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Microsoft Identity Manager vs. NetIQ Identity Manager

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Omada Identity

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Identity Management (IM) category, the mindshare of Omada Identity is 4.1%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Identity Manager is 4.5%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetIQ Identity Manager is 2.7%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Identity Management (IM)

Unique Categories:

User Provisioning Software

5.6%

Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)

3.6%

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Featured Reviews

Gjert Tronstad

Chief Information Security Officer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Dec 22, 2022

Helped improve entire security culture, around identities, in our company

There are some technical bits and pieces that we have looked at that could be better. For instance, when you do a recalculation of an identity, it's hard to understand what was incorrect before you started the recalculation, and which values are actually updated. Right now, all you see are all the new fields that are provisioned, instead of seeing only the fields that are changed. This makes it hard to understand the situation before you started it, compared to after. This is one of the key features that I'm really missing. Also, the onboarding of applications could be easier. There could be workflows to go through the entire process of onboarding a new system or application, instead of having to go to three places to do it. Those are the two key improvements needed. Also, the connectors for the applications that we use are good, but not fantastic. This is constantly improving. Recently, they added a ServiceNow integration, so there are still new connectors coming. But there are a few systems that I would like to see on the list, systems that are not there today. We have two ERP systems: SAP and something called Infor M3, and the latter is not there. It's okay, though. Maybe some of the other companies we evaluated have even more connectors, but Omada was good enough for us.

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Tauk Chang

Engineer at Kessler

May 26, 2022

Easy provisioning of Outlook mailboxes with a high ROI

MIM allows for easier provisioning of Outlook mailboxes MIM's most valuable feature is its connectivity with Exchange. MIM's reliability could be improved. I've been using this solution for ten years. MIM's stability is excellent. MIM's scalability is excellent. Microsoft's technical support…

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Marshalleno Skosan

Senior Specialist: Solution Architecture at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Mar 5, 2024

Offers self-service for both access request management and password management but issues with customer support

From an Identity Manager perspective, we do have role-based access control for a portion of our users. However, the capability is not as mature as what you'd find in other products. It lacks advanced features like the ability to mine tools or make decisions based on the roles assigned to others, offering very basic role management capabilities. The solution architecture is somewhat complex. For some components, the necessary resilience is not inherent. Introducing artificial intelligence to assist people and line managers in understanding what they are requesting or approving would be beneficial, enhancing the capabilities that are currently not as advanced as those in more popular products.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The identity lifecycle support is definitely valuable because we are a complex organization, and there is a lot of onboarding, movement, and offboarding in our organization. We have 31,000 users, and there are a lot of users who are constantly onboarding, offboarding, and moving. So, we need to make sure that these activities are supported. In old times, we used to do everything manually. Everyone was onboarded, offboarded, or moved manually. So, from a business point of view and an economics point of view, identity lifecycle is most valuable. From a security point of view, access review is the most important feature for us."

"The teams we work with at Omada provide great insights and support. Overall, it has been a pleasure working with them. That's the part we value the most."

"The most valuable feature of Omada is its API connectivity, which allows seamless integration with various services like SAP, GRC, and Microsoft licenses."

"It has a very user-friendly interface compared to what we are used to, and it is highly configurable. In the old solution, when we needed to do something, we had to have a programmer sitting next to us, whereas, in Omada Identity, everything is configurable."

"Omada's user interface is elegant and easy to work with. I like Omada's ability to automatically generate accounts for new hires and allow them access to all required systems by established policies. Around 80 percent of workers can start working immediately on their first day without requesting further access."

"You can make resources. You can import them from Azure or Active Directory and put them in an application. For example, if there is an application that uses a lot of Active Directory groups, you can make the groups available for people. If they need to access that application, you can tell them the resource groups you have for that application. People can do everything by themselves. They do not need anybody else. They can just go to the Omada portal, and they can do it all by themselves. That is terrific."

"For me, the best feature of Omada Identity is its web interface because it's really easy for users to understand."

"The most valuable aspects of Omada Identity for me are the automation capabilities."

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"The product’s most valuable feature is stability."

"The feature that I find most valuable is the security layer of the identity and access management solution. The ability to secure on-premises and cloud-based workloads and to provide seamless authentication into hybrid workloads, which is also both on-premises and in cloud environments."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the fact that I can use it to track who is sending which email, who is accessing which documents or which files, etc. These tools help me improve security within the enterprise environment."

