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BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management vs Okta Workforce Identity comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 6, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.9
BeyondTrust ensures compliance and security, improving ROI, particularly during transitions to zero-trust models on platforms like Azure.
Sentiment score
8.0
Okta Workforce Identity boosts productivity with enhanced security and automation, saving time but ROI varies with company size.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
BeyondTrust's support is efficient with quick resolutions, though timezone delays and escalations can sometimes slow responses.
Sentiment score
7.4
Okta Workforce Identity's support is generally praised as fast, effective, and reliable, despite occasional issues with responsiveness and clarity.
They offer support around the clock, and responses are generally quick.
Support is critical, especially when challenges arise related to PAM.
They are very supportive; they just open a ticket, and they support us very professionally.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management efficiently supports up to 100,000 devices, praised for scalability, reliability, and seamless expansion.
Sentiment score
7.8
Okta Workforce Identity offers scalable solutions for large enterprises, ensuring ease of expansion and adaptability across cloud and on-premises environments.
The initial understanding of the environment is crucial, followed by a simple deployment process.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management is stable and reliable, with minor issues, often attributed to user environments rather than the system.
Sentiment score
8.2
Okta Workforce Identity offers reliable performance with 99.9% uptime, minor issues related to internet dependency, and responsive support.
The appliances are stable, and there are no significant issues with backups or recovery.
 

Room For Improvement

BeyondTrust needs UI, integration, and support improvements, streamlined deployment, simpler licensing, AI expansion, and better documentation.
Okta Workforce Identity needs better integration, usability, lifecycle management, support, pricing, and enhanced API capabilities for third-party tools.
There is a need for better MQ integration with DevOps and improvements in architecture.
The ability to view recorded live sessions of specific users is a crucial benefit.
Okta should have at least a local peering partner for countries that align with or comply with GDPR, so there are no compliance or audit questions.
 

Setup Cost

BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management is costly yet feature-rich, with varied licensing and setup costs across different platforms.
Okta Workforce Identity's pricing is considered competitive yet costly, with scalability benefits but improvements needed for small and medium businesses.
If a solution fits a customer's budget, considerations must be made that it may not have all the features of more expensive solutions.
 

Valuable Features

BeyondTrust offers robust security through Privilege Management, integration with other platforms, and ease of cloud or on-premises implementation.
Okta Workforce Identity offers user-friendly identity management with seamless integration, robust security, and streamlined provisioning and deprovisioning.
Another important aspect is the ability to move the solution to the cloud or install it on-premises, offering my customers flexibility.
Administrators need a tool that provides visibility and clarity about endpoint management within the organization.
You can only log in if you have the access, which protects the applications by avoiding cross-site scripting.
Any API can also be added, making it mature in terms of integrating with other identity providers, particularly Active Directory or Inter ID.
 

Categories and Ranking

BeyondTrust Endpoint Privil...
Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
Anti-Malware Tools (10th)
Okta Workforce Identity
Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (3rd), Authentication Systems (5th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (2nd), Access Management (2nd), ZTNA as a Service (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management is 3.8%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Okta Workforce Identity is 2.5%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
 

Featured Reviews

Prashant Uppuluri - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides critical application control and ensures security with a flexible setup process
Regarding the feedback scenario, it's a tough question as I have thoroughly gone through the entire partner portal and library of BeyondTrust, as well as BeyondTrust University. I have also interacted with support whenever a ticket is raised, ranging from P1 to P3 or P2. Most end users and partners seem happy and content with BeyondTrust. The deployment of the solution is generally easy, flexible, and scalable. However, it can be challenging in certain environments, especially regarding management. Improvements could focus on adding more AI features to automate processes that are currently manual or challenging for end users. In some cases of competition, I have noted specific use cases where the recording of sessions was an endpoint for BeyondTrust, providing an edge for higher management. The ability to view recorded live sessions of specific users is a crucial benefit.
Tor Nordhagen - PeerSpot reviewer
Extremely easy to work with, simple to set up, and reasonably priced
The drawback of this solution is that in our shops, many staff members sometimes have to be borrowed from one shop to another and the solution does not really support having multiple roles. The user experience we would like to have when a person works in shop A which pays their salary is that they should have access to pretty much everything. Maybe you have somebody who is a manager in that shop A, he should be able to order new wear, he should be able to change the pricing, he should be able to empty the cash registry, and ship it to the bank. But when for instance, in COVID, people had to fill in for people in shops where a lot of people were sick, then they had to actually use user accounts of people that work in shop B. If you were employed in shop A, you could not work in shop B without borrowing somebody else's user ID and password. Which is really bad. We haven't been able to work around that and Okta Workforce Identity does not have a solution for it. We are now piloting their identity governance solution. Obviously, it's easy to give somebody access, give them an account, and give them roles, but it's hard to maintain that. For example, if you moved from, say working in a shop to working in a warehouse. But why do you still have all this shop access? The solution has until now not had anything to really support the process of taking away access. But now we are in a better release program of Okta's identity governance solution. Although it's very basic, the solution has started on a journey, but identity governance is something that Okta Workforce Identity really needs to improve. The ability or the options in the solution for changing the look and feel are not good enough because in our partner portal, essentially what they have is an ugly admin interface. The admin interface is good enough for us technical people because that's all we need. We work with the product and we're able to see the data but when it comes to presenting the service portal, Okta Workforce Identity does not have any capabilities really for making it look pretty. To add branding and different graphical user interface elements than Okta basic for essentially delegated admin for the business-to-business portal is horrifying because you're essentially using the tech admin. The only option we had and used, was to take the tech admin console and strip it. so that a vendor that has some goods that are sold in the shops, when they want to add a user on their side, say a driver or a packer on their side who should know how much they've packed in a truck to come to our warehouse, then the user interface that this vendor is using, these functional people will then have to use an extremely basic user interface.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management?
The solution's least privilege enforcement has helped us ensure access is given to only the required people.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management?
Setup costs vary depending on the scenario. Sometimes we win orders, and other times we lose due to partner preferences or deal scenarios. Customers may negotiate on price, understanding that quali...
What do you like most about Okta Workforce Identity?
Okta has introduced the Universal Directory. It has custom attribute capability and user permissions to read/write on their profiles or hide them. Profile sources and identity profile sourcing are ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Okta Workforce Identity?
Pricing for Okta is reasonably not that much, however, I don't have access to the commercial aspect.
What needs improvement with Okta Workforce Identity?
Okta should have at least a local presense for countries that align with or comply with GDPR or data sovereignty, so there are no compliance or audit questions. There are integration issues with Of...
 

Also Known As

BeyondTrust PowerBroker, BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows, BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management for Mac, BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management for Linux, BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management for Unix, Avecto Defendpoint
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Aera Energy LLC, Care New England, James Madison University
FedEx, Zoom, Takeda, Lululemon Athletica, GrunHub, jetBlue, McKensson, Bain & Company, Engie, Peloton, Sonos, T-Mobile, Hewlett Packard, MGM Resorts, Ally Financial, Priceline, Albertsons, Itercom, Classy, FICO, Kensho, Live Nation, Drata, Rotary, and others.
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