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Cayosoft Guardian vs One Identity Active Roles comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cayosoft Guardian
Ranking in Active Directory Management
16th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (18th)
One Identity Active Roles
Ranking in Active Directory Management
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
User Provisioning Software (5th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Active Directory Management category, the mindshare of Cayosoft Guardian is 2.6%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of One Identity Active Roles is 10.8%, up from 6.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Active Directory Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
One Identity Active Roles10.8%
Cayosoft Guardian2.6%
Other86.6%
Active Directory Management
 

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reviewer2789802 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Identity & M365 Engineering at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Granular delegated access has strengthened least privilege control across complex directories
One of the things I would like to see more robust is the change history. One Identity Active Roles can only monitor changes that happen in the console, and the logs don't go back longer than thirty days, maybe sixty days. The change history, when we've seen accounts get modified, we leverage a container domain that funnels accounts into our Active Directory console. I would like to see from an initial user provisioning perspective, for them to isolate the workflow and say that this came in on X date and account was created. If anyone were to modify that account from an external resource, I would like to be able to read that as well. One Identity Active Roles is strictly limited to the console. If someone makes a change, the history of those changes is not as long as I would prefer.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
13%
Healthcare Company
11%
Wholesaler/Distributor
8%
Computer Software Company
13%
Healthcare Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise19
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for One Identity Active Roles?
The product is expensive, but if you want to save money, the delegation set-up process is quite easy. After setting up Active Roles once, defining the delegation model, it is very efficient, almost...
What needs improvement with One Identity Active Roles?
The interface appears outdated. Once logged in, everything inside remains unchanged from years ago. Additionally, when they release new features, they should provide training or webinars at least o...
What is your primary use case for One Identity Active Roles?
I use One Identity Active Roles primarily for identity management. We use it for managing multiple domains from a single interface, and the domains do not have trust between them. It has been used ...
 

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City of Frankfurt, Moore Public Schools, George Washington University, Transavia Airlines, Howard County, MD. See all stories at OneIdentity.com/casestudies
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