IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence vs One Identity Manager comparison

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence vs. One Identity Manager

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Omada Identity

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Identity Management (IM) category, the mindshare of Omada Identity is 3.1%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence is 1.0%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of One Identity Manager is 5.0%, down from 7.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Identity Management (IM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
One Identity Manager	5.0%
Omada Identity	3.1%
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence	1.0%
Other	90.9%

Identity Management (IM)

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Lars Henrik Jensen

Lead Cyber Security Architect at Ernst & Young

Faced deployment delays and daily errors but have streamlined access reviews and improved termination processes

The deployment of Omada Identity is complex; the product is not brilliantly documented, and it lacks the same level of documentation that could be found for systems such as SailPoint or Saviynt, making it harder to find material or help online, particularly with Omada Cloud. The system performance of Omada Identity is inconsistent; we've been analyzing this issue together with Omada, but we haven't been able to resolve whether the problem lies on their side or my client's side, which causes long response times and long run times in Omada sometimes. Omada Identity does not help deploy IGA within 12 weeks; the time frame for applying the rapid deployment solution was much longer than expected, and I am unsure if it is built on best practices across all systems. When we receive an error or system message from Omada Identity, it's very hard to decode what it means; we have had serious issues in daily imports that we can't explain, indicating a need for improved stability. The comprehensiveness of out-of-the-box connectors that Omada provides differs; the connectors for Microsoft and Salesforce are good, but for SAP, they are basically non-existent.

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reviewer1830612

Head, Cybersecurity at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We use the solution to ensure organizations conform to industry base certifications and best practices

We use the product to ensure organizations conform to industry base certifications and best practices and do not contradict their security policies within the base points they specify in the system, which are used to match everything against their governance use cases I think the product's most…

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reviewer2538840

Senior identity and security specialist at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Highly flexible and stable, but lacks in many aspects and requires a strong partner

In terms of providing a single platform for enterprise-level administration and governance of users, data, and privileged accounts, One Identity is not yet there. One Identity recently bought OneLogin. They already had Safeguard and One Identity Manager. They have started integrating these three tools. I am also on the customer advisory board (CAB) of One Identity, so I have more insight into these things. I know that they started to integrate OneLogin and One Identity just recently. OneLogin is their access management tool. They use it for authentication and for SSO. It is a competitor for Entra and Okta, whereas Safeguard is competing with CyberArk, Delinea, and BeyondTrust. One Identity has indeed done good integration between their three products. However, the platform is not unified. You still need three URLs, which is not optimal. They are going there, but it will take them time. The second thing they are not yet good at is their SaaS offering. They are behind in the market. They started with something in Safeguard, but it is a pretty basic offering. It is still a new baby. They have Safeguard On Demand, but it is just a hosted PAM solution. I did PoC for Safeguard twice. This is how I know this, but I have not used it. As PAM, Safeguard is a good product, but it is not a full-featured PAM like CyberArk or BeyondTrust. They are lacking in that aspect. The integration between One Identity's products is similar to BMC's integration. I used to work with BMC products such as BMC Remedy ten years ago. I used to be an ITSM or Control-M guy. When BMC integrated its products, the integration was not well done. It was like two different entities trying to integrate with each other rather than one company giving you a fully-fledged platform. The same thing is happening with One Identity Manager at the moment. They are selling it as a unified platform, but in my opinion, it is not yet good. It is also not bad. There are things that I can take from it, but there is no complete picture. The problem nowadays is that vendors are getting into each other's areas. For example, CyberArk used to be just a PAM provider, so people would integrate with it, but now, CyberArk wants to do the identity bit. It has now become a competitor for other vendors, so they will stop integrating with it. SailPoint, at some point, stopped integrating with CyberArk. SailPoint and CyberArk's integration was good. This is what is happening in the market or between vendors. All of them are getting into each other's area. If you happen to buy another product from a competitor, you need to integrate it on your own. There is no integration plug-in concept between them. This is a bit hard for companies that already have a PAM and they want to buy a new IGA, for example, or vice versa. They are trying to shift towards an Angular-based platform for their web portal or for IT Shop. That has been very long overdue