"The most crucial feature of Microsoft Identity Manager is integration, especially with Office 365. A specific scenario where automation provided by the identity manager was crucial is when customers use hybrid clouds, with resources both locally and in the cloud. They require an easy identity solution across workspaces, local and cloud, integrating cloud identity with local identity sources, supporting single sign-on and authorizations, and ensuring security across applications.Microsoft Identity Manager integrates such local and cloud identity sources, supporting numerous applications."

"It is one of the easiest products to implement, which is one of the main advantages. The integration is easy. Unlike other products, it is not complicated to integrate."

"Its interface and the fact that it's integrated with everything in the Microsoft ecosystem are the most valuable features."

"The product allows us to track the logins easily."

"MIM's most valuable feature is its connectivity with Exchange."

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"The product is easy to use."

"I like the eDirectory feature."

"The most valuable features of NetIQ Identity Manager are the synchronization of different directories, such as Active Directory. We have many Active Directory systems, not only one."

"The access request management has improved significantly in terms of its user interface. What sets it apart from competitors like SailPoint is that it's an event-based solution rather than schedule-based. That's a key differentiator."

"The most valuable features are Password Reset Alerts, Password Sync, and SQL connectors."

"The most valuable feature of this solution has been the ability for us to integrate a lot of external systems, and the automatic transfer of a lot of identity information. Additionally, the customization is very good."

"The most valuable feature of NetIQ Identity Manager for identity synchronization is the ability to provide users with all necessary access on day one through automated provisioning, facilitated by approval workflows."

"It's a very flexible tool, so you can synchronize multiple sources of data and you have multiple connections to various kinds of systems."

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Cons

"Omada Identity has a steep learning curve."

"The reporting on the warehouse data and the import process both have room for improvement."

"Omada could communicate better with us about the product roadmap. We haven't gotten any updates about it. The user interface is often a bit difficult to understand. It isn't optimized for small screens, so it doesn't display all of the information clearly, so users need to scroll a lot."

"The UI design needs improvement. One or two years ago, Omada changed its user interface to simplify, but the simplification has not really kicked in."

"The solution should be made more agile for customers to own or configure."

"When making a process, you should be able to use some coding to do some advanced calculations. The calculations you can currently do are too basic. I would also like some additional script features."

"The comprehensiveness of Omada's out-of-the-box connectors for the applications we use could be better. We are getting a new HR system called Cornerstone for which they do not have an out-of-the-box connector, so we have to take the REST connector and play around with it."

"They need to improve the cost for small companies."

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"The information that is available for the Active Directory portal is segregated here and there."

"Microsoft Identity Manager could be more intuitive in terms of interface."

"It requires a lot of improvements. Microsoft is killing this product and migrating some of the features to Azure AD. The last version of this solution was 2016. If it is going to stay and integrate with Azure AD, its integration needs to be worked on in terms of connectors, etc. It doesn't seem that they are improving it alone. Microsoft wants to integrate it with Azure AD, but the integration is still not complete."

"Some valuable features might go unused because they are not well-documented or connected clearly in user guides."

"The security could be slightly improved."

"Instead of using the connectors from the third-party companies, they should make the Microsoft templates available with this product. If Microsoft would increase the number of the box connectors that would be helpful to all the customers who use it daily."

"Microsoft Identity Manager has shown a strong focus on cloud solutions, but it could improve its support for legacy products and on-premise infrastructure. Legacy applications or solutions are often not fully supported, which can be a limitation for customers with existing on-premise setups. The emphasis on cloud-based solutions is beneficial for modernization as it is crucial to address customers' needs relying on legacy systems. Microsoft should address the gap in support for legacy products to ensure a more comprehensive and inclusive approach."

"In terms of the identity and access management solution for on-premises environment, I think Microsoft needs to eliminate or minimize the number of workloads for the solution to run in on-premises environment."

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"We have another system that is using the SAML system, and we also integrate with Active Directory only. If NetIQ Identity Manager can integrate directly, we would not need to use the Active Directory directory."

"NetIQ Identity Manager could improve by updating the user portal, it is out of date."

"There's no huge thing missing, because it's already comprehensive. Now and then, however, there might be a minor issue."

"The integrations must be made easier."

"If it could be operated in such a way that anybody could use it, with just the user interface, and there's no need for programming, then that would be a great improvement."

"Areas for improvement are further enhancing the access granting process to reduce time and improve accuracy."

"It needs some modern features. They should improve and modernize their management interface. It has been created over years and by different persons. You can see different applications, different management consoles for different things. There should be an integrated interface."

"The interface is old and outdated, and the design software seems archaic."

More NetIQ Identity Manager cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Omada Identity offers a reasonable price point, but it will increase as we transition to the cloud."

"It is expensive. Fortunately, I had a very good procurement manager on my side, but they are expensive. The closest competitors are also very expensive. You get a full-fledged solution that can do everything you dream of, but you pay for everything."

"It's a fair price for the on-premises system. Compared with what we had before, it's much cheaper and we get all the modules in one. We tried to go with the cloud, but it was far too expensive."

"My client deals directly with the Omada Identity team in terms of licensing. I never look at pricing, so I'm not aware of how much the solution costs, but it's worth the money. Often, when you begin to use Omada Identity and it takes a while to set up, it'll be irreversible, and you'd depend on and focus more on the functionality of the solution, rather than its price tag."

"The pricing is too high for SMBs."

"The initial total cost of ownership to implement Omada Identity is not small. The TCO for the implementation is as high as any other solution. However, the cost of maintaining the solution is at par or lower than competitors, including adding more features or maintaining the system after the initial deployment or installation to make sure that they are available for users to use or extending the functionalities of those activities. Those maintenance costs are lower than other vendors, but the initial cost of getting the system installed is still high."

"While Omada Identity carries a premium price tag, it proves to be cost-effective."

"It is not cheap. None of these solutions are cheap, but we have good pricing at least for now from a licensing perspective."

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"When comparing the cost, Microsoft Identity Manager is the best solution because it is free if you have an Azure P2 license."

"It is an expensive tool."

"The solution is expensive."

"My rating for the pricing of Microsoft Identity Manager is average, neither too expensive nor too cheap."

"MIM is free with a Microsoft Azure license."

"The prices can always be improved. I'd rate it a 4 out of 10 in terms of pricing."

"The solution is included in the Microsoft E3 license and premium subscriptions of Azure AD."

"Microsoft Identity Manager comes with the premium or community license. If the customer doesn't have a premium license, the reseller who sells the licenses of Microsoft to the enterprise can extend the license for the client."

"I would rate the pricing a two out of ten, with one being low price and ten being high price. It is significantly more cost-effective than the major players in the market."

"The price of the solution is a bit high and could be reduced."

"You just need to be aware that the more systems you connect, the more license fees you have to pay."

"The solution is quite affordable."

"It would easily help them in getting more market and more customers if more consultants knew about their software. If they could keep it free for schools for teaching purposes, it would be good. I had to pay myself to get it and use it for training. Their competitors are giving it for free. I had to pay for it myself. They are losing market to their competitors."

"Micro Focus is flexible when it comes to price. The cost varies from customer to customer. There are no additional costs, though. Everything is included."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Omada Identity?

We don't have to go in and do a lot of the work that we did before. It may have saved us somewhere in the range of 10...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Omada Identity?

My client deals directly with the Omada Identity team in terms of licensing. I never look at pricing, so I'm not awar...

What needs improvement with Omada Identity?

There are some technical bits and pieces that we have looked at that could be better. For instance, when you do a rec...

What do you like most about Microsoft Identity Manager?

The product’s simplicity and integration are valuable.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Identity Manager?

The solution is expensive. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Identity Manager?

The security could be slightly improved.

What do you like most about NetIQ Identity Manager?

The most valuable feature of NetIQ Identity Manager for identity synchronization is the ability to provide users with...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetIQ Identity Manager?

Identity Manager is more cost-effective for my company. It's a better option compared to more popular products that m...

What needs improvement with NetIQ Identity Manager?

Areas for improvement are further enhancing the access granting process to reduce time and improve accuracy, as well ...

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Also Known As

Omada Identity Suite, Omada Identity Cloud

MIM, Forefront Identity Manager, FIM, MS Identity Manager

Novell Identity Manager

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Overview

Omada Identity delivers an end-to-end identity and access management solution with essential identity governance functionality for secure, compliant, and efficient administration of all users' access rights across on-premises or cloud-based systems. The solution provides configurable best practice processes that covers all identity and access related scenarios from providing an access risk overview, management of identities lifecycle, to automated enforcement of policies.

Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) builds on the identity and access management capabilities of Forefront Identity Manager. MIM helps you manage the users, credentials, policies, and access within your organization. Additionally, MIM adds a hybrid experience, privileged access management capabilities, and support for new platforms.

NetIQ Identity Manager delivers a complete, yet affordable solution to control who has access to what across your enterprise both inside the firewall and into the cloud. It enables you to provide secure and convenient access to critical information for business users, while meeting compliance demands.

Sample Customers

Bayer, ECCO Shoes, Vattenfall, NuStar Energy, Unicredit, Schiphol Group

Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Whole Foods Market

Sheetz

Microsoft Identity Manager vs. NetIQ Identity Manager