ForgeRock vs SailPoint Identity Security Cloud comparison

Ping Identity and SailPoint are both solutions in the Identity Management (IM) category. Ping Identity is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.0, while SailPoint is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2. Ping Identity holds a 4.6% mindshare in IAM, compared to SailPoint’s 19.9% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Ping Identity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of SailPoint users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and ForgeRock are identity management solutions competing in the enterprise sector. SailPoint has an advantage with its customization capabilities and pricing flexibility, particularly benefiting smaller businesses, while ForgeRock stands out with its extensive feature set and strong security focus.

Features: SailPoint offers extensive out-of-the-box connectors, robust integration options, and a strong certification module, making it suitable for organizations prioritizing governance and compliance. ForgeRock provides extensibility, IoT readiness, and intelligent authentication features, with its unified platform catering to organizations needing comprehensive identity and access management solutions.

Room for Improvement: SailPoint users suggest that improvements in user interface customization, reporting capabilities, and enhanced automation features are needed. ForgeRock could enhance user interface flexibility, documentation, and deployment processes while optimizing pricing and customization.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SailPoint supports on-premises, public cloud, and hybrid cloud deployments, offering significant flexibility. Technical support is solid but could be faster. ForgeRock provides similar deployment options but comes with a steep learning curve, necessitating better customization and ease of use. Its customer service is efficient but could improve in response times and local support availability.

Pricing and ROI: SailPoint's pricing, though high for some, is justified by its comprehensive feature set, offering a positive ROI through cost savings in compliance and operational efficiency. ForgeRock's competitive pricing for open-source community versions contrasts with potentially high costs for enterprise deployments. Both solutions present significant ROI potential, with SailPoint often providing faster payback periods due to streamlined processes and risk reductions.

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Omada Identity

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Identity Management (IM) category, the mindshare of Omada Identity is 3.4%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ForgeRock is 4.6%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SailPoint Identity Security Cloud is 19.9%, up from 19.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Identity Management (IM)

Featured Reviews

Pernilla Hulth

IAM Project Manager (Independent) at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

The interface is easy to use and gives you a solid overview

The cloud-based deployment was straightforward, but the on-prem deployment was in a highly complex ecosystem. Omada has matured since then. I wouldn't say that it isn't straightforward, but it depends on the customer. A standard deployment is relatively easy, but it can be more painful if you need a lot of customization. We deployed the cloud solution in around four months, nearly meeting the 12-week benchmark. The on-prem deployment took three years. It was a highly complex ecosystem that was dependent on other systems. Depending on the size of your environment, you need a product owner and some specialists for maintenance. My last customer was a university with a complex environment. They had around 12 people involved in maintenance at that organization. Typically, it's between 2-5 people.

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Ahmet Murat Ülker

Devops Engineer and Trainer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees

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.

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Kaustubh Partha

Technical Support Analyst at CLSA

Empower users with robust IT security and seamless approval workflows

I raise requests on SailPoint, for example, if there is any server-related access needed. I use it more as an end-user, like raising simple tickets for identity access management SailPoint is more focused on IT security. I find that the approvals that flow through SailPoint are much better than…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The customer success and support teams have been crucial."

"The most valuable feature in Omada is the governance. We work with other products and other product vendors, but the sweet spot in the market for Omada is where things are heavy on governance."

"You can make resources. You can import them from Azure or Active Directory and put them in an application. For example, if there is an application that uses a lot of Active Directory groups, you can make the groups available for people. If they need to access that application, you can tell them the resource groups you have for that application. People can do everything by themselves. They do not need anybody else. They can just go to the Omada portal, and they can do it all by themselves. That is terrific."

"Omada's onboarding features reflect our processes for onboarding new employees well. That is the primary reason we use this solution. We use role-based access control. I'm not sure how much it has improved our security posture, but it's made managing identities more convenient."

"Support-wise, working with Omada has been good. We have very good direct interactions and fast responses."

"Omada Identity Suite has a very powerful workflow engine. It is used for requesting access for approval to everything that's around Access Management and for re-certification purposes."

"It has a very user-friendly interface compared to what we are used to, and it is highly configurable. In the old solution, when we needed to do something, we had to have a programmer sitting next to us, whereas, in Omada Identity, everything is configurable."

"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to set up connectors to various IT systems and offer a wide range of supported connectors."

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"We used it to implement multi-factor authentication and to improve our security posture as well as reducing the potential for attacks."

"The most valuable features of ForgeRock are social login and data protection."

"In terms of the tool's operational efficiency, ForgeRock Access Management is used in a lot of environments, different regions, and in different stages of production environments."

