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September 25, 2020
Okta was the best choice for us
We use Okta to provide a single sign-on experience to all of our users in the organization. Almost all of our tools and applications are integrated into Okta so that one set of credentials can be used everywhere. In addition to organization-wide applications, individual departments can share applications, even those that don't support single sign-on. Employees never gain access to the username and password of these applications. This increases our security because when employees leave the organization, we can immediately terminate access to all of the applications.
- Supported applications and sign-on methods. The catalog is very robust, and it is easy to add additional applications
- Reporting - excellent reporting tools for administrators
- Ease of use - the interface is easy to understand and looks great
- It would be nice if we could get more granular reporting that included internal IP addresses of users
September 22, 2020
Okta does simply the best job
Our entire organization uses Okta for single sign-on and also for security purposes. We deal with PHI (protected health information) involving healthcare practices and patients, so it's essential that security is a high priority for us. Okta allows us to sign on with Duo Security so that we can access software safely and easily.
- Ease of use.
- It can host and manage multiple different software.
- Very simple and clean interface.
- The log out time (due to security) can be a bit of a pain.
- No help center for customer support.
September 22, 2020
Look no further, the best in SSO and MFA!
We use Okta for single sign-on to several of our own internal web applications as well as external applications. Everyone in our organization uses it, and it solves the big hassle of having tons of different passwords for different websites and applications. It also allows our users to self-service their passwords and lockouts as Okta integrates directly with our Active Directory infrastructure.
- Okta handles lockouts and password changes very seamlessly. Most end users no longer have to contact our IT department to reset their password or unlock their account.
- Okta does MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) very well with the use of their own app, Okta Verify. We utilize this for VPN connections and having MFA or 2FA has strengthened the security of our internal network.
- Okta's administration GUI is easy to use, and easy to set up. Adding applications to the organization is easy and requires very little work to deploy.
- Users can utilize Okta to store passwords securely and safe on their own account. They also can one click login to personal sites if they use Okta to store their password.
- Okta's support system is very knowledgeable and quick to respond to issues. We've had a few cases that were resolved within hours and that helps immensely when working with end users.
- Okta does charge more if you include user provisioning in your plan. While for very large organizations, this is essential, I found that the value wasn't there for a smaller organization, and it's easier for us to provision users into various web applications and sites.
- The Chrome plugin can be a bit intrusive whenever you log in to a website that is not part of the company organization. While this is not terrible, it could be a little less intrusive for the end-user.
- Setting up on-site MFA is not very well explained, or detailed how it would benefit our organization.
September 25, 2020
Okta Workforce Identity is key to our success when tackling hard user identity verification challenges
Okta is the preferred user authentication method across our entire organization. We had a huge problem with how to sync user authentication across many many different building sites and countries. We needed the ability to revoke user's access to company resources with a simple click of the button. When before Okta it used to take ages and many departments to revoke access. With Okta that's all made much more simple.
- Providing a single pane of glass for all approved business apps.
- With Okta at the gate, we can be confident that user authentication is managed properly.
- Recommending strong passwords and managing those passwords for all websites.
- There is no fat client for a workstation to protect local login.
- Lack of biometric features.
- The ability to partition Okta for use by parts of an organization that has governmental restrictions and compliances.
September 25, 2020
Okta : Single Sign-On streamlines user workflow
Okta Single Sign-On was integrated with a new application that was custom developed for the graphics department at a major broadcaster's enterprise. Okta was integrated as the top layer of security to eliminate credential reauthentication as the new system was being accessed by over 200 people with various levels of authority and access boundaries. It saved time with the helpdesk requests and provided easy and fast access to multiple areas of the system for the authorized personnel.
- Reporting features for Okta have significant advantages over its competitors with detailed reporting for each user and access log.
- Ability to integrate multiple identity providers.
- Directory Integration: Okta's ability to configure the master/universal directory that can be set and switched at will is great as it doesnt require separate system updates.
- Hardware Integration with devices that are on premises requires separate hardware upgrade that can be quite expensive depending on the number of devices required.
- Price : Okta is great for large enterprises, but small to medium sized companies wouldnt be able to afford the high cost.
- Company doesnt provide different levels of services that can be added or deleted depending on the needs of the organization.
It is used across the whole organisation.
- Single sign-on capability
- It almost always works
- It stores information without being intrusive
- It can sometimes not work
- The pop-ups can be irritating at times
- Sometimes integration between the app and the desktop version doesn't work very well.
January 09, 2020
The best SSO and MFA solution on the market
Okta is allowing us to eliminate the need for our users to have to remember a bunch of different passwords for the various different service and applications that we use. This allows for quicker onboarding of new employees. Because of the central identity management offered by Okta, provisioning and de-provisioning users is quick and simple. Okta supports thousands of applications out on the market, so being able to add new applications to Okta is very simple.
- The adaptive MFA is really flexible to each organization's needs. Being able to adjust MFA requirements based on location and application helps protect the data that needs to be protected, but allows for ease of use for other applications that don’t require as stringent protections.
