Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
9STAR Elastic SSO
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
9STAR’s Elastic SSO® Team Edition is an enterprise-grade secure single sign-on access cloud software appliance. It is designed to allow enterprise customers to provision, host, and manage enterprise user identities securely in the cloud for secure access.
$216
per month
Akamai Identity Cloud
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Akamai Identity Cloud (formerly Janrain, acquired January 2019) supports the collection of customer identity data through social and traditional registration and login as well as diverse engagement capabilities like Commenting, Ratings and Reviews and Live Chat. The customer identity data is stored in one unified individual-level profile, making it available for use across a marketing organization and broader enterprise through out of the box integrations with the most common technology…
$0
up to 2,500 users
Okta
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Okta is an enterprise grade identity management service, built in the cloud. IT can manage access across any application, person or device. Whether the people are employees, partners or customers or whether the applications are in the cloud, on premises or on a mobile device, Okta helps IT become more secure and maintain compliance. The Okta service provides directory services, single sign-on, authentication, provisioning, workflow, and built in reporting. ment systems.
$2
Per User Per Month
Pricing
9STAR Elastic SSOAkamai Identity CloudOkta
Editions & Modules
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Free Basic Social Login
$0
up to 2,500 users
Enterprise
$5,000
100k users
Pro
$1,000/$2,250
10k/25k users
Single Sign on
$2.00
Per User Per Month
Multi Factor Authentication
$3.00
Per User Per Month
Single Sign on Adaptive
$5.00
Per User Per Month
Multi Factor Authentication Adaptive
$6.00
Per User Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
9STAR Elastic SSOAkamai Identity CloudOkta
Free Trial
NoYesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Identity Management
Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
9STAR Elastic SSO
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Ratings
Akamai Identity Cloud
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Ratings
Okta
8.8
156 Ratings
7% above category average
ID-Management Access Control00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2144 Ratings
ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2155 Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0151 Ratings
Password Management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.0144 Ratings
Account Provisioning and De-provisioning00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8130 Ratings
ID Management Workflow Automation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5122 Ratings
ID Risk Management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6115 Ratings
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User Ratings
9STAR Elastic SSOAkamai Identity CloudOkta
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8.0
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8.8
(183 ratings)
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8.0
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Usability
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9.0
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Availability
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10.0
(4 ratings)
Performance
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9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
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10.0
(12 ratings)
Online Training
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1.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
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9.0
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6.4
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6.4
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
9STAR
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Akamai
It helps to store our data online and also they provide security to our data. We can access our data anytime and anywhere. The Initial setup was heavy it could have been much better. To overcome this they do provide good customer support where we can call them to clear our concerns. It is not suitable for small business people where the cost is high inside many can't afford their plans.
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Okta
The cloud-first medium through large enterprises which use multiple technology systems should choose Okta as their best solution because it provides optimal performance. Okta's main advantage exists in its extensive Integration Network, which enables IT departments to implement SSO together with automated lifecycle management across multiple third-party SaaS applications such as Slack and Salesforce and AWS. For fast-growing companies that need to deploy systems quickly while providing users with platform-independent access, this solution serves as their perfect "identity glue."

Okta licensing to small businesses with basic access needs which require access to three applications should use a different product because their low-cost requirements will exceed their expected benefits from the product. The Okta Access Gateway creates operational difficulties for businesses that depend on legacy systems or have extensive "on-premise only" network requirements
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Pros
9STAR
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Akamai
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Okta
  • Centralized control of enterprise passwords
  • Extensive customization of acceptable password criteria
  • One system for Identity and Access Management to learn
  • Scalable throughout the university for all central services
  • Uniform login experience for students, faculty, and staff
  • Single point of response to address termination of access
  • Ability to use FastPass for lower priority systems
  • Excellent support of multi-factor requirements
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Cons
9STAR
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Akamai
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Okta
  • I do have to reset my password quite frequently. However, I don't think there is really a way to improve this, as it's a good security measure.
  • It makes me re-sign in a couple of times a day, sometimes if I haven't used my laptop for a couple of hours, and sometimes just randomly throughout the day.
  • It doesn't remember my devices, either my laptop or phone. so it always calls that out.
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Likelihood to Renew
9STAR
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Akamai
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Okta
Okta has a passion to provide secure and scalable identity solution. Their passion has come across as advocacy in a way that has deepened my knowledge of the field of authentication. I took identity for granted before but after seeing features such as external authentication I know that Okta can enable my business to reach new heights
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Usability
9STAR
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Akamai
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Okta
Some of its features are great and some are slightly complex and not easy without vendor support.
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Reliability and Availability
9STAR
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Akamai
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Okta
The Okta Identity Cloud advertises 4 9's of reliability and I would go as far to say that it may even do better than that. As a true Global organization that operates in just about every region of the world, we have yet to have an issue with The Okta Identity Cloud that has impacted our business operations.
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Performance
9STAR
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Akamai
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Okta
From my perspective, for the things that my group uses it for, Okta is very fast. It is as least as fast as the local password database methods that it replaces on our campus enterprise services. I do not believe that it slows anything down at all. In fact, not having to think too much about the login, because they all look the same, probably speeds things up somewhat.
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Support Rating
9STAR
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Akamai
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Okta
We've had a few support cases over the years and every case has been handled by the Okta support team beautifully. We received clear answers to questions we had regarding setup and even were provided simple to follow guides on how to setup their product to use with custom applications.
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Alternatives Considered
9STAR
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Akamai
We are using Janrain to protect our data from internet attacks and they also have good customer support to cover critical instances. Customer data can be accessed easily. They also have an MFA facility to stop unauthorized persons [from] accessing the data. They also provide a 30-day basic plan to experience their facility which can be useful to know the features and facility of that product.
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Okta
Okta is far superior in terms of integrations, user interface, automation, and connectivity. Additionally, Okta offers better support and availability, and a more robust solution across every capacity Entra competes in. Okta simply works, whereas Microsoft Entra has a large overhead that is difficult to use when configuring things.
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Scalability
9STAR
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Akamai
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Okta
Being a cloud native application, The Okta Identity Cloud is extremely scalable and easy to setup. By integrating into existing directories and applications via standard techniques and protocols, it is very easy to both initially setup and add additional users as required. Once all the necessary integrations are setup, it's a simple rinse and repeat process to onboard additional users (which can be automated with imports as well)
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Return on Investment
9STAR
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Akamai
  • Customer data can be easily accessed
  • we have protected our data which can also be accessed anywhere without worrying [about] internet attacks
  • Pricing is bit high for what we get
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Okta
  • Generally saves 1 hour for the various teams, effectively logging in to every application as Okta provides SSO.
  • Password management is easier and owned by the user with multiple timely reminders.
  • Saved time due to role-wise access creation with only limited application to various team members.
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