"ForgeRock is an extensive product with many functionalities and capabilities, much more than many other tools combined."

"The product is easy to use in a development environment."

"ForgeRock products are customizable, and the out-of-the-box features are solid, too. I primarily use the OIDC compliance features. It's just a configuration. it's easy to set up and customize trees. We can add our own features if necessary. Banks and corporations have different standards and specific validations."

"It works very well, especially in Identity and Access Management. It helps detect anomalies in user behavior patterns."

"The solution's most valuable feature is the authentication for the consumers. The integration with other third-party applications is excellent."

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"The solution's most valuable feature is its integration with Slack for the notification of access requests."

"It provides a lot of out-of-the-box functionalities. You don't have to do too much custom development like other solutions such as Microsoft or NetIQ. It also has a lot of out-of-the-box connectors for different sources, directories, databases, etc. Its cloud version is working very well, and its pricing is okay. Its value for money is fine for most of the customers. It is also very flexible. They have frequent new releases and patches for fixing errors and things like that."

"The tool's GUI is user-friendly."

"The tool is quite stable and user-friendly."

"The first valuable feature of the solution is its interface. The second feature of the solution is the level of flexibility it provides."

"What I like most about SailPoint IdentityIQ is that it's simple to use and easy to configure and deploy."

"IdentityIQ's best features are the hassle-free user experience and security."

"The product feature is quite nice and simple, especially in terms of the UI and implementation."

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Cons

"It is not possible to customize reports on Omada Identity."

"There's a challenge with handling large amounts of data in this system."

"The architecture of the entire system should also be less complex. The way they process the data is complex."

"The user interface should have a more flexible design, where you can change it to your requirement."

"The biggest issue, which is the reason why we are transitioning from their product to SailPoint, is the overall user experience. From a technical perspective, it is a very good product, but from an end-user experience perspective, it significantly lacks."

"There is room for improvement in Omada's integration capabilities, particularly in streamlining complex integrations and enhancing programming logic for better rule management."

"Omada Identity has a steep learning curve."

"In our organization, all the data is event-driven, which means that if an attribute is changed in the source system, it can be updated within a few seconds in all end-user systems. There is room for improvement in Omada regarding that. Omada is still batch-based for some processes, so sometimes it can take an hour or even four hours before the execution is run and the update is sent."

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"It should be a little bit easier to implement. It is user-friendly, but there is always scope for improvement."

"We're worried about the scaling. We're told it will be okay and there won't be issues, however, I'm not 100% convinced."

"The solution could improve by adding more advertising and marketing."

"Automatic Deployment needs improvement. it could be made easier."

"The user interface could be improved as it is cumbersome and outdated. It doesn't have a responsive UI."

"The solution's deployment should be made easier."

"The identity management model needs a bit of improvement."

"As with any complex software platform, there is a learning curve to using ForgeRock, and it may require specialized expertise to implement and manage effectively."

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"Some setups should be done in the interface and in the code, and could be made simpler."

"SailPoint lacks some features like privileged account management and access management features found in products like Okta."

"It allowed to implement the automated processes when a new employee is hired. It allows to have a main central process for new hires."

"The report functionality and dashboard of the access manager could be improved."

"The connectors should be improved."

"SailPoint IdentityIQ needs to improve its customization. It should also incorporate some standardized tools for implementation."

"The interface can improve, and the product could become a little cheaper."

"The UI is complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Omada is expensive."

"It is expensive. Fortunately, I had a very good procurement manager on my side, but they are expensive. The closest competitors are also very expensive. You get a full-fledged solution that can do everything you dream of, but you pay for everything."

"Omada isn't cheap or expensive. The licensing model is flexible. I've only had limited interactions with the Omada sales team, but they were positive. They don't sell the customers more licenses than they need. It's important to accurately forecast future usage. For example, we have many licenses that we don't use because we don't have the identities yet. We pay extra, which isn't good."

"Omada Identity offers a reasonable price point, but it will increase as we transition to the cloud."

"Omada Identity is competitively priced and delivers good value for our money."

"The initial total cost of ownership to implement Omada Identity is not small. The TCO for the implementation is as high as any other solution. However, the cost of maintaining the solution is at par or lower than competitors, including adding more features or maintaining the system after the initial deployment or installation to make sure that they are available for users to use or extending the functionalities of those activities. Those maintenance costs are lower than other vendors, but the initial cost of getting the system installed is still high."

"It is fairly priced for an on-premise environment, but for the cloud environment, I am not that happy with the pricing."

"They are positioned at a good price point. They are lower than some of their competitors."

