We compared Okta Workforce Identity and Perimeter 81 across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Okta Workforce Identity and Perimeter 81 are both praised for their user-friendly interfaces and ease of use. Okta Workforce Identity stands out for its comprehensive integration capabilities, single sign-on, and multi-factor authentication features. Perimeter 81, on the other hand, is highly valued for its single sign-on for businesses and strong customer support. Okta Workforce Identity has room for improvement in areas like user interface and customer support, while Perimeter 81 needs enhancements in connectivity and user interface customization. Okta Workforce Identity is considered expensive, while Perimeter 81 offers more affordable and transparent pricing.
"Workforce Identity offers a comprehensive access management solution with multi-factor authentication, total control, and features like app access management, identity governance, and administration tools such as certification and access request management. These are typically found in identity management solutions, but Okta integrates them seamlessly into its user interface."
"The most valuable features of Okta Workforce Identity are SSO, MFA, and beneficial feature sets."
"One of the features that I have found to be very valuable is its interoperability and compatibility with all types of resources, whether it's networking, infrastructure, or applications. That is, it is compatible as well as interoperable, as far as the federated authentication is concerned."
"Having a single sign-on to all our applications."
"Enabled MFA to access federated applications as well as increased user satisfaction through improved provisioning times and more reliable processes."
"It's easy to use and straightforward."
"Other than Okta being an easy and awesome integration tool, one of the best features it has is the provisioning and deprovisioning, which makes management way easier. You don't need to be too technical to understand how it works."
"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."
"Their split tunneling feature has been very valuable to our company since implementing the Perimeter 81 solution."
"Distributing the agent was very simple, allowing us to enforce security posture on our devices (i.e. S1, Disk-encryption, etc.)."
"Even after restarting, it tries to quickly reestablish connection which is very helpful."
"It has provided a seamless gateway to much-needed platforms."
"It keeps us all accountable and ensures secure internet connections while we all work remotely."
"The ease of use not only translates to quick adoption rates - it also ensures that our employees remain compliant with our cybersecurity protocols, enhancing the overall security posture of our organization."
"It helps to quickly get access to the pages I need."
"Our operators can work from home without any problems."
"The error logging could be improved. Okta doesn't provide enough details when you are troubleshooting an issue. It's often difficult to fix it from our end, so we always need additional support from Okta."
"Okta Workforce Identity could improve the support system, they are too slow."
"The solution is very expensive."
"RESTful Web Service calls and their response seem a bit slow."
"A room for improvement in Okta Workforce Identity is its price. It could be cheaper. The biggest benefit of the solution is that everything works securely without extra steps, so you're saving on your workforce's time and effort because your applications work smoothly and securely, but you'd need to pay some amount of money for that. Another area that could be improved, though not necessarily regarding Okta Workforce Identity, is the SSO applications because so many of the source applications charge extra money to put the SSO to work, which means you have to buy a more expensive license. Nowadays, SSO is a mainstream functionality and it should be out-of-the-box in those applications because it's so easy to set up."
"This user integration with the Okta integration network could be simplified."
"Its pricing needs improvement."
"The only aspect in which it can be improved is that the interface could be cleaner. I found this even when I was trying to do my certification exam because the certification is hands-on. You find yourself fumbling around a little bit to find simple things. This happens even when you start to get familiar with the product."
"Currently, I am not able to define a different country or location, which can result in negative experiences as the tool is being recognized by websites and this can make it difficult to access them or force me to disable the program temporarily."
"Perimeter 81 could enhance its reporting and analytics capabilities to provide more detailed insights into network activity."
"What would be useful would be a notification/warning that a session is due to timeout after exceeding the default connection limit."
"Offering in-app explanations detailing what each feature does, its benefits and potential use cases can help users better understand and utilize the tool to its full potential."
"The solution's speed of upload and download is an area where it lacks"
"Its initial setup process is complex for a hybrid environment."
"The platform still lacks relevant dashboards and the ability to customize them based on our needs."
"I'd love to learn more about all of the features. Maybe a monthly spotlight of features or having a banner that explains more ways certain features could be used would be helpful."
Okta Workforce Identity is ranked 6th in ZTNA as a Service with 59 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 5th in ZTNA as a Service with 22 reviews. Okta Workforce Identity is rated 8.4, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Okta Workforce Identity writes "Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". Okta Workforce Identity is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt and Auth0, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Tailscale. See our Okta Workforce Identity vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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