We performed a comparison between Axiad Cloud and Microsoft Entra ID 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."And when it comes to enrolling a user, it's super easy with One Click Issuance... It's so easy now that we can offload the process to our clients who can self-enroll. Previously, we would have to do the enrollment process because it was so complicated."
"It's very user-friendly. We're issuing YubiKeys for our corporate users and they just plug it in, go to the Axiad Cloud portal, and click the issue button. It's a couple of steps."
"The life cycle management of credentials is the aspect that we have found to be the most useful... The differentiator that Axiad provided was the ability to provide users a way to self-serve the updating of their credentials on their private keys. That was the feature we were most interested in and Axiad does an excellent job of it."
"Aside from Active Directory, anything that is a multi-factor platform is handled through Axiad Cloud. It is critical for helping to enforce usage of authentication devices across our organization."
"The solution has also saved us time by having end-users troubleshoot issues through the MyCircle feature, and has definitely reduced the efforts of our administrators. It is saving us five to 10 minutes per incident."
"What I have found most valuable is the overall way Axiad listened to our problems and helped us solve them. They provided guidance and expertise, with their experience, that enabled us to be successful in a very challenging space."
"The two-step authentication is the most valuable."
"Overall the solution functions very well, such as the ability to access it from the cloud."
"Azure Active Directory has useful policy assigning and management."
"Azure AD has features that have helped improve our security posture."
"This solution is less time-consuming. We don't have to hire as many resources to give permissions to a particular user or group for any application."
"The solution scales well."
"Single sign-on is the reason we use AD."
"The valuable features I use daily are enterprise application, conditional access, identity governance, password monitoring, and a password reset."
"I would like a more modern look to the portal."
"I'm looking forward to seeing how they move to FIDO U2F as their primary authentication method across all of their solutions."
"We would prefer that the solution be hosted in Canada because we're a Canadian entity. That would be nice to have. It's not a feature, as such, but it would really make us a lot happier if it could be located in Canada."
"macOS is notoriously ever-evolving and it's difficult to keep pace with it as it pertains to certain kinds of crypto authentication. That's really not even on Axiad. That's a decision by Apple, but it makes it a moving target."
"With their licensing model, it becomes hard to scale. For example, we couldn't roll it out enterprise-wide because if you scale it across more than 100,000 users, the cost becomes too exorbitant."
"There are just some minor tweaks that could be made on the front end. It would be cool to have nicknames for authenticator devices. If you have more than one, it's hard to discern what you have."
"For the end users, it can be confusing if they have worked for another company that had the Authenticator app. It is tricky if they have already had the Authenticator app and then work somewhere else. If they have to download it again and use it again on their phone, it is something that gets complicated. I know how to get through it. They just need to uninstall and reinstall the application, but for them, sometimes, it is confusing."
"At first, it was a bit challenging to come up with a workaround that would get authentication to work."
"Microsoft Entra ID should improve workload identities. It should set conditional access."
"The licensing cost is a bit prohibitive."
"The integration between the Azure active directory and the traditional active directory could be improved upon."
"I want to be able to identify the audiences effectively and manage them."
"Azure AD could be more robust and adopt a saturated model, where they can offer unlimited support for a multi-cloud environment."
"Adding a new account can be tricky."
Axiad Cloud is ranked 12th in Authentication Systems with 6 reviews while Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Authentication Systems with 190 reviews. Axiad Cloud is rated 9.6, while Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Axiad Cloud writes "Native solution built into OS, so we don't worry about compatibility issues when Microsoft or the vendor runs an update". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Allows users to authenticate from home and has excellent integrations in a simple, stable solution". Axiad Cloud is most compared with Okta Workforce Identity and SailPoint IdentityIQ, whereas Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Yubico YubiKey and Cisco Duo. See our Axiad Cloud vs. Microsoft Entra ID report.
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