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Azure Resource Manager vs Google Cloud Identity 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

Azure Resource Manager
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Resource Access Management (1st)
Google Cloud Identity
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (10th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (6th)
 

Featured Reviews

BhanuChidigam - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good documentation and reliability
The most valuable feature of the solution is Azure Blueprints. With Azure Blueprints, you can define a template. The tool helps where you can define or where you can incorporate your policies and identities along with resource groups. You can also provide options to accept the inputs. There are a few things that the tool should allow you to customize according to your needs. I may want to use Bob as an administrator, while someone else wants to use Alice as an administrator. Prompting that user input while executing that template is what I mean when I say input. I found the tool's look helpful in minimizing your rescan compliance.
Joel Prodigalidad - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly solution simplifies modern application integration and streamlines data investigation
We do not use these capabilities of Google Cloud Identity because of the limitations for Active Directory integration. Google Cloud Identity could have impacted our organization positively, but if it weren't for the Active Directory integration requirement, we could have been using the Google Identity solution. Google Cloud Identity can be improved by having better integration with Active Directory, but since Active Directory is also a Microsoft solution, we don't think it will happen; that's the only disadvantage of Google. The Active Directory integration that Entra has is a better implementation compared to Google, which we found lacking.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's user friendly and it's easy to manage reserve incentives ."
"ARM templates make parameterizing and using variables in your DevOps pipeline easy."
"The Azure Resource Manager is complete, where we can manage all the resources."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy, as the documentation and information were very good."
"The features for managing the subscriptions and assigning a group of resources to a project team are the most valuable."
"Azure Resource Manager is extremely user-friendly and easy to deploy and understand."
"On the management side, Azure Resource Manager helps with things like team management. It also helps on the expert side. It helps us manage projects and services centrally, and it's very useful."
"The most valuable feature is the vast resources available online."
"The Cloud Identity is well advanced in terms of features, applications, and the components that it is offering."
"The most beneficial feature for enhancing security is context-aware access."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is group access. You are able to assign policies to groups instead of users individually."
"It is a very stable solution. I would rate it a ten out of ten."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Google Cloud Identity uses what they call organizational units (OUs) instead of the security groups you'd find in Microsoft's Entra."
"It's easy to set up."
"I have not experienced any serious problem with stability."
 

Cons

"The latency has room for improvement."
"Compared to ARM templates, Terraform is often preferred because it is more versatile and user-friendly. With Terraform, you can create a single, generic script that works across multiple cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and even Oracle Cloud. This eliminates the need to write separate scripts for each platform."
"At a group level, if I apply a policy, it gets cascaded to all the resources underneath it, but it is not possible when it comes to tags. When I apply tags at a group level, it should go to the resource under it."
"Unlike Terraform, Azure Resource Manager is hard to maintain and modularize and has room for improvement."
"They should focus more on AI features such as Copilot."
"Lacks a common line within the user interface for automating or scaling a reserve deployment."
"They have created multiple roles, but I would rather they simplify the roles they already have. The main goal is to work with efficient data. Their support could also be better."
"They can maybe improve the interface."
"The solution needs to better integrate with Mac's OS."
"Google Cloud Identity should improve its compatibility with other products without any impact, such as Jamf Cloud."
"The pricing for this solution is a little bit higher than AWS and others, which is something that should be improved."
"The management of external users needs to be introduced in the tool as it is an area of concern in the tool presently."
"Google Cloud Identity can be improved by having better integration with Active Directory, but since Active Directory is also a Microsoft solution, we don't think it will happen; that's the only disadvantage of Google."
"I would like to see more integration in future releases."
"To improve the product, the integration with third-party products could always be smoother."
"They are going ahead and adding a few more things to the Google Cloud premium edition. Their stock management and remote computer management can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is open-source."
"We pay $15,000 to $20,000 a month for the service and it is worth the cost."
"The fees are paid monthly and there are no additional costs other than the licensing fees."
"We probably spend about $50,000 a year on licensing."
"When I worked on Cloud Identity, they offered a free or enterprise version. You can synchronize and create up to 100 user identities in the free version. After that, you have to purchase a business or enterprise license. In that model, you'll be charged based on the number of users."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
"The solution is not expensive."
"The licensing cost depends on the partners and the relationship between the company and the partners."
"The product is billed on a monthly basis depending on the number of users."
"I rate the product price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Computer Software Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Resource Manager?
Regarding licensing costs, if we talk about the Azure license or the subscription-based license offered separately by Microsoft, there is a huge difference, as the Azure pay-as-you-go model lets us...
What needs improvement with Azure Resource Manager?
It totally depends on Microsoft, and I am not the concerned person for Microsoft to amend the services. Microsoft involves the Copilot for Azure, which also gives benefits to the customer. There ar...
What is your primary use case for Azure Resource Manager?
I am asking about the main use cases for Azure Resource Manager, which is to manage resources and provide a single link to view all services in a particular resource group. Azure Resource Manager m...
How does Google Cloud Identity compare with Microsoft Intune?
Microsoft Intune offers not only an easy-to-deploy data protection and productivity management solution, but also access to both Microsoft’s user community as well as around-the-clock customer s...
What do you like most about Google Cloud Identity?
The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is its stability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Identity?
It's crucial to monitor costs carefully, as there can be unexpected charges. I have been charged even when there was supposed to be free credit.
 

Also Known As

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Cloud Identity, Cloud Identity Premium
 

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Sample Customers

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ExtraHop Networks, HealthChannels
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