Microsoft Entra External ID

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Entra External ID
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Entra External ID (formerly Azure Active Directory B2C, or alternately, Azure Active Directory External Identities) provides business-to-customer identity as a service. Customers can use their preferred social, enterprise, or local account identities to get single sign-on access to applications and APIs.
$0
per month per active users
Pricing
Microsoft Entra External ID
Editions & Modules
Premium P1 (for More than 50,000 MAU)
$0.00325
per month per active users
Premium P2 (for More than 50,000 MAU)
$0.01625
per month per active users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Entra External ID
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA flat fee of $0.03 is billed for each SMS/Phone-based multi-factor authentication attempt.
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Community Pulse
Microsoft Entra External ID
Considered Both Products
Microsoft Entra External ID
Chose Microsoft Entra External ID
I really enjoy how simple it is to connect this Active Directory with other Microsoft Products to collaborate with colleagues and clients.
Chose Microsoft Entra External ID
Each one of these alternatives has pros and cons. PingOne from Ping Identity states they "help deliver the secure and seamless customer experience to win battles for customer acquisition, retention, revenue, loyalty, and trust." While that may be the case, they did not fit our …
Chose Microsoft Entra External ID
The best selling points for Azure Active Directory B2C that stand out from the competition are:
  • Pricing, both at small and very large scale (and in between), is hard to beat
  • The seamless integration with Azure should make Azure Active Directory B2C the first choice of CIAM …
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User Ratings
Microsoft Entra External ID
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Entra External ID
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
It is not easy to calculate the actual ROI due to the difficult quantification of all factors, but it certainly contributed a lot in protecting, monitoring and controlling access to our system. It also made it much easier to detect vulnerable external users with simple and "easy to hack" passwords they use on multiple apps.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Single sign-on simplifies access to your apps from anywhere
  • Strong authentication for your customers using their preferred identity provider.
  • Integrating with social accounts such as Facebook or Google+
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Troubleshooting diagnostic logs effectively requires VS Code
  • Group and role management requires additional effort
  • The programming model (XML) could use some developer experience love
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Each one of these alternatives has pros and cons. PingOne from Ping Identity states they "help deliver the secure and seamless customer experience to win battles for customer acquisition, retention, revenue, loyalty, and trust." While that may be the case, they did not fit our needs. We have a complex system and it did not seem to fit into our business.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Having monthly active users billing was cost-effective.
  • Helped with the IT support that was already managing the Azure platform of the company; this helped to manage the costs better and optimize them.
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