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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Entra External ID

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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

    Panda Systems Management

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/APanda Security now offers system monitoring, client-less device management, patch management, and other capabilities via Panda Systems Management.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft Entra External IDPanda Systems Management
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Entra External IDPanda Systems Management
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo 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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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Microsoft Entra External IDPanda Systems Management
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of Microsoft Entra External ID and Panda Systems Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Entra External ID
    9.4
    3 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Panda Systems Management
    -
    Ratings
    ID-Management Access Control9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Factor Authentication9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Password Management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account Provisioning and De-provisioning10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Management Workflow Automation8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Risk Management9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Microsoft Entra External ID and Panda Systems Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Entra External ID
    -
    Ratings
    Panda Systems Management
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Virtualization monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Microsoft Entra External ID and Panda Systems Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Entra External ID
    -
    Ratings
    Panda Systems Management
    9.1
    3 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Remote monitoring00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Network device monitoring00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Activity Monitoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Microsoft Entra External ID and Panda Systems Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Entra External ID
    -
    Ratings
    Panda Systems Management
    9.4
    3 Ratings
    33% above category average
    Patch Management00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Policy-based automation00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Remote Access
    Comparison of Remote Access features of Microsoft Entra External ID and Panda Systems Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Entra External ID
    -
    Ratings
    Panda Systems Management
    9.4
    1 Ratings
    29% above category average
    Attended device access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Unattended device access00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Mobile device access00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Virtual device access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multiple concurrent sessions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Entra External IDPanda Systems Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Entra External IDPanda Systems Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    In our organisation we use Microsoft Entra External ID primarily to enable non-attenders to remotely login to our tenant and access pre-prepared educational resources. As well as access to tutors, pupils can also communicate with centralised staff who can support them to gain an education. Utilising our external tenant configuration we can develop and deploy our own in house apps to unpin this support intervention.
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    WatchGuard Technologies
    Panda Systems Management is well suited for small to medium sized organizations looking for a tool to centralize asset management not only physical but also assist with rapid deployment of patches, applications, etc. It proves also to be very beneficial as permits (to and extent) to do troubleshooting without interfering or interrupting end users.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • One of the things that Microsoft Entra External ID does really well is creating user logins, accounts and profile. It is very easy to create them, manage them and delete them. It is fast and reliant.
    • Limit access or authorization feature. We can allow different levels of authorization and access. So that not all the employees would have access to all the data. Only some relaible employees would have access and power to change anything.
    • Mutli factor authentication feature is also a really good feature to secure data. Even overseas vendors need MFS to login which gives double protection to our data.
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    WatchGuard Technologies
    • Remote access. It's as good as any other on the market. It also allows for RDP connections which is a nice feature.
    • Inventory management. We get some great insight from the reports we can run.
    • Quick Jobs. If there's an app or service you use, there may be a quick job to install and update it remotely.
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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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    WatchGuard Technologies
    • Licensing. With the possibility of monthly splitting
    • Integration with firewalls even outside the corporate network
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Entra External ID is an all round solid product, and certainly delivers the solution to our needs well. Through use we found that Pupil's become 'experts in avoidance', if they can forget their login details or indeed their device used for MFA, they will and then use that as the excuse for not accessing/completing their assignments. If more MFA options were available (such as delegated MFA) this would really help iron out our entire end user experiences
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    WatchGuard Technologies
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    WatchGuard Technologies
    We rate and recommend Panda Systems Management not only because it is a very effective and very cost effective solution that pays itself for us (ROI) extremely fast, but also due to all reason described previously and possibly a few more I'm sure we missed here. I do have to says tech support for this solution sometimes leave a bit to be desired.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    I really enjoy how simple it is to connect this Active Directory with other Microsoft Products to collaborate with colleagues and clients.
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    WatchGuard Technologies
    Panda is a bit of a greatest hits between some of these other things. I feel like GoToAssist has a stronger remote support option, but Panda is more convenient. Kaseya has a ton of features, but from an ease of use standpoint, Panda seems stronger. Spiceworks has a fine inventory system but it lacks features. I added Azure as well since we are a 365 shop and Azure supplies a lot of the same visibility that Panda does. However it is a completely different animal, and it's way easier to hop into Panda and get what you need than get waaay more data than necessary from Azure/Azure AD/ATP.
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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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    WatchGuard Technologies
    • It has facilitated us in the management of controls on the various clients, reducing the cost of human resources
    • Thanks to the alerts, in case of intrusion, it is possible to intervene promptly
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