We performed a comparison between Microsoft Entra ID and One Identity Defender based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Authentication Systems solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's very easy to run and it's part of their ecosystem and I don't think it's going anywhere anytime soon."
"Using [Azure AD's] passwordless technology, you're not even using a password anymore. You're basically just creating a logon request without actually sending or typing or storing the password. This is awesome for any user, regardless of whether you're a factory worker or a CFO. It's secure and super-simple."
"We have the ability to define the email user in the designated field."
"This solution serves as the basis to understand the MS SSO and MFA capabilities."
"My two preferred features are conditional access and privileged identity management."
"The initial setup was very straightforward."
"Two very important features in terms of security are governance and compliance through the Conditional Access policies and Azure Log Analytics."
"It's an easy product to maintain."
"One Identity Defender has good network protection."
"It's very fast, and it's easy to use because it's integrated with Active Directory."
"We find that the product scales very well."
"Azure Active Directory could improve by having an authentication service for laptops or desktop computers running Mac and Linux operating systems. They currently have authentication capabilities for Microsoft Windows. Having this capability would benefit people because in today's world everybody is working from the home environment."
"Better deployment management and visibility functionality would be helpful."
"In terms of connecting the web application, there is technology for single sign-on. When we use it, the solution opens very slowly. It might be a bandwidth issue, and some content will not work on that portal."
"My only pain point in this solution is creating group membership for devices."
"I would like to see Microsoft communicate how they intend to manage legacy applications. Right now, you still have to deploy a hosted domain server (which comes at an extra cost) if you have a legacy application that cannot sync properly with the enterprise applications and the modern applications."
"The solution has not saved costs. While we’ve eliminated some tools, there are some other features that we are dependent on as admin, which are not yet integrated with Azure AD."
"I had some issues with the Azure Active Directory on Windows XP. However, it worked well on Windows 7."
"It would be awesome to have a feature where you can see the permissions of a user in all their Azure subscriptions. Right now, you have to select a user, then you have to select the subscription to see which permissions the user has in their selected subscriptions. Sometimes, you just want to know, "Does that user have any permissions in any subscriptions?" That would be awesome if that would be available via the portal."
"The login capabilities could be better."
"We have some clients that are wanting to protect their Apache web servers with One Identity Defender but all the research I have done says cannot be done. It can only be oriented to an IIS server. One Identity Defender should have more integration with more types of web servers."
"Maybe it could provide support for more web applications. It seems more focused on IIS web applications."
Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Authentication Systems with 190 reviews while One Identity Defender is ranked 15th in Authentication Systems with 3 reviews. Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6, while One Identity Defender is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Saves us time and money and features Conditional Access policies, SSPR, and MFA". On the other hand, the top reviewer of One Identity Defender writes "Good compatibility, responsive support, and a nice interface". Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Ping Identity Platform and Okta Workforce Identity, whereas One Identity Defender is most compared with Cisco Duo. See our Microsoft Entra ID vs. One Identity Defender report.
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