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Fortra's Powertech Identity & Access Manager vs OneLogin by One Identity comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Fortra's Powertech Identity...
Average Rating
5.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Privileged Access Management (PAM) (33rd)
OneLogin by One Identity
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (5th), User Provisioning Software (4th), Identity Management (IM) (4th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (3rd), Access Management (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Identity and Access Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Fortra's Powertech Identity & Access Manager is designed for Privileged Access Management (PAM) and holds a mindshare of 1.0%, up 0.3% compared to last year.
OneLogin by One Identity, on the other hand, focuses on Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS), holds 2.7% mindshare, up 2.1% since last year.
Privileged Access Management (PAM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fortra's Powertech Identity & Access Manager1.0%
Idira Privileged Access Manager9.2%
Safeguard by One Identity4.4%
Other85.4%
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OneLogin by One Identity2.7%
Microsoft Entra ID17.3%
Google Cloud Identity11.1%
Other68.9%
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer910470 - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Lead at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Inexperienced support for old product, but good flexibility for use case customization
HelpSystems Powertech is scalable if you throw more servers at it. Then you can distribute the load, which is a Microsoft SQL Server backend, and as long as you allocate enough resources to those things, then it is scalable. That's good enough. It would be an entire organization that uses it. So at a hospital for example, a healthcare system, a bank, and it would be the entire workforce on it. I haven't see a lot of customer's specific use cases, but it is for the whole workforce, everyone. The CEO of the company to the janitor. In terms of maintaining it, that requires application administrators or system administrators. There is a manual process to update the product, at least with the on-premise version.
Amit Rathod - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst - IDAM at Toll Holdings Limited
Unified sign-in has simplified access control and has supported end-to-end identity lifecycle
The authentication process is good, but sometimes the responsiveness to requests for enhancement is very slow. I sometimes face issues with platform stability, flexibility in configuration, and limited API availability. I experience downtimes two to three times per year. OneLogin's support team is sometimes very slow to respond. There is a feature limitation with mapping, as OneLogin does not provide one-to-all mapping. For client deployment, we need to create separate mappings for each request, and we cannot use the same mapping for multiple requests. Other areas that have room for improvement are related to API limitations. If a client requires more APIs, such as 5,000 or 6,000, OneLogin charges more. The API rate limits by default or the standard limit should provide more than 5,000. Additionally, OneLogin could provide more flexibility in configuration. These are the main limitations I have identified with OneLogin.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"HelpSystems Powertech's feature that I have found most valuable is its flexibility."
"HelpSystems Powertech's feature that I have found most valuable is its flexibility. It is able to be extended. A lot of the products these days, especially the ones on the cloud, are limited and can't handle all the use cases. Often there is not even a way to customize the application to meet uncommon use cases and HelpSystems provides an infrastructure that lends itself to the ability to be customized."
"OneLogin delivers a very good user experience with true single sign-on that minimizes authentication overhead and allows consistent access across applications."
"OneLogin by One Identity is really stable, and in the scenarios that we have encountered, it has been very stable with no delays or extended maintenance windows."
"OneLogin has definitely impacted positively and saved time, it has also strengthened security because we mostly use it for MFA, and it also made onboarding easier because you can automatically onboard multiple users."
"Using OneLogin, I have noticed an increase in the security posture of my organization, enforcing MFA across VPN, firewall, and cloud apps while centralizing authentication."
"OneLogin is a highly pragmatic workforce identity engine that eliminates manual authentication debt across fragmented infrastructure securely."
"OneLogin has positively impacted our organization by improving both security and operational efficiency through centralized access management and SSO, which has reduced password-related support requests, saving time for both users and the IT team and enhancing overall security."
"The most valuable thing about OneLogin is the user interface, it is very simple and very clear for users to understand, and not only technical persons can work with it, non-technical persons can also use it because the user interface is very simple and we did not have to write a lot of lines of code while making any configurations."
"OneLogin has positively impacted my organization by allowing users to securely access multiple applications with a single sign-on, improving user experience, and reducing password-related issues and support tickets."
 

Cons

"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the support of the product. It's hard to get support for it. I think this is emblematic of the fact that they don't have a lot of employees who have long-term experience with it."
"I would not necessarily recommend customers use it."
"We've been experiencing some pain points since the acquisition. For example, there have been some outages we didn't see previously, which are a big topic with my executive team. You have hundreds of applications relying on this service for login. If the service is unavailable, nobody can log into these applications."
"What I dislike about OneLogin by One Identity is that there have been some instances where the team experienced server issues while trying to log in."
"I believe support response time and troubleshooting for complex integrations could be improved in some cases for OneLogin."
"OneLogin by One Identity needs to upgrade or enhance areas such as complexity in custom Active Directory AD HR mapping and setter interface refresh."
"The mobile app is not best and it could be improved."
"Based on my experience, improvements needed for OneLogin include better granular policy controls and more advanced analytics for authentication activity, which would be especially useful for larger enterprise environments."
"There are many downsides. OneLogin is designed for small businesses, not for big enterprises, which is why it has limited features."
"The reporting and the dashboard customization could be more flexible, and troubleshooting federation or integration issues can sometimes take more effort than expected."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We were happy with the price we got when we signed up, but I don't know what will happen when the time comes to renew because it is a different company now. We haven't seen any pricing models or had that discussion yet. My renewal is a year and a half away. It's worth what we're paying for it. There's no way we could provide the level of service for cheaper or try to do the same in-house."
"The pricing for OneLogin seems to be okay. The pricing and licensing are affordable. If you'd consider OneLogin to be expensive, it's worth it."
"Surprisingly expensive given the price of on-premise solutions."
"The price of the licensing is fine."
"The pricing and licensing are reasonable. It is much cheaper than other products."
"OneLogin's pricing, from the perspective of the education sector, seems quite reasonable for the value it delivers."
"While I wish OneLogin's pricing was more affordable, their licensing model, which is based on per user, is acceptable."
"It was cheap in the beginning, and then it became very expensive. We were initially charged $2 per user per month, which was fine, but by the second year, they increased it to $5 per user. That became very expensive for us because we had about 1,500 users. At $2 per user, it comes out to be $3,000 a month, which is $36,000 a year. If we move to $5 per user, it comes out to be $7,500 a month. That made its cost so high. That is why we removed the product because the cost was high."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
19%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business135
Midsize Enterprise32
Large Enterprise69
 

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What needs improvement with OneLogin by One Identity?
What I dislike about OneLogin by One Identity is that there have been some instances where the team experienced server issues while trying to log in. Users were unable to log in and had to redo the...
What is your primary use case for OneLogin by One Identity?
I use OneLogin by One Identity for all logins, centralizing login access and adding more security to the system.
What advice do you have for others considering OneLogin by One Identity?
I am aware of the adaptive login flows with Vigilance AI in OneLogin by One Identity, but I do not have any feedback or thoughts on that at this time. My overall review rating for OneLogin by One I...
 

Also Known As

HelpSystems Powertech Identity & Access Manager, Powertech Identity & Access Manager, BoKS, BoKS ServerControl, Fox Technologies ApplicationControl, ApplicationControl
OneLogin Workforce Identity
 

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