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"Its price is comparable to other products in the market."

"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."

"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."

"It's a bit pricey and could be more competitive."

"ForgeRock is an expensive solution."

"ForgeRock's pricing is more competitive than other products."

"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."

"SailPoint IdentityIQ is highly-priced, and I rate it an eight out of ten for pricing."

"SailPoint is higher in price as compared to Saviynt. The initial cost of SailPoint is very high. There are additional costs to the standard licensing fees."

"As per my knowledge, it runs on a paid partnership model, but I am not sure about it."

"SailPoint is expensive compared to its competitors. It's one of the most expensive products, so I'd rate it as one out of five, cost-wise."

"The price of the solution could improve, it is not priced well for smaller businesses to afford."

"Usually, the cost of deploying about 5,000 licenses or 5,000 users, would be the equivalent to the cost of the license, which would be reaching up to around $90,000."

"I rate the solution a seven on a scale where one is cheap and ten is too expensive. In short, the solution falls under the higher side of pricing."

"This is an expensive solution. I would rate it a two and a half out of five for pricing."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

23%

Computer Software Company

12%

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Omada Identity Cloud?

As an administrator, we benefit from a lot of functionality that is available out of the box, but it is also configur...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Omada Identity Cloud?

They are positioned at a good price point. They are lower than some of their competitors.

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What needs improvement with Omada Identity Cloud?

The biggest issue, which is the reason why we are transitioning from their product to SailPoint, is the overall user ...

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What do you like most about ForgeRock?

The most valuable features of ForgeRock are social login and data protection.

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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...

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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...

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How does Sailpoint IdentityIQ compare with CyberArk PAM?

We evaluated Sailpoint IdentityIQ before ultimately choosing CyberArk. Sailpoint Identity Platform is a solution to m...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SailPoint IdentityIQ?

The product is expensive. People need to opt for a licensing plan for one year or three years.

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What advice do you have for others considering SailPoint IdentityIQ?

You can use SailPoint Atlas to take identity security to the next level. In SailPoint IIQ, writing a custom connector...

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Comparisons

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 22% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

Omada Identity Suite, Omada Identity Cloud

ForgeRock Identity Platform, ForgeRock OpenIDM

IdentityIQ, IdentityNow, Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management, Intello

Overview

Omada Identity is an identity governance and administration (IGA) solution designed to help organizations manage and secure digital identities and access across their IT environments. It focuses on enhancing security, compliance, and efficiency by automating identity management processes.

Omada Identity offers a robust set of features that streamline identity lifecycle management, access governance, and compliance reporting. It integrates with a wide range of IT systems, applications, and data sources, providing a centralized platform for managing user identities and access rights. The solution enables organizations to enforce security policies, ensure regulatory compliance, and reduce the risk of unauthorized access.

What are the critical features of Omada Identity?

Identity Lifecycle Management: Automates the process of creating, updating, and deactivating user identities throughout their lifecycle.
Access Governance: Ensures that users have appropriate access rights, enabling continuous monitoring and recertification of access.
Compliance Reporting: Provides comprehensive reporting capabilities to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements.
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Simplifies the assignment and management of access rights based on user roles within the organization.
Self-Service Access Requests: Empowers users to request access to resources through a user-friendly portal, reducing administrative burden.
Integration Capabilities: Seamlessly integrates with various systems, applications, and data sources for unified identity and access management.

What benefits or ROI items should users look for in the reviews when evaluating Omada Identity?

Improved Security: By ensuring that only authorized users have access to sensitive information, Omada Identity enhances overall security posture.
Regulatory Compliance: Helps organizations meet compliance requirements by providing detailed audit trails and reporting features.
Operational Efficiency: Automates routine identity management tasks, reducing manual effort and freeing up IT resources for strategic initiatives.
User Productivity: Streamlines access management processes, enabling users to quickly obtain the resources they need to perform their jobs.
Reduced Risk: Minimizes the risk of data breaches and insider threats by enforcing strict access controls and continuous monitoring.

Omada Identity is widely adopted across various industries, including healthcare, finance, and manufacturing. In healthcare, it helps protect patient data and comply with regulations like HIPAA. In finance, it ensures compliance with SOX and other financial regulations. In manufacturing, it secures access to sensitive production data and intellectual property.

Pricing and licensing for Omada Identity are typically based on the number of users and the specific features required. Customer support is available through various channels, including online resources, support tickets, and professional services for implementation and customization.

In summary, Omada Identity is a comprehensive IGA solution that enhances security, compliance, and efficiency in managing digital identities and access.

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ForgeRock is a comprehensive open-source identity and access management solution designed to meet the unique needs of your users and workforce. With ForgeRock you can orchestrate, manage, and secure the complete lifecycle of identities in any cloud or hybrid environment. ForgeRock allows you to set up bot detection, identity proofing, and risk-based authentication.

With ForgeRock, you can define access policies and automate the management of the identity lifecycle all from a central, easy to use, and graphical dashboard. ForgeRock Access Management allows you to build safe authentication using options like passwordless and usernameless logins, single sign-on, biometrics, contextual analytics, and behavioral authentication. When threats appear, you can swiftly change how your users access your most sensitive applications and provide users with secure access to the applications, systems, and resources they need on demand.

ForgeRock Benefits and Key Features

Elevate your security and efficiency: Consolidating your legacy systems under one single platform provides reliable, unified control over all your user identities and access-related policies. ForgeRock Access Management also supports scaling existing policies for application onto new setups.
Passwordless authentication: Implementing passwordless authentication is simple with ForgeRock Access Management. You can easily replace user-selected passwords with other options, such as easy multi-factor authentication, biometrics, and SSO.
Identity governance: ForgeRock Identity Governance is a modern, AI-driven identity governance solution. By leveraging ForgeRock generated analysis reports, you can identify and apply appropriate user access, automate high-confidence access approvals, recommend certification for low-risk accounts, and review high-risk and inappropriate user access privileges. In addition, you can grant and enforce access to systems, applications, and infrastructure according to established policies.

Reviews from Real Users

ForgeRock stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust identity and access tools and its being easy to manage and scale with one central dashboard.

PeerSpot users note the effectiveness of these features. A technology solutions leader at an outsourcing company writes, “We need it for multiple clients, multiple implementations. Not all of them are necessarily a multi-tenant solution. We need a very versatile solution that can do a lot of work, but from a single instance that we can centralize authentications and we don't duplicate the efforts and that's where ForgeRock seems to do better.”

Mohamed B., a cyber security consultant at a tech company, writes, "Their access management solution, OpenAM, is most valuable because it meets the needs of a lot of users. ForgeRock secured our system so that it is accessed only by authorized people, and it implemented the SSO."

Ping Identity

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud specializes in identity, access management, and governance, focusing on user lifecycle automation, compliance, certifications, and reporting, handling both on-premise and cloud deployments.

Organizations use SailPoint Identity Security Cloud for seamless onboarding, offboarding, password resets, and provisioning, integrating with Active Directory and Office 365. Its centralized account views and enhanced security controls support identity management, policy evaluation, risk assessment, and role-based access control. Clients benefit from its stability, scalability, and customized access control features, reducing workloads and ensuring effective provisioning.

What are the most important features of SailPoint Identity Security Cloud?

Compliance Capabilities: Extensive features ensuring regulatory adherence.
Out-of-the-Box Connectors: Numerous pre-built integrations for rapid deployment.
User-Friendly Interface: Simplified navigation and user experience.
Identity Data Warehouse: Centralized data storage for streamlined management.
Seamless Integration: Smooth connections with popular applications like Active Directory and Office 365.
Proactive Access Revocation: Preemptive measures to manage access rights.
Stability, Scalability, Flexibility: Robust performance with adaptable customization.
AI-Driven Automation: Machine learning for streamlined approval processes.
Certification & Lifecycle Management: Comprehensive tools for managing user lifecycles and access certification.
Reporting: Detailed reports for insights and compliance monitoring.

What benefits and ROI should users look for in reviews?

Centralized Account Views: Consolidated management and oversight of user accounts.
Enhanced Security Controls: Improved measures for safeguarding sensitive data.
Reduced Workload: Decreased efforts in certification and access management processes.
Effective Provisioning: Seamless and accurate granting and revoking of access rights.
Scalability and Flexibility: Ability to scale with business growth and customize per requirements.

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud is deployed across various industries including finance, healthcare, and retail, offering tailored solutions for compliance, risk management, and efficient identity lifecycle management. Its integration capabilities with industry-specific applications and robust AI-driven features enhance operational efficiency and security in these sectors.

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Sample Customers

Bayer, ECCO Shoes, Vattenfall, NuStar Energy, Unicredit, Schiphol Group, BMW Group, Deutsche Leasing

Geico, Thomson Reuters, Salesforce, McKesson, Trinet, SKY, BNP Paribas, Deloitte, Capgemini, North Western University

Adobe, AXA Technology Services, Cuna Mutual Group, Equifax, ING Direct, Orrstown Bank, Rockwell Automation, SallieMae, Spirit Aerosystems, TEL

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