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ForgeRock vs Oracle Identity Governance vs Ping Identity Platform 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:
 

Mindshare comparison

Access Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
ForgeRock7.5%
Microsoft Entra ID24.8%
Auth09.2%
Other58.5%
Access Management
Identity Management (IM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle Identity Governance2.3%
SailPoint Identity Security Cloud19.1%
Microsoft Entra ID12.2%
Other66.4%
Identity Management (IM)
Authentication Systems Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Ping Identity Platform4.0%
Microsoft Entra ID13.8%
Cisco Duo8.5%
Other73.7%
Authentication Systems
 

Featured Reviews

Ahmet Murat Ülker - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use, but customizations can be complicated to handle
I would suggest others use the product after asking them to consider their use cases. SSO may be a use case for some, and using the product as an IDM tool may be a use case. At the moment, my company is not deploying all the components of ForgeRock itself. My company uses ForgeRock for OAuth 2.0. For example, my company is not deploying the IDM and identity gateway components. You should consider your use case and select the required components for that use case. My company does not use the SSO features of the tool. My company uses SSO to access ForgeRock's AM Console for individual users. My company does not use single sign on features of the product and instead, we use Auth0. I rate the tool a seven or eight out of ten.
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.
MAHESHKUMAR7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers multi-factor authentication and application support side of PingFederate but application only supports specific protocols
A lot of teams work with technical support, but I work with it for user issues only. You might need support with things like application swaps, application names, and application URLs. I didn't know where to find those in Ping Identity, so I contacted technical support for those issues. The support team is very clever and active. They provide end-to-end support once an issue is created. I have worked with most of the support team. I also work with the support team because I work with the operations team. I provide 24/7 support to production and non-production environments. I coordinate with application and network teams to troubleshoot critical tickets and issues related to Ping Identity solutions.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"ForgeRock is an extensive product with many functionalities and capabilities, much more than many other tools combined."
"It works very well, especially in Identity and Access Management. It helps detect anomalies in user behavior patterns."
"The solution integrates well and it is important for them to keep up with the current trends in the market quickly enough, and they have been doing a good job at it."
"The support is good and prompt."
"We used it to implement multi-factor authentication and to improve our security posture as well as reducing the potential for attacks."
"Their access management solution, OpenAM, is most valuable because it meets the needs of a lot of users."
"I like the intelligent authentication feature."
"Easy to customize and adaptable to any environment."
"The solution's capabilities in provisioning, de-provisioning, terminations, and transfers are excellent."
"It helps provision the required accesses through policies, approvals, and whatever would be the business requirement."
"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."
"The most important features that have impacted our environment recently are the Single Sign-On solution, role based provisioning, and the automated provisioning of accounts to target systems."
"Identifying connector framework for unifying provisioning capabilities from OIM."
"Good features are the RBAC and UI customization."
"OIM in my organization has improved its use and dependability, allowing us to pass audit each time."
"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."
"I like PingFederate."
"What I like best about PingID is that it's very user-friendly. PingID is well-built as a developer tool and regularly upgrades and updates via patches. I also like that PingID has clear documents that will help you integrate it with other solutions."
"PingFederate is very flexible. We can do many customizations, and it also provides an SDK to tailor it to our specific requirements. There are also numerous plugins available. I've worked with tools like ForgeRock and Okta, but I find PingFederate to be the most customizable."
"It gets a mobility portal in place in conjunction with Office 365. It provides very good possibilities and it's much better than other technology that we have used before which was unstable and slower."
"PingFederate gives you granular control over the settings. There are many options for fine-tuning policies."
"It is a scalable solution."
"This is a user-friendly solution."
"The solution is stable. We haven't experienced any bugs or glitches."
 

Cons

"We would like this solution to be developed for use with mobile applications."
"In an upcoming release, the solution could improve by limiting the need to do customizations."
"In future releases, I would like to see easier integration with other solutions, like facial recognition and KYC solutions with biometric onboarding."
"The identity management model needs a bit of improvement."
"It should be a little bit easier to implement. It is user-friendly, but there is always scope for improvement."
"Automatic Deployment needs improvement. it could be made easier."
"The solution's deployment should be made easier."
"The solution could improve by adding more advertising and marketing."
"An area for improvement in Oracle Identity Governance is that it isn't refreshed or updated as much. The only area that changed on it in the last five years was the GUI. The solution still has the same installation, troubleshooting, and configuration. Oracle Identity Governance is still very complicated when compared to other solutions. It seems that Oracle doesn't focus too much on Oracle Identity Governance in terms of making some improvements to it."
"The product design has some complications for doing some use cases. I would like to see easier onboarding of applications and easier ways to plugin the customization codes."
"I would like to see more segregation managed through Oracle Identity Manager."
"It would be great if the Oracle Fusion Middleware team worked on making it compatible with other application servers, as it exists in OIM9.x."
"OIA needs to improve its governance features."
"One of the areas that need some improvement with Oracle specifically is the ease of implementation."
"Identity Governance is a difficult tool to work with. You have to input many models to understand what is happening with the logins. The user interface is not so good. And a lot of the features we use aren't available out of the box."
"Oracle Identity Governance can capture a lot of loads, it's stable. However, we once had a problem two years ago, but it is now resolved. There are some issues still present, but they're operational. They don't impact the customers. There are some improvements that can be done."
"PingAccess can only have one token provider, and you cannot enable two different token providers simultaneously."
"It requires some expertise to set up and manage."
"We have encountered instances where it is not easy to do authentication."
"Currently, the main integration is SAML-based, but other integration methodologies need to be supported."
"If the solution is going to compete with Microsoft, they need to offer more unique functionality to keep their current user base."
"There is room for improvement in the solution, particularly in security."
"Ping Identity Platform must improve its UI since its management console is complicated."
"PingID would benefit from a better user interface for integration."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have multiple clients we are looking at right now. We are at a very small number, however, the idea and the goal is to grow. We are looking at about $100,000 and $50,000 a minimum a month cost. That'd be minimum maybe in a couple of years."
"ForgeRock is an expensive solution."
"The license is purchased annually per user. However, you can negotiate if you are signing for a longer period of time. When comparing this solution to others on the market it is priced fair, it is not at the top of the price range or at the bottom end."
"The pricing of the solution is fair but I do not have the full details."
"Its licensing is on a yearly basis, but it also depends on the contract that you have with the vendor. They have multiple types of contracts. There are additional costs to the standard licensing fees. If you need some of the features, you have to pay more."
"Its price is comparable to other products in the market."
"ForgeRock's pricing is more competitive than other products."
"It's a bit pricey and could be more competitive."
"Price-wise, the tool is a little bit costly."
"The price is based on the number of users per year."
"I do not know specific pricing but the product is expensive when compared to other OIM products."
"The cost of support and upgrading to the next release are both expensive."
"The licensing cost for Oracle Identity Governance is very high, so I'd rate it two out of five."
"Oracle licenses are expensive. I suggest making pricing and licensing decisions that align with architectural requirements and the project's budget."
"Oracle Identity Governance is an expensive solution."
"The licensing is expensive."
"The pricing is neither too expensive nor too cheap."
"PingID's pricing is pretty competitive."
"The tool is quite affordable."
"PingID pricing is a ten out of ten because it's a little bit cheaper than other tools, such as Okta and ForgeRock, and supports multiple tools."
"Compared to some SaaS-based solutions, the platform is relatively cost-effective."
"The product is costly."
"Ping Identity Platform is not very expensive."
"Ping offers flexible pricing that's not standardized."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
27%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
5%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise46
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ForgeRock?
The most valuable features of ForgeRock are social login and data protection.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ForgeRock?
Our company was considering switching back to Keycloak from ForgeRock, so as to not pay any license fees. ForgeRock a...
What needs improvement with ForgeRock?
In the past, I saw that Splunk was integrated with a testing portal, and then it was integrated with Slack. I don't t...
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 re...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Identity Governance?
In terms of pricing and setup cost for Oracle Identity Governance, it can be affordable (depends on the discounts you...
What needs improvement with Oracle Identity Governance?
Direct comparison of OIG/OIM/OAM would require several factors to count in. Other than being excellent product, it wo...
What do you like most about PingID?
The mobile biometric authentication option improved user experience. It's always about security because, with two-fac...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PingID?
The pricing is neither too expensive nor too cheap.
What needs improvement with PingID?
The management console needs to be improved. PingID should revise it.
 

Also Known As

ForgeRock Identity Platform, ForgeRock OpenIDM
Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle IAM, Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite
Ping Identity (ID), PingFederate, PingAccess, PingOne, PingDataGovernance, PingDirectory, OpenDJ
 

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