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Azure Resource Manager vs Google Cloud Identity comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Azure Resource Manager
Ranking in Cloud Resource Access Management
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Google Cloud Identity
Ranking in Cloud Resource Access Management
5th
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)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Cloud Resource Access Management category, the mindshare of Azure Resource Manager is 18.8%, down from 46.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Cloud Identity is 4.0%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Resource Access Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Azure Resource Manager18.8%
Google Cloud Identity4.0%
Other77.2%
Cloud Resource Access Management
 

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

"The Azure Resource Manager is complete, where we can manage all the resources."
"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 features for managing the subscriptions and assigning a group of resources to a project team are the most valuable."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy, as the documentation and information were very good."
"It's user friendly and it's easy to manage reserve incentives ."
"The most valuable feature is the vast resources available online."
"Azure Resource Manager is extremely user-friendly and easy to deploy and understand."
"ARM templates make parameterizing and using variables in your DevOps pipeline easy."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is group access. You are able to assign policies to groups instead of users individually."
"The solution is primarily used for single control and single sign which helps with the security and authentication of multiple devices."
"The solution is moderate to difficult to use. I found the approach was practical. Following the steps made it very easy to use."
"I have not experienced any serious problem with stability."
"One of the most useful features was the single sign-on. You can use it as an identity provider or service provider. And you can use their organization unit feature to enable or disable some of the features for a specific group of users."
"Google Cloud Identity uses what they call organizational units (OUs) instead of the security groups you'd find in Microsoft's Entra."
"Cloud Identity is scalable enough for our needs. It's serving more than 3,000 users in our organization."
"The Cloud Identity is well advanced in terms of features, applications, and the components that it is offering."
 

Cons

"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."
"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 should focus more on AI features such as Copilot."
"The latency has room for improvement."
"Unlike Terraform, Azure Resource Manager is hard to maintain and modularize and has room for improvement."
"They can maybe improve the interface."
"The management of external users needs to be introduced in the tool as it is an area of concern in the tool presently."
"If I were to suggest enhancements, it would mainly revolve around ensuring compatibility and maximizing integration options with various services."
"Google Cloud Identity the UI could improve."
"The pricing for this solution is a little bit higher than AWS and others, which is something that should be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see integration with different systems, mainly wireless SIEMS and other analytical systems that we want to introduce."
"The integration should be made easier."
"If you want to set up some alerts, you don't have much control over the configuration. You have to use their default alerts. And they only provide alerts for certain activities, so you cannot customize those. Monitoring isn't very helpful either."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay $15,000 to $20,000 a month for the service and it is worth the cost."
"The solution is open-source."
"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 product is billed on a monthly basis depending on the number of users."
"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."
"The licensing cost depends on the partners and the relationship between the company and the partners."
"Licensing fees are on a yearly basis."
"The solution is not expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
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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