currently, there is no cloud version. It should have a cloud version."
"The reporting functions."
"There are times that it takes too long to generate reports and to run the assessment tools to collect the information."
"In the next release, there should be provisioning of your certifications."
"The product works slowly while accessing cloud-native solutions."
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Microsoft Identity Manager is ranked 8th in Identity Management (IM) with 18 reviews while Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is ranked 20th in Identity Management (IM) with 65 reviews. Microsoft Identity Manager is rated 7.8, while Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Identity Manager writes "Constantly evolving while being a crucial feature for today's security needs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration writes "Works well on-premises and has partial capabilities but lacks many feaures". Microsoft Identity Manager is most compared with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Microsoft Entra ID, Saviynt, Microsoft Entra Permissions Management and ForgeRock, whereas Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is most compared with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, AlertEnterprise Enterprise Guardian, SAP Identity Management, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and One Identity Manager. See our Microsoft Identity Manager vs. Symantec Identity Governance and Administration report.
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