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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager vs Oracle Identity Governance 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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.0
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager enhances security, reduces costs, and improves efficiency by automating password management and streamlining workflows.
Sentiment score
5.6
Organizations report mixed ROI from Oracle Identity Governance, noting benefits in automation and flexibility, but concerns about expenses and financial returns.
The return on investment lies in improved security infrastructure, addressing over-privileged access, and reducing the risk of credential compromise, which is a major source of data breaches.
The end users have the authority to reconcile the password or verify it before using session isolation, which is one of the unique features that can be enabled through Privileged Session Manager, preventing any attacks from happening within the organization when connected with sessions through CyberArk Privileged Access Manager.
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager has helped customers save on costs primarily by reducing the number of engineering and information security personnel.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.5
CyberArk's support is mixed; effective higher-tier levels, but needs better coordination and consistency for complex issues.
Sentiment score
5.3
Oracle Identity Governance support receives mixed reviews, with users often relying on community resources due to variable service quality.
CyberArk has been exceptional in coming back to us with immediate responses.
It could be forever until you talk to someone who knows what they are doing.
They are helpful, but complex issues can take a long time to resolve, which can delay solutions for urgent customer issues.
The team is not very knowledgeable and takes too long to respond.
While they are familiar with me, the team is not large enough, which impacts their availability.
I am happy with the technical support from Oracle, it is very good support.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is scalable, supports diverse deployments, and efficiently handles thousands of users, despite planning requirements.
Sentiment score
7.0
Oracle Identity Governance excels in scalability with proper configuration, though some users face challenges as load increases.
The CPM can reportedly handle up to 50,000 accounts independently without issue.
I would rate it a ten out of ten for scalability.
They had 40,000 passwords in this one safe, and it was saving the last ten iterations of each password object. That means they had 400,000 password objects in this safe. They exceeded the limit.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is highly stable, reliable, with minimal issues, and excels in performance and disaster recovery.
Sentiment score
6.2
Oracle Identity Governance stability varies with configuration and expertise, facing challenges like memory leaks and high-demand instability.
Proper fine-tuning and expertise ensure the product performs well.
Overall, the stability of the solution is high.
It has a large customer base and positive feedback within my network.
 

Room For Improvement

Users recommend enhancing CyberArk's interface, integration, documentation, customization, costs, support, performance, and training for improved experience.
Oracle Identity Governance needs enhanced flexibility, integration, cloud support, and user experience, addressing complexity, costs, and stability concerns.
They want everything to be on the cloud, but even in the SaaS version of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, they need to deploy some servers on-premises.
We cannot generate a plug-in for web-based applications.
If they want clients to move to the cloud, they need to support them in real-time.
Incorporating AI to reduce manual work would be beneficial.
Improvements could include making Oracle Identity Governance a simpler plug-and-play product.
The scope of the identity management or Oracle IDM is vast, and while we've implemented about 30, 40, or 50% of its capabilities, it's not done at full scale.
 

Setup Cost

CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is costly yet favored for its robust security and market-leading capabilities, justifying the expense.
Oracle Identity Governance is costly for small businesses with complex licensing, lengthy implementation, and modular options based on needs.
CyberArk is expensive compared to other products I know.
CyberArk is comparatively expensive compared to other PAM solutions, such as Delinea, especially during renewal.
CyberArk's SaaS solution is particularly expensive.
They sell the solution cheaply, but setting up and maintaining it becomes very expensive.
If you want to implement it at full scale, it's not an entry-level product; it's an enterprise-class product and it is expensive.
Oracle Identity Governance is very expensive.
 

Valuable Features

CyberArk Privileged Access Manager offers secure, versatile management for privileged accounts with automation, integration, and a user-friendly interface.
Oracle Identity Governance automates identity management, enhances security, and optimizes compliance with seamless integration and robust customization features.
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager helps ensure data privacy because we now know who is using which credentials and at what time.
It keeps a record of activities, allowing me to easily fetch screen recordings to detect any misuse and see who did what and what happened.
It can integrate with Splunk, SNMP, and other solutions and technologies.
The features I find most effective in Oracle Identity Governance include size and scale management, which is good for large organizations.
The solution's capabilities in provisioning, de-provisioning, terminations, and transfers are excellent.
The best features in Oracle Identity Governance product include comprehensive reporting, as we can track exactly what person did what because of the auditing policies that can be enforced in it, and at what time what was done.
 

Categories and Ranking

CyberArk Privileged Access ...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
223
Ranking in other categories
User Activity Monitoring (1st), Enterprise Password Managers (2nd), Privileged Access Management (PAM) (1st), Mainframe Security (2nd), Operational Technology (OT) Security (3rd)
Oracle Identity Governance
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
70
Ranking in other categories
User Provisioning Software (8th), Identity Management (IM) (17th), Mobile Identity (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is designed for Privileged Access Management (PAM) and holds a mindshare of 18.0%, down 22.6% compared to last year.
Oracle Identity Governance, on the other hand, focuses on Identity Management (IM), holds 2.2% mindshare, down 2.9% since last year.
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Identity Management (IM)
 

Featured Reviews

Abdul Durrani - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables granular and secure access with just-in-time access and Zero Trust model
CyberArk provides a good amount of control over access types. However, as a future enhancement, having additional features for cross-platform integration would be beneficial. It would be good to have integrations with other tools and firewalls, such as Zscaler and CrowdStrike. Although I am not fully aware of recent updates, more cross-platform integration would be valuable. A SOC analyst would like to have centralized access in terms of information flowing in even for privileged access management. They would like to have control over everything instead of opening four to five tabs for different sorts of information. Cross-platform integration would help with that. Customers also want CyberArk's pricing to be better so that they can implement it further and have more licenses. Implementing a privileged access management solution can be challenging. It would be great if CyberArk could provide recommendations based on the compliance standards of an organization. It would help system admins ensure that all the required ports are closed and the systems are being managed properly. If any system is not being used anymore, any ports opened for that system need to be closed. Having such recommendations would be helpful.
Amimesh Anand - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers reliability through features associated with RBAC
Upgrading and making changes to the product is very difficult. It is difficult when you are upgrading the product because sometimes you cannot directly upgrade from one version to another version. You have to go to the lower version and then upgrade to the higher version, which is the biggest drawback of Oracle products. There are no additional features in the tool currently, and it has been the same for the last ten years. I want to see AI features in the tool so it becomes easy for implementers. There should be a change in the installation and deployment part, which is very heavy, due to which the team requires a lot of time, like two to three weeks. It should be easy to implement the tool in two or three days.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
19%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
55%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Healthcare Company
2%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Sailpoint IdentityIQ compare with CyberArk PAM?
We evaluated Sailpoint IdentityIQ before ultimately choosing CyberArk. Sailpoint Identity Platform is a solution to manage risks in cloud enterprise environments. It automates and streamlines the m...
What do you like most about CyberArk Privileged Access Manager?
The most valuable features of the solution are control and analytics.
What do you like most about Oracle Identity Governance?
Role-based access control (RBAC) has been crucial for role-based management in my current company. Granular access restrictions based on role-based policies were beneficial.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Identity Governance?
Oracle Identity Governance is very expensive. Licensing is complex as database product licensing differs from other products, and connectors require separate licensing. There's a need for a combine...
What needs improvement with Oracle Identity Governance?
Oracle Identity Governance ( /categories/identity-management-im ) is complex and heavy from an implementation perspective. The configuration installations require going to the server and making man...
 

Also Known As

CyberArk Privileged Access Security, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault
Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle IAM, Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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Werkbank, Oshkosh, PeerPay, Boingo, Kellogg's, Pella, Slanska, Avaya, D+M
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