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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft 365

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 365 (formerly Office 365) is a Microsoft Cloud subscription service that includes Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access). The software can be installed across multiple devices and ensures that users always have the most up-to-date version of the included Office applications.

    $5

    Per User Per Month

    Microsoft Entra ID

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Entra ID (formerly Microsoft Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solution supporting restricted access to applications with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) built-in, single sign-on (SSO), B2B collaboration controls, self-service password, and integration with Microsoft productivity and cloud storage (Office 365, OneDrive, etc) as well as 3rd party services.

    $6

    per user/per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft 365Microsoft Entra ID
    Editions & Modules
    Business Basic
    $5.00
    Per User Per Month
    Individual
    $5.84
    *Per Month
    Business - Apps
    $8.25
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise - F3
    $10.00
    Per User Per Month
    Business Standard
    $12.50
    Per User Per Month
    Business Premium
    $20.00
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise - E3
    $32.00
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise - E5
    $57.00
    Per User Per Month
    Premium P1
    $6.00
    per user/per month
    Premium P2
    $9.00
    per user/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft 365Microsoft Entra ID
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details*When billed annually.—
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft 365Microsoft Entra ID
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft 365
    We've only used Microsoft 365 products. Now that Microsoft 365 is cloud-based it's made remote access manageable. It has made us as a company evaluate physical office space now and in the future.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft 365
    Using Dynamics as a business application was the best decision I ever made. Between all its functionalities we are able to connect any Office 365 tools into your personalized app and you do not have to leave your page, it’s all right there.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We adopted both the endpoint security platforms and of course the cloud security platform. So when we sell Iku for our products, we also sell the licenses both for defender, for endpoint, and of course Microsoft 365 Premier. And we work for integrating the security model of the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Microsoft Entra ID seemed to be a better fit for our organization since we were already using Microsoft 365 and a local active directory.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    It is a lot easier to administer Microsoft Entra ID compare to Ping. Microsoft Entra ID is a lot more intuitive and easy to understand. Microsoft Entra ID is more flexible when integrating SaaS solutions. Implementing passwordless and conditional access policies to add an …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Honestly, it was recommended from my MSSP to use. So nothing else was compared to it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Microsoft Login ID was chosen for its ease of use and availability of access via any device. Unlike the old Active Directory, it has a low learning curve and is very intuitive for analysts who are using it for the first time.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Microsoft is much better in terms of features and functionality. End user experience is also better with Microsoft Entra ID.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    User experience (user friendly) is easy then google workspace.Licensing cost management also easier then google platform. SSO and MFA work much better and easier then GCP. Integration with third party software we can do using online video learning in Intra id. apps are work …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We evaluated RSA SecurID and Okta as alternative authentication options before choosing Microsoft Entra ID. The combination of biometric authentication and MFA with Microsoft Entra ID's identity management boosted our financial security compared to other options with similar …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    I've not used any other product like Microsoft Entra ID for the moment
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Entra ID works great for managing users.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We haven't really tried any other modern directory services, with the exception of on-prem AD, so not really got a comparison. Although Okta (SSO) was tested a couple of years ago by another department but it didn't gain traction. And we used to use SecureAuth (MFA) but it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Entra ID is more intuitive than G-Suite mainly because Windows Server users and admins will already find the UI and workflows familiar. API access and management is easier to access and work with. Documentation is more comprehensive too, in my experience. Entra ID also appears …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    In our particular scenario, we chose [Microsoft] Azure Active Directory because it has integration with tools and applications we use on a day to day basis, such as inTune, Autopilot, Office 365, Exchange Online, Dynamics 365, just to named a few.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    I've worked with both Okta and Auth0 at various clients. Consistently, we find that Azure Active Directory provides a more seamless experience, better integration with IT tooling, and a more developer-friendly experience. In the past Azure AD has lacked some of the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    To have seamless experience on Cloud platform.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We never evaluate other types of products. Since Windows 2000 we have been using Active Directory for the administration and management of our users, devices, and policies. We could certainly see the advances that are produced version by version and I firmly believe that Azure …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    195 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    227 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    179 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    206 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    198 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    225 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    134 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    155 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    142 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    183 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft 365Microsoft Entra ID
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Entra ID
    Feature
    Microsoft 365
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Entra ID
    8.6
    123 Ratings
    5% above category average
    ID-Management Access Control00 Ratings9.1122 Ratings
    ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)00 Ratings9.5119 Ratings
    Multi-Factor Authentication00 Ratings9.2121 Ratings
    Password Management00 Ratings8.2113 Ratings
    Account Provisioning and De-provisioning00 Ratings8.5114 Ratings
    ID Management Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.290 Ratings
    ID Risk Management00 Ratings7.797 Ratings
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    Microsoft 365Microsoft Entra ID
    Small Businesses
    Google Workspace
    Score9.1 out of 10
    JumpCloud
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Google Workspace
    Score9.1 out of 10
    OneLogin by One Identity
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft 365 Business Premium
    Score9 out of 10
    RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft 365Microsoft Entra ID
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (262 ratings)
    8.9
    (241 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    9.8
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (30 ratings)
    8.6
    (57 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (54 ratings)
    7.1
    (21 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft 365Microsoft Entra ID
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft 365 would be well suited for medium to large enterprises. This is where there are several hundreds or thousands of people. Since most everyone has used one of the applications the learning curve would be reduced. Another reason would be the ability to implement security measures to prevent access to sensitive data. This could justify the cost of an Enterprise license.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Overall, the Microsoft Entra ID platform is best utilized by people looking to have one platform that manages all interactions between other platforms. The Microsoft Entra ID platform allows for a seemless SSO integration, and can also integrate with Intune for MDM. Additionally, and probably the most easy to understand integration, is the integration with Active Directory, and controls associated with that.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Chat with teams and the integrations with the other apps, and many more smaller ones, like to-dos, news, and the recent Outlook integration.
    • Easy embedding on SharePoint to broadcast all the content created in the different tools.
    • The office package is still robust with the good things from the past and new additions.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Application integration is really good for single sign-on and managing identity overall. The correlation with Active Directory on-prem is really good, so we can manage it in a single place. It's easy to manage the users and integrate other Microsoft products. It is the base of everything else.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Slack is 1000x better than teams. Why put a 250 limit on a chat? Our company hasn't moved fully to channels and it's making us lose transparency. Plus, the teams channels we do have nobody is going to. 90% loss in visibility and engagement.
    • Teams for web meetings. I think the UI/UX should match Zoom which is the standard for all our customers. They don't like it when we use Teams.
    • Chats and Channels need to somehow be on one screen automatically without having to choose that view because majority of our company hasn't opened Teams Channels and only stays in chats.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • I would like more risk policy suggestions. I guess that situation where we had outsourced employees in a country where somehow their location was changing too often, that we would have room to go, “Hey, this needs to be a lower risk.” Or maybe having easier options to let people log in when they're deemed high risk. It’s tricky because I feel like it’s really easy to do that wrong, but it’s the main area that I think could be improved. I guess also a little bit tighter administrative integration with other Microsoft products.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    There are many features of Office that we cannot replicate in any other tool. Plus people know it already. It's not going away anytime soon.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    MSFT Entra ID has been essential for managing our geographically dispersed team. We're confident that it will scale with us as grow, and we'll be able to take advantage of additional security and ID management features as they become necessary. Being able to centrally manage our user access from anywhere with a small support team is such a relief.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Microsoft 365 is the gold standard for performing project tasks in a professional environment, enabling the quick transfer and exchange of files and ideas for team members who work locally and remotely. Its suite of tools is familiar and has evolved to being cloud based, allowing for files to be updated in real time from near and far.
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    Microsoft
    From a user perspective, 10. From an admin perspective, 7 or 8. From the user perspective, it's very easy to use, but from the admin perspective, there's a lot of things that are not easily clear, testable, or verifiable without just trying a whole bunch of scenarios.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    There has been a handful of outages but they have been either minimal or rarely severe
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I could probably rate this a 10 but I'm always conservative on giving out perfect scored bt performance has not been a problem for us using Entra ID.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Over the past 8 years of using Microsoft 365, I have noticed that they change vendors often. This always leads to a poor experience in the beginning, then levels out after some time for the company to get things worked out. As a customer, it is really frustrating because I don't have time when something isn't working to have them "look into my issue" and get back with me. They have even closed a ticket I specifically told them to keep open. Your applications are only as good as the support.
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    Microsoft
    I have not needed to engage support for anything at this time. I have been able to find the answers either online or in a knowledgebase. I tried to skip the question but it would not let me, so I rated a 9 based on other interactions with Microsoft support I have had
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Most training was internally produced
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    Everything works and I use it all the time.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Make sure you use a good partner. Our implementation was a bit longer and more problematic than we expected. Our partner got it done, but, in my opinion, some of their inexperience and staffing issues were evident.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Its very user-friendly, collaborative and efficient that boosts productivity using cloud tools. their security is strong and it provides data protection. There are regular updates that shields us from attackers too. It offers a wealth of learning resources, including tutorials, help articles and video guide to help users make the most of the application and personally upgrade their skills.
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    Microsoft
    We've done stuff with Okta for Identity and Duo. Those would probably be the two big ones that I would say that people would recognize and stuff. There's some other smaller players we've talked to, but those are the two big ones that we play with. We're still using it. So, because it was integrated into everything we've already done, it just made it almost indispensable.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    The features are getting addresses per requirements and their value for Money. The proposed ROI and actual ROI build confidence.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Scalability is pretty trival for Entra ID. It's not difficult to manage a few or many accounts.
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Professional Services' technical knowledge is appreciable as consultants design the solution as per customer requirements. Mapping of features per user specifications and assisting Customer IT engineers to implement so they can manage and administer the services.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • We have a lot of nonprofit users, so they have a good ROI.
    • I like the constant updates without having to purchase the software repeatedly.
    • I used to purchase each Office (insert year here) often, so the software was up to date and had the newest options and connectors. I think my return on investment would have been much better if Microsoft had updated those versions to keep them current; after all, we did pay for them.
    • Microsoft 365's offering a monthly fee or a discount for a year helps, and you can look at it as a free backup if you have everything set to back up to One Drive. (Cloud-based document filing you can access anywhere ( with an internet connection)—you Can't beat that!)
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    Microsoft
    • We are doing a lot of sign-ins and working on it, and it worked quite well. We do have Microsoft support, so yes, we can handle all of the small issues we are sometimes having. But if you want to define it, I would say yes, we like it. Overall positive.
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