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Atos DirX Directory vs OpenText Identity Manager comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Atos DirX Directory
Average Rating
6.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Application Infrastructure (23rd)
OpenText Identity Manager
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
User Provisioning Software (12th), Identity Management (IM) (25th), Identity Governance Administration (IGA) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Atos DirX Directory and OpenText Identity Manager aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Atos DirX Directory is designed for Application Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 1.4%, up 0.9% compared to last year.
OpenText Identity Manager, on the other hand, focuses on User Provisioning Software, holds 3.4% mindshare, down 3.9% since last year.
Application Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Atos DirX Directory1.4%
NGINX Plus7.9%
Apache Web Server6.4%
Other84.3%
Application Infrastructure
User Provisioning Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText Identity Manager3.4%
SailPoint Identity Security Cloud17.2%
Identity Manager by One Identity8.8%
Other70.6%
User Provisioning Software
 

Featured Reviews

EH
Head of Sales and Business Development at Axalon GmbH
Flexible with high performance and good reliability
The solution scales well. As an example, there has been an American telecom service provider that had 20 million users, and the data of those user profiles had been stored on Dirx Directory, and they don't have any issues in retrieving the data and using it for any kind of services. Regarding our clients, the amount of users depends on if you have end users that don't really use this Directory or not. They are stored in this Directory and make use of the services that are administered via this Directory. There we are talking about millions. Then, you have administrators who configure the Directory and there we're talking about, let's say, hundreds of users.
GA
IDM Consultant at GCA Consultoria de Informática Ltda
Highly flexible with many connectors, offers excellent scalability
The initial deployment of the environment typically takes about a day to a day and a half to install and configure all the servers. Integrating applications can vary, with easy and well-documented integrations taking around 40 hours, while more complex ones may take up to 80 hours or more. However, integration with applications can vary in complexity, depending on their documentation and APIs. We prioritize integrations based on customer needs, starting with HR systems and adapting to their specific requirements for user configuration. Typically, a deployment team consists of up to four people, depending on project size, with expertise in operating systems and integration. For ongoing management and maintenance, at most two people are required to monitor servers, and integrations, and address any issues that arise.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"DirX Directory is the best feature of the product: a very fast, stable LDAP directory."
"The solution is extremely stable; typically if you don't change the setup, the configuration, or anything, it will be running for decades and nothing will happen as an issue."
"The solution offers high performance."
"The role and attribute-based access control has been greatly improved."
"The flexibility of the product."
"The most valuable feature is its knowledge."
"I like the eDirectory feature."
"The main value lies in the simplicity of implementation, as well as its customized look and feel."
"NetIQ Identity Manager is by far the most flexible product available, and the pricing is incredibly good, even if you're not situated in the BeNeLux."
"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 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."
"To my knowledge it is the only event based IDM system."
"Identity and access management processes have developed to become automatic and fast."
"The identity vault, password syncing and self service Password Reset are valuable features, and NetIQ does a good job with password syncing among directories."
 

Cons

"An overall modernization of the product is required in order to keep up with newer products."
"The Self-Service Portal is old school and it lacks easy accessibility for users."
"The user interface could be more convenient for people that don't know the tool too intensively."
"Needs more available consultants and implementation partners."
"The product provides an excellent framework but could use some polish on the front end to reduce the amount of configuration required for basic tasks."
"The price could be better. It would be better if they developed a better endpoint solution in the next release."
"User Application UI Product Licensing"
"The problem is the ecosystem. There's not a lot of people that know the product, so it's hard to find someone to work with the product."
"The integrations must be made easier."
"Be more honest about how poorly it runs on Windows servers. It is optimized for Linux."
"There's no huge thing missing, because it's already comprehensive. Now and then, however, there might be a minor issue."
"If it works, Designer is a charm, but it can be a pain to keep updated because of all the Java stuff that regularly goes wrong."
"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."
"The UI for requesting and approving rights have been a little outdated, however, in the most recent version that has been addressed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price could be better."
"You just need to be aware that the more systems you connect, the more license fees you have to pay."
"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."
"The solution is quite affordable."
"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."
"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
Manufacturing Company
22%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Construction Company
5%
Outsourcing Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
 

Also Known As

DirX Directory
Novell Identity Manager
 

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