IBM Cloud App ID vs. SAP Identity Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cloud App ID
Score 9.5 out of 10
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IBM Cloud App ID helps developers who are not security experts to add authentication to their apps, and protect their APIs and app back-ends running on IBM Cloud. Developers can add a variety of login-in types: Email or username and password Enterprise Social App ID includes a cloud user repository to on-board new users, so they can log-in with email/username & passwords, with pre-built self-service workflows (password reset, email validation etc.)…N/A
SAP NW Identity Management
Score 7.9 out of 10
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SAP NetWeaver Identity Management is the software acquired by SAP from MaXware for identity management (IdM).N/A
Pricing
IBM Cloud App IDSAP Identity Management
Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud App IDSAP NW Identity Management
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Features
IBM Cloud App IDSAP Identity Management
Identity Management
Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud App ID
7.5
17 Ratings
8% below category average
SAP Identity Management
8.9
1 Ratings
10% above category average
ID-Management Access Control6.617 Ratings9.01 Ratings
ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)8.016 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication8.215 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Password Management8.117 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Account Provisioning and De-provisioning7.714 Ratings10.01 Ratings
ID Management Workflow Automation7.012 Ratings7.01 Ratings
ID Risk Management6.913 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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IBM Cloud App IDSAP Identity Management
Small Businesses
Dashlane
Dashlane
Score 9.2 out of 10
Dashlane
Dashlane
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM Cloud App IDSAP Identity Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(17 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cloud App IDSAP Identity Management
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Whenever you need to provide Security Provider functionality for a web based application it is well suited. You can also integrate with other directory services (e.g. SAML, Facebook, Google), but not so easily with other Auth0 based services. The customization of the login page is very intuitive, but does not allow much customisation. using the integrated Cloud Directory, you do not need to integrate with existing security providers and you can build up your own user base - including Multi-Factor Authentication settings and password policies.
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SAP
SAP Identity Management manages organization identities centrally with a great amount of flexibility and efficiency. Compared to the conventional SAP solution of central user administration (CUA), SAP IDM (version 7.2/8.0) delivers a great number of benefits like: 1. Availability of connectors for non-SAP application identity management,
2. Modular/granular access management in the form of context-based business role definition.
3. It can be integrated with the SAP HR system for making entire user identity management automatic.
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Pros
IBM
  • Uses OIDC/OAuth, so the protocols for accessing user info and token management is familiar
  • Clear pricing model
  • API binds nicely with IBM Cloud Functions
  • Billed as part of our IBM Cloud, along with our other services
  • Front-end SDK for Vue, works well
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SAP
  • In my previous organization, to achieve the granularity of access based on organization restrictions, we implemented enabler role-based security roles. Provisioning the enabler roles through the SAP GRC was a great challenge (realistically improbable). Here came the SAP IDM to our rescue. It has a peculiar feature of context-based business role provisioning feature.
  • Customized context & its association with security roles & user HR attributes, give us unique ability to achieve granularity of access provisioning.
  • SAP IDM integrates with the SAP HR system and identity management becomes automatic.
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Cons
IBM
  • Pricing can be heavy on small organizations.
  • User interface updates could be timely.
  • Cloud services hangs at times, but very rarely.
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SAP
  • SAP Identity management should come up with connectors for almost all not SAP applications, which will enable the use of SAP IDM as a one-stop solution for organizations' identity management.
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Support Rating
IBM
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SAP
As IDM heavily relies on JAVA/SQL as a development language, finding skills resources sometimes becomes challenging. But SAP has strong support available for this product which makes it reliable for long term use within an organization.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
Both the software have different use cases, like IBM Cloud App ID, which will be more suitable for internal websites and apps or specific event website authentications, Auth0 can be suitable for consumer websites, e-commerce sites, where social media login is preferred more by the users. Both have their own capabilities so can be chosen according to their needs.
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SAP
SAP IDM offers a great deal of benefits/features compared to conventional access provisioning with SAP.
1. Conventional SAP user administration solution like CUA has great limitations. e.g. only SAP systems can be managed. Low-performance issues, unreliable access provisioning, and risk analysis were missing.
2. SAP IDM integrates with SAP GRC solution to perform the reliable risk analysis before access provisioning. Its context feature allows granular access provisioning.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • This has had a positive impact on security while developing our company's first major application.
  • It has impacted our development process heavily by making authentication simpler than ever.
  • It has helped reduce time in our development process by having easy integration and useful guides.
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SAP
  • SAP IDM has the huge potential to minimize risks arising out of disorganized identity management within an organization. As all identities are managed centrally, there is very little room for manipulation of an identity.
  • As this solution has the ability to integrate with SAP GRC, risk analysis becomes mandatory before any access provisioning takes place.
  • As the solution is automatic, hiring to employee exits is managed with a minimal margin of error.
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