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    IBM Vault

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AIBM Vault (formerly Hashicorp Vault) is an encryption tool for managing secrets including credentials, passwords and other secrets, providing access control, audit trail, and support for multiple authentication methods. It is available open source, or under an enterprise license.

    $0.03

    IBM Verify

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AIBM Verify, formerly known as IBM Cloud Identity, is an identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) offering that aggregates dynamic user, device and environmental context to automate risk protection and continuously authenticate any user to any resource.

    $1.81

    per month per user

    Okta

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOkta 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.

    $6

    per month per user

    Pricing
    IBM VaultIBM VerifyOkta
    Editions & Modules
    Cloud - HCP Vault
    $0.03/hr
    Open Source
    Free
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
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    Starter
    $6.00
    per month per user
    Essentials
    $17.00
    per month per user
    Professional
    Inquire for pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM VaultIBM VerifyOkta
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSample Pricing Breakdown (NOTE: for competitive pricing per contract, please consult with your IBM Security Account Rep) Users: 5,000 SSO* -- USD 1.71 per user per month MFA* -- USD 1.71 per user per month Adaptive Access* -- USD 1.71 per user per month Lifecycle and provisioning** -- USD 2.01 per user per month Identity analytics** -- USD 2.13 per user per month * Single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication (MFA) and adaptive access pricing based on total active monthly users per use case. Costs decrease if users are active less than once per month. ** Lifecycle and provisioning and identity analytics pricing based on total users per use case.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM VaultIBM VerifyOkta
    Considered Multiple Products
    IBM
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Verify
    Okta has good user experience for end users and setup process however IBM verify has a stronger capability for integration, auditing. Microsoft Entra integrates well within the Microsoft tech stack, easier for users to adopt due to familiar environment. Store scalability and …
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    Chose IBM Verify
    Compared to Okta, IBM Verify is easier to implement and more user-friendly for our employees. It provides strong security using multi-factor authentication and maintains easy settings. We chose IBM Verify because it met our needs without any significant development work.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Verify
    We conducted a comparison study between IBM Verify and Okta as well as Duo Security before making our selection. IBM Verify emerged as the perfect fit because its superior capability to integrate with our current system environment surpassed competitor security solutions. IBM …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Verify
    Owing to the general findings formulated in this paper, comparing Okta and Microsoft Entra ID to IBM Verify, the latter appears to be the only tool that delivers a number of features for integrating with legacy systems. However, since IBM Verify has the upper hand in terms of …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Verify
    During our proof of concept and demonstrations, we were clearly able to see how much better the identity, access and authorisation features were compared to the competition. We were compelled to make a decision, not only on this, but also on the ease and simplicity of …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Verify
    IBM Security Verify is a robust product which has all the features. Its advanced AI capabilities helps it make a superior product when compared to competition. The most important factor with IBM Security Verify is that it comes under the IBM umbrella which makes it more …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Verify
    IBM Security Verify is better than its competitors because of its ease of use and implementation.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Verify
    Security Verify is a great solution backed by IBM and has evolved over time to become one of the best access management applications on the market.
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    Okta
    Chose Okta
    Okta’s ability to consolidate so many apps in one platform created a very user friendly work environment. It’s robust identity management and security features made it a standout choice for our company as we looked to simplify access management.
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    99%
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    40 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    85 Answers
    Features
    IBM VaultIBM VerifyOkta
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of IBM Vault and IBM Verify and Okta
    Feature
    IBM Vault
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Verify
    9.3
    54 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Okta
    8.8
    159 Ratings
    7% above category average
    ID-Management Access Control00 Ratings8.949 Ratings9.3146 Ratings
    ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)00 Ratings9.351 Ratings9.3158 Ratings
    Multi-Factor Authentication00 Ratings9.850 Ratings9.2154 Ratings
    Password Management00 Ratings9.447 Ratings7.9147 Ratings
    Account Provisioning and De-provisioning00 Ratings9.346 Ratings8.7133 Ratings
    ID Management Workflow Automation00 Ratings9.349 Ratings8.5123 Ratings
    ID Risk Management00 Ratings8.947 Ratings8.6116 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Keeper
    Score8.3 out of 10
    JumpCloud
    Score9.3 out of 10
    JumpCloud
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Keeper
    Score8.3 out of 10
    OneLogin by One Identity
    Score9.4 out of 10
    OneLogin by One Identity
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM VaultIBM VerifyOkta
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.9
    (53 ratings)
    8.9
    (200 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (16 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (20 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (16 ratings)
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (20 ratings)
    -
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
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    -
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    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
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    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    6.4
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    6.4
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    User Testimonials
    IBM VaultIBM VerifyOkta
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    HashiCorp Vault, in my opinion, is a defacto standard for any cloud or automation implementation. They're the best of the best as far as products for secrets management and the ability to use it against relatively any service you have is unheard of for other products. HashiCorp has really taken out all the stops when it comes to creating a nice, extensible tool that people can use to suit their needs.
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    IBM
    It is well-suited for managing different users and roles and assigning permissions based on their defined roles. It is well-suited when one needs to add extra layers of authentication for certain roles or users, create custom rules for some users, and so on.
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    Okta
    Should be well-suited for a SaaS business organisation as they have a lot of internal applications and need a role-based authentication system between the various teams, improving security and audit log system to account for any breaches. It integrates well with internal applications such as Salesforce and Oracle. Best when need of SSO.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • The HTTP API you use to write and read secrets is open and can be used by any application.
    • It keeps our sensitive data/credentials out of our GitLab repositories.
    • Sealing and unsealing the Vault on demand adds an additional layer of security.
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    IBM
    • IBM Security Verify provides comprehensive identity and access management (IAM) capabilities.
    • IBM Security Verify provides multi-factor authentication (MFA) capabilities.
    • IBM Security Verify provides robust identity and access governance capabilities.
    • IBM Security Verify provides comprehensive auditing capabilities.
    • IBM Security Verify provides a comprehensive platform for managing and protecting privileged accounts.
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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
    IBM
    • Session Management is terrible to manage
    • Monitoring is hard and not enough information
    • User management
    • Configuration is too complex
    • More user friendly UI
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    IBM
    • The mobile app can be a bit buggy at times if it gets fixed it would be great.
    • UI seems a bit old compared to modern tools out there.
    • There is a bit of a learning curve; if the developers can make it more intuitive it would be awesome.
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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
    IBM
    HashiCorp Vault is the best there is out there, and it has become critical to our secret management use cases. It would be difficult to find anything that would suit our needs better and that would be beneficial for us to switch over to.
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    IBM
    It works flawlessly, i have never faced any major issues with this. It has all the features such as Iam and security management. I think its a good investment and the benefits we reap from this software are worth the price.
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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
    IBM
    We spent a little more time than we imagined to conceptually understand how HashiCorp Vault operates, as well as how it is configured. This is not trivial, and keep in mind that you will need to take some time to get a thorough understanding of the tool. The documentation could be more helpful in this regard.
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    IBM
    While setup and implementation takes work and time, the flexibility and possibilities make up for that in the long run. This is not a product you can just install and run, but if you design and implement your ruleset well, it will save you a lot of work afterwards. Just make sure that the systems you want to use it for have an existing and proven connector.
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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
    IBM
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    IBM
    It has never let us down since its inception and installation. User credentials and secure access have always been guaranteed. Ironclad security (through single sign-on, MFA, etc.) has ensured that our user credential details are safe as is our information/data. The correct access is given to users, based on role-based access with segregation of duty and the principle of least privilege being deployed. The IBM support has also been first class and they have proactively resolved any minor issues we have encountered.
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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
    IBM
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    IBM
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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
    IBM
    Hashicorp has been very responsive to our questions and inquiries up to this point. We are currently working on them to develop a more granular permissions model within Vault. We are very close to achieving our objectives with the help of their support team. We do not seem to be in the same time zone which makes it hard for escalated issues.
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    IBM
    The support team has always been the primary consultation base when we are faced by performance problems. From the deployment stage the team has managed to monitor the operation lifecycle and give best insights based on their observation. It works 24/7 to enhance productive service delivery to clients. The IBM Security Verify Support team has been the main player in the successful performance of this software.
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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
    IBM
    HashiCorp Vault is way better than Azure Key Vault; it has more features and it goes beyond a key-value secret store.
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    IBM
    We conducted a comparison study between IBM Verify and Okta as well as Duo Security before making our selection. IBM Verify emerged as the perfect fit because its superior capability to integrate with our current system environment surpassed competitor security solutions. IBM Verify demonstrated superior reliability through its enterprise-class scalability and fully transparent auditing mechanisms.
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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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    IBM
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    IBM
    The licensing terms were favourable due to their flexibility based on the size and purpose of implementation. The billing frequency is done on quarterly basis. The vendor team has enacted best user policies that gives the company the full control of this platform. It is cost-effective as compared to most security verification tools in the market.
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    Okta
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    Scalability
    IBM
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    IBM
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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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    Professional Services
    IBM
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    IBM
    In the case of adjustments, we were often able to carry them out completely on our own and only used professional services for new requirements. Particularly in the case of access management, it is very positive that we usually needed IBM for a task in less than an hour and then developed the solution further on our own.
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    Okta
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Helped us reach our security compliance goals.
    • Helped us strengthen our security position in our infrastructure by improving on poor secret management practices.
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    IBM
    • Use of the software has enabled us to track access to our premises and systems, which has, in turn, reduced unauthorised access.
    • The software has enabled us to centralize identify and access management.
    • IBM Verify use in our organisation has reduced security risks by ensuring compliance, streamlining, and automating all critical identity management processes.
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    Okta
    • Increased user productivity - not fighting with IT all the time!
    • Though there could be a bit more on the 'lost/broken phone' front, the self-service eliminates time that would typically be spent waiting for IT support/admins.
    • An Okta account under a certain domain allows proper access from the get-go, and under certain apps (such as our HRIS), adding members is easy.
    • Improved security - deactivating Okta removes all account access across multiple platforms instantly for leavers.
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Vault Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example of writing a secret to Vault. Secrets are always encrypted and written to backend storage.Screenshot of the secrets menu to manage integrated secrets engines. Secrets Engines are components which store, generate, or encrypt data and are enabled at a path in Vault.Screenshot of where vault identity has support for groups. A group can contain multiple entities as its members. A group can also have subgroups.Screenshot of HCP Vault, which provides all of the power and security of Vault, without the complexity and overhead of managing it yourself.Screenshot of where to view entity client and non-entity client counts.Screenshot of MFA is built on top of the Identity system of Vault.

    IBM Verify Screenshots

    Screenshot of IBM Verify (for CIAM) - Privacy and ConsentScreenshot of IBM Verify - Custom Application TemplateScreenshot of IBM Verify - Select Application TypeScreenshot of IBM Verify - Privacy Policy