Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) vs. Microsoft Entra External ID vs. SAP Customer Data Solutions
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Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) | Score8.5 out of 10 | N/A | Forefront Identity Manager is a Microsoft's legacy identity management solution. In 2016 Microsoft released Microsoft Identity Manager, an updated IAM solution. Support for Forefront Identity Manager ended October 2017. | N/A |
![]() Microsoft Entra External ID | Score9.3 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 |
SAP Customer Data Solutions | Score8.1 out of 10 | N/A | The SAP Customer Data Cloud, based on Gigya (acquired by SAP in 2017) is a product suite that allows users to identify consumers, business customers, or partners across devices and channels to drive registrations and engagement; manage access, permission, and consent; and transform data into unified customer profiles. | N/A |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Would buy again 9 Answers | 98% Would buy again 50 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Delivers good value for the price 8 Answers | 100% Delivers good value for the price 44 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Happy with the feature set 9 Answers | 100% Happy with the feature set 51 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic | 95% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 37 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Implementation went as expected 7 Answers | 93% Implementation went as expected 39 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | JumpCloud Score9.2 out of 10 | JumpCloud Score9.2 out of 10 | Twilio Segment Score8.4 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | OneLogin by One Identity Score9.4 out of 10 | OneLogin by One Identity Score9.4 out of 10 | Treasure AI Score9 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | RSA Access Manager (Discontinued) Score10 out of 10 | RSA Access Manager (Discontinued) Score10 out of 10 | Treasure AI Score9 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.0 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | - | 9.5 |
| Usability | - | 9.3 | 9.1 |
| Availability | - | - | 9.0 |
| Performance | - | - | 7.3 |
| Support Rating | - | - | 9.1 |
| In-Person Training | - | - | 9.1 |
| Online Training | - | - | 9.1 |
| Implementation Rating | - | - | 7.3 |
| Configurability | - | - | 9.1 |
| Ease of integration | - | - | 9.1 |
| Product Scalability | - | - | 9.1 |
| Vendor post-sale | - | - | 4.5 |
| Vendor pre-sale | - | - | 4.5 |
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