- Multiple levels of administrative rights allow organizations to distribute responsibilities to different teams and allowing them to assist in the administration. Examples are an IT Help Desk Team and an Application Security Team.
- Set up is actually quite simple. Some applications do require a little more assistance, but for the most part, its applications are easy to integrate.
- Session cookies have been frustrating. Rather than having an expiration date, they are activity based. Some applications will reject assertions is the Okta session is too old, so having a perpetual cookie messes things up. The option to change this is something that is desired.
- Connections to Active Directory are excellent, but there is little control over syncing. It’s either manual or every hour. Change based syncing would help simplify things.
We use Okta at our company. Okta is used as a single sign-on tool across our org. It makes it easy for our users to sign in to multiple apps because they just have to remember one password (the Okta password) versus remembering a password for each and every application. It's awesome!
- Ease of use.
- Great UI.
- Catch name.
- None at this time.
October 30, 2019
Okta Helps Keep Our Users Happy
We use Okta Workforce Identity to publish internal and external sites to our users. Our goal is to have users sign into the Okta portal then have every web application we use a single click away. This way our users only need to remember one username and one password. Then Okta will handle the SSO portion into our sites.
- Setting up new applications is easy. If those apps do not support SAML, then we can use SWA (Secure Web Forms) Via the Okta browser plugin.
- We've been using Okta for almost 2 years and we've never had a service interruption.
- It's really easy to integrate with our AD environment.
- There is a CLI but it is not intuitive.
- Powershell support would be great.
- Some reports don't reflect current user assignments.
October 05, 2019
Okta, giving access when you need it.
We currently use Okta Identity to allow our current employees ti be able to access any number of our employee portals, either on-site or off. This product also allows us to access the same employee portals from not only a standard computer or laptop, but mobile devices as well by sending a unique identifier code to verify the user's identity to gain access.
- Mobile access.
- On or off-site accessibility.
- Unique identifier.
- Multi-site accessibility.
- Location visibility needs improvement.
- Easier access to change a password.
- Resetting mobile capabilities when changing to a new device.
It is used company-wide as our single sign-on for identity. There's not much more to it than that, from my understanding, and this is the second company for which I've used it. I'm not familiar with its other features or if there are other features. But it works for our purposes.
- Customer identity
- Single sign on
- It logs you out randomly, usually at the most inconvenient of times.
- It should probably tell you when its logging you out, tough for customer calls.
Okta Workforce Identity was used across the entire organization to access out internal companies Widget board. The Widget board gave us access to all internal links & technologies that employees used across departments. From Single Sign On access to the dashboard it would automatically integrate with your phone in order to ping you with a Single Sign On code or simply Click-to-Authorize a sign on. Okta Workforce Identity really enabled a fast and secure experience to sign on to our internal resources. So simply to use and so easy to manage.
- Secure / Simple Single Sign On
- Quick To Access and Manage
- Extremely Intuitive to Use
- Could be more visually appealing
- Pricing could be less
- Sometimes the code generation freezes
This is used across the entire organization. Among other things, it addresses consistency between the HR and AD systems and allows single sign on, as well as self service password resets. Users can access applications from one place and not worry about all of the individual user IDs and passwords that they would need to manage on their own. When needing a password reset or account unlock, they can bypass the helpdesk call by accessing these features in Okta.
- Eliminates sticky notes with passwords written down. (SECURITY!)
- Makes self service password resets much easier (Less helpdesk cost)
- Allows remote users an easier SSO experience.
- Okta is very expensive.
- Okta requires the admin really monitor the HR / AD system user matches (upon user creation) to keep all users working properly
Okta is used across the company as the main login page for all other services that we use as internal employees.
- Dual authentication for added security.
- SSO for ease of login.
- Arrangement and categorization of apps.
- Load speed.
- Lack of ability to adjust app size.
November 12, 2019
Great experience with Okta
It is being used across the entire organization, it is helping to solve the headache of having to juggle, memorize, and maneuver through multiple accounts throughout multiple sites.
- Consolidated view of applications.
- Great user interface.
- Ability to remember passwords to all of my sites I use daily.
- I think when it comes to having to update passwords, it could be done better.
It is being used by our whole organization to organize all of our apps and tools that we are utilizing.
- Extremely easy to use and learn.
- Saves a lot of time each day from multiple sign-ins.
- Helps keep you much more organized and efficient.
- None that I know of.
May 24, 2019
Okta is a must-have for any organization
Okta is a must-have for any companies in today's digital landscape. No more sharing passwords or managing passwords. I love the ease-of-use and the fact that anyone, regardless of background, can use this product. Our entire company used Okta and were given access to what they needed based on their job role. I prefer Okta over previous solutions we used. We had OneLogin before and it didn't do what we needed.
- Ease-of-use
- Cybersecurity
- Management of passwords
- User profiles
- Needs a better-looking UI.
The entire organization uses Okta for logging into all our key business systems. It provides security and takes away the pain of remembering passwords for all logins. It also provides additional security with a mobile verification via push. We have so many systems across the organization and it's super easy to self-serve with Okta.
- Mobile push verification is excellent. You just have to tap a button on your mobile device (as opposed to having to enter a code) and you're in.
- Single-sign on is perfect. Everything works as expected and you only have to remember one password.
- All my applications are easily located in the Okta dashboard. It's the hub for all my work.
- It'd be nice to see the dashboard be more configurable on the user end. I'd like to organize my applications by which ones I use most. There's some on there that I don't use at all and I'd like to be able to hide them.
Okta is used for single sign-on with Office 365 and Salesforce.com
- Office 365 single sign-on
- Salesforce.com single sign-on
- Active Directory based user management
- Provisioning/Deprovisioning workflows
- Thick client single sign-on
February 15, 2019
Okta is a perfect single-sign on solution
We recently deployed Okta for the entire organization to simplify the login process for the applications we use, both on-premise and in the cloud. It also solves the problem of single sign-on and mainly saves a lot of implementation time, deployment, and maintenance cost for hardware and software. It solves the issue of simplifying security and authentication in the whole organization.
- Easy to navigate
- A trusted tool used in most corporate environments
- Simplifies corporate authentication with an added layer of security, I.E. the multi-factor authentication
- Password Vault for Unix landscape is not easy to set up when compared to other SSO tools
- Adds an additional layer of complexity if you have multiple forests/domains in the environment
Okta is being used in my company as an identity and access management solution. SSO and user life cycle management with adaptive MFA have been implemented.
- SSO - over 50 applications with single sign-on implementation have helped us reduce the cost and password fatigue issues.
- Life cycle management - Implementing LCM process for more than 10 applications, Okta handles the provisioning and de-provisioning of users in these systems.
- Adaptive MFA - Advanced security with adaptive MFA and external threats have been reduced.
- Okta lacks access governance, user access certifications and segregation of duties.
- Full life cycle management with multi level approval is missing in the tool.
- Role based access is limited and notification and escalation process is missing.
May 17, 2018
Very helpful at managing my logins!
We use Okta to manage our sign up across all the different web technologies we use. It allows us to manage our logins super easily and securely!
- I like their interface, it is very simple and clean
- The single sign-on is easy and I like that sites can tell me I need to use Okta just by email address domain
- While the interface is clean, it does look a little bit dated - could use a bit of a facelift but that is probably just me being picky, to be honest.
May 14, 2018
Save time and secure your organization with Okta
We are using Okta for our entire organization. For us, this solved the problem of users managing multiple passwords for multiple services. It drastically reduced the time to onboard a new employee and allowed us to easily implement organization-wide MFA. Okta has also allowed us to quickly onboard and integrate the employees of companies that we acquire.
- Okta makes single sign-on for users easy and allows our employees to access all systems with one username and password.
- Okta makes automated provisioning of new hires seamless. No work needs to be done by IT.
- Okta has fantastic technical support.
- Sometimes the logs can be difficult to interpret.
- I wish Okta would work with more HRIS systems.
- Okta can definitely get pricey, but it tends to be worth it.
January 26, 2018
Save Time and Headaches, Use Okta
It's used across the entire organization as a security protocol and login syndicator. It helps us integrate single sign-on across many different web tools and also helps us to keep our data and logins/passwords secure. Okta has been a strategic business partner for Segment for quite some time now.
- Okta has a nice, clean interface.
- Okta's design makes it easy to view all of your different tools and integrations.
- Okta generally operates smoothly and swiftly.
- Okta often requires a user to update browser plugins.
- Okta is not incredibly easy to understand for a non-technical audience.
- Okta could be more communicative with changes and/or suggestions for how to use the product.
Global enterprise implementation. Solved simplification, security, compliance and workflow challenges across multiple systems.
- SSO across 50+ applications
- Automated user provisioning of active directory
- SOX controls adherance
- User access visibility
- Immediate M&A new user application access
- SSO for non-web based applications
- Smoother integration to industry standard HCM applications
- Integration to workflow applications such as Service Now
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About The Okta Identity Cloud
Okta is an independent provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud aims to connect and protect employees of many of the world's largest enterprises. It also securely connects enterprises to their partners, suppliers and customers. With integrations to over 5,000 apps, the Okta Identity Cloud enables simple and secure access from any device.
Thousands of customers, including Experian, 20th Century Fox, LinkedIn, Flex, News Corp, Dish Networks, and Adobe use Okta to work faster, boost revenue and stay secure. According to the vendor, Okta helps customers fulfill their missions faster by making it safe and easy to use the technologies they need to do their most significant work.
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- Has featureFree Trial Available?Yes
- Has featureFree or Freemium Version Available?Yes
- Does not have featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?No
- Entry-level set up fee?No
The Okta Identity Cloud Technical Details
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| Mobile Application: | No |