The Okta Identity Cloud vs. PingOne from Ping Identity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
The Okta Identity Cloud
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.
$0
per month per user
PingOne from Ping Identity
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
The PingOne Cloud Platform from Ping Identity in Denver, Colorado is an identity management and access solution (IAM) for enterprises. Features of the products include single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, user management with directory, provisioning and deprovisioning. The solution is presented as a comprehensive, standards-based platform that allows users and devices to securely access any service, application or API from any device. Designed for hybrid IT environments, it can be…
$20,000
per year
Pricing
The Okta Identity CloudPingOne from Ping Identity
Editions & Modules
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
Essential
$20,000
per year
Plus
$40,000
per year
Premium
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Pricing Offerings
The Okta Identity CloudPingOne from Ping Identity
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
The Okta Identity CloudPingOne from Ping Identity
Considered Both Products
The Okta Identity Cloud
Chose The Okta Identity Cloud
The industry wide performance and reviews of Okta already made it stand out from the competitors. The customisable pricing model helped us to choose from a variety of models as per our needs. The depth and breadth of features and functionalities covered by Okta made it a …
Chose The Okta Identity Cloud
Okta had competitive pricing, high ease of use, and a short time to implement. They also have a strong and active partner community which also aids in quick adaption. The technical capabilities of this space are leaning more and more toward standards shared by all, but Okta …
Chose The Okta Identity Cloud
We evaluated Ping. We were able to secure a pricing package for Okta that aligned with our Accounting team's needs. Other services lacked features, or were too embedded in other ecosystems like Microsoft.
Chose The Okta Identity Cloud
Okta is the best out of its competitors due to its ease of use, out of the box functionality, and opportunities for customization. It is a good company to work with and strives to be there for its customers. Administration is a breeze and the documentation is quite extensive.
Chose The Okta Identity Cloud
I worked on Ping Identity Platform already. So Ping platform is an on-prem based solution. We needed to make sure that the servers where the application is hosted is up and running always. Patching needs to completed based on the vendor release. Ping solution needs more manual …
Chose The Okta Identity Cloud
We briefly looked at Ping, but Okta was simply too good as a fit and they did everything to make the decision simple for us.
Chose The Okta Identity Cloud
Siteminder---It is an on-premise application which is difficult to integrate with cloud-based applications. As Okta is a cloud application we can integrate both on-premise and cloud applications.
Ping--It doesn't provide the applications templates which [are] provided by Okta. …
Chose The Okta Identity Cloud
Okta has more robust support for Office 365 than Centrify (which we previously used), and it is easier to configure and administrate. It is cloud-based and easier to manage than Microsoft ADFS. It is similar to OneLogin and Ping but we've found the pricing and support options …
Chose The Okta Identity Cloud
Preferred Okta's reputation as well as other internal factors (relationships) that led us to work with Okta.
Chose The Okta Identity Cloud
Okta has the best dashboard for navigation and is very end-user friendly. Easy to navigate and configure applications and SSO and a very effective way of managing end-user issues.
SSO-wise it is the best product in terms of end-user experience; [it's a] seamless process for the …
Chose The Okta Identity Cloud
Okta and Ping are similar but the future has been laid out for us by Okta and we believe that that is the correct path for our company and IT team to follow. We try to make sure that we are making progress that we can apply to everything we do and not limit ourselves. We feel …
PingOne from Ping Identity
Chose PingOne from Ping Identity
This solution is selected before my time so, not much influence ,but product allow to customized and require decent ping skills to configure the solution. Okta and Other solutions are well suited in this category with some positive and some negative capabilities. it must say …
Chose PingOne from Ping Identity
All contenders were capable, but we had scale concerns with NetIQ's architecture. In the end, what set Ping apart from the others was their level of engagement in understanding our use cases up front during the RFP stage and how they were focused on what we needed more than …
Chose PingOne from Ping Identity
I found both platforms compelling from an ease of use and user experience perspective. The decider for me was cost driven as I had already used Ping to drive a self-service transformation in a prior organization, and I intended to do the same at this one. Okta had issues with …
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Features
The Okta Identity CloudPingOne from Ping Identity
Identity Management
Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
The Okta Identity Cloud
8.9
156 Ratings
10% above category average
PingOne from Ping Identity
6.5
7 Ratings
21% below category average
ID-Management Access Control9.1144 Ratings8.85 Ratings
ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)9.5152 Ratings9.97 Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication9.2142 Ratings9.97 Ratings
Password Management8.7138 Ratings8.85 Ratings
Account Provisioning and De-provisioning8.9129 Ratings1.64 Ratings
ID Management Workflow Automation8.279 Ratings2.33 Ratings
ID Risk Management8.3106 Ratings4.34 Ratings
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User Ratings
The Okta Identity CloudPingOne from Ping Identity
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(198 ratings)
7.9
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(12 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
Online Training
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.9
(50 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
The Okta Identity CloudPingOne from Ping Identity
Likelihood to Recommend
Okta
I would definitely suggest this tool to my colleagues. When it comes to single sign to integrate all our applications under one umbrella, this will be the tool to go for sure. In our company, when we were moving our applications to the cloud one by one, we wanted one tool that could serve as a platform for all the applications with one password and with enhanced multi factor authentication and we choose The Okta Identity Cloud. When it comes to SAP, integration with The Okta Identity Cloud was a little tedious.
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Ping Identity
Really like [this] solution, it fits our requirements 100%. There are unlimited possibilities to extend the product, either by creating additional adapters or selectors. We really like the policy management level in PingFederate. It's extremely helpful when we can specify customer journey per many different requirements like user location, application type etc. As well, both StepUp and TopDown authentication flows were implemented [easily].
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Pros
Okta
  • RBAC is simple, straight forward and easy to manage
  • Integrations of Social Login are simple to configure and the Auth0 documentation shows step by step how to configure it
  • Rules/Hooks provide customization to the Auth0 flow, making it a great solution to define how we allow our users to login into our applications
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Ping Identity
  • Based on open standards, we can use as much or as little of the Ping suite as we like, depending on which other technologies we've already implemented.
  • Continuous innovation and product enhancements have ensured their products continue to meet our rapidly evolving needs.
  • Ping Identity has been an outstanding partner, starting with the RFP process and continuing to this day, years after the sale. They are focused on our success at every level of the company and are highly responsive to our needs, issues, and product suggestions.
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Cons
Okta
  • The user interface of Okta is basic and needs improvement. There's some learning curve for new users.
  • One time integration effort is high for the initial setup. Took us around 3 weeks.
  • Okta times out pretty quick making us login multiple times in the day.
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Ping Identity
  • solution has some propriety solution which is hard to customize
  • doesn't support all workflow and hooks
  • solution has aged and not all configuration are supported
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Ping Identity
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Usability
Okta
Some of its features are great and some are slightly complex and not easy without vendor support.
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Ping Identity
Easy to use; all UI's are user friendly and easy to learn.[The] possibility to use API is [a] big value as well. We really like integration with CyberArk; with it we can manage privileged accounts according to company standards without breaking any rules, and we can be 100% sure that only approved persons will have administrative access.
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Reliability and Availability
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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Ping Identity
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Performance
Okta
The Okta Identity Cloud performance is very good and there is never any reports from the user community or from the IT administrative team of slow response or sluggishness. In addition, integrations with other systems does not slow them down and everything works seamlessly. The only other feedback is that once in a while there is a slight delay in receiving a second factor on a mobile device but this is likely due to a phone endpoint issue and not the The Okta Identity Cloud service.
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Ping Identity
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Support Rating
Okta
There isn't a clear method to get a hold of support when trouble arises if you're on their standard plan. You can file a support ticket and they generally are responsive. I've often been able to find similar questions to the questions I've had when it comes to support in their ticket history, however, some have been closed without a satisfactory conclusion for the original poster.
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Ping Identity
Ping's support is willing and attentive, but if I am in a position to engage them I am often at a point where most of the usual support engineers would not be in a position to answer the questions I have. However, Ping has been more than willing to engage their product and development teams with our organization as we take advanced deployment and use case challenges to them.
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Alternatives Considered
Okta
Okta was the most expensive choise between than, but still our best bet. This was caused because they were able to integrate with 90% of our software without any headache and 10% with some studies - this work would be higher and requires more working hours from our engineers if we opted to their competitors.
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Ping Identity
Two-way authentication and ease of use. I've used several applications that just email a link but never ask for a verification code. By entering the verification code you are sure that the site is safe, secured, and reliable. Using Ping, we can ensure no one other than you will access the application using your credential as you can log in only after you confirm using the verification code that you receive on your personal email or device.
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Scalability
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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Ping Identity
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Return on Investment
Okta
  • Customer experience has been a big win for us. Extremely minimal issues reported.
  • We did not have a PAM in place at all until The Okta Identity Cloud
  • Relatively easy to deploy. No major downtimes to deploy was a nice bonus.
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Ping Identity
  • it is positive with saving the cost
  • some drawback with aging solution
  • directory is solid and provide lots of cost saving
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