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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

    Symantec IGA

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASymantec IGA (formerly Layer7 Identity Suite & CA Identity Suite) from Broadcom provides comprehensive identity management and governance capabilities. In addition, Symantec IGA performs risk analysis and certification and enables remediation actions in real-time during the access provisioning steps, thereby improving audit performance and risk posture with preventive policy enforcement.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft Entra External IDSymantec IGA
    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 IDSymantec IGA
    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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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Entra External IDSymantec IGA
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    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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    Features
    Microsoft Entra External IDSymantec IGA
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of Microsoft Entra External ID and Symantec IGA
    Feature
    Microsoft Entra External ID
    9.4
    3 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Symantec IGA
    -
    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
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Entra External IDSymantec IGA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Entra External IDSymantec IGA
    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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    Broadcom
    If an organization is looking for a good comprehensive identity management/governance suite that is easy to implement, CA identity manager may be a good/robust product. It is best to understand specific use case for your organization and try out the product before a final purchase decision as is the case with all sw products.
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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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    Broadcom
    • It has complete identity management and governance capabilities equipped with a simple, intuitive user experience and helps simplify processes such as user access requests and access certifications. This in turn helps in improved productivity and user satisfaction.
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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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    Broadcom
    • Bringing on new users and removing existing user when new employee/contractors join or leave an organization can be improved by linking directly to HR module.
    • The slightly complicated GUI makes drill down difficult for a new user.
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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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    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Broadcom
    The final contenders were CA and Oracle - Oracle was tedious to implement and maintain while on the other hand CA was easy to implement and maintain and came at a much lower price.
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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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    Broadcom
    • For us, it was a fairly easy implementation over 60 day period that provided ROI fairly quickly
    Incentivized
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