We performed a comparison between AWS Directory Service and SailPoint IdentityIQ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Directory Service is cost-cutting features."
"Two-step authentication is very useful and important."
"We can provide specific access to people based on what they need from our accounts."
"AWS Directory Service is secure."
"AWS handles everything on the backend requiring minimal legwork from our team. We only require a dedicated database administrator while depending on Amazon for RDS."
"The most valuable feature is that because it's all in the cloud, you don't need to manage the infrastructure."
"Provides good performance and availability."
"The most powerful feature of the solution is its platform-based approach. Unlike other solutions, this tool offers a high level of customization. It is an open and flexible platform, allowing users to tailor it to their needs. This ability to customize and adapt the solution to individual requirements makes the solution stand out as a powerful product."
"User provisioning and the role management features are good."
"The community is very active and when I had questions about an issue, I was able to find the resources."
"The most valuable feature for our customers and for us is the identity data warehouse."
"SailPoint IdentityIQ has a good and straightforward user interface. They also have a lot of resources and documentation available to understand the process."
"The most valuable features of SailPoint IdentityIQ are the reporting because it is better than other solutions. The workflows can be customized to our requirements and the overall features are good."
"It is a stable tool, which we run in our complex environment."
"Access certification and provisioning are two of the solutions most valuable features."
"Some of the security protocols are difficult to understand."
"The solution lacks certain features."
"Can be improved by including on-premises access for services through Identity Access Management."
"The AWS Directory Service should be easier to integrate."
"To get CloudWatch to monitor your memory and storage, you have to do some configuration within your server, which sometimes results in errors."
"I would like to grant partial access to a table contained in a database without having to provide full access to the whole database."
"We had a problem with the schema uploading and setting up the directory when we are migrating our users from on-premises to cloud infrastructure."
"AWS could improve the number of regions. Azure has passed them. The ned more consistency, as far as the Northeast is concerned."
"The UI of the solution could be more customizable so we could change the workflows to suit our needs."
"I would like to see more Cloud management from this product."
"The interface should be simple and easier to use."
"Needs to focus on automation wherein provisioning of work can be improved and access certification should be automated without the intervention from a manager for approval."
"The product’s cloud offering could be flexible."
"SailPoint IdentityIQ has a primitive AI engine."
"The UI is complex."
"The connector for EPIC, ServiceNow, and Duo."
AWS Directory Service is ranked 6th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 12 reviews while SailPoint IdentityIQ is ranked 4th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 61 reviews. AWS Directory Service is rated 8.6, while SailPoint IdentityIQ is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AWS Directory Service writes "Extends AD identity and management capabilities to AWS resources". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SailPoint IdentityIQ writes "Flexible, easy to customize, and not too difficult to set up". AWS Directory Service is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra External ID, Google Cloud Identity, Okta Workforce Identity and ManageEngine ADManager Plus, whereas SailPoint IdentityIQ is most compared with Saviynt, Microsoft Entra ID, One Identity Manager, ForgeRock and Okta Workforce Identity. See our AWS Directory Service vs. SailPoint IdentityIQ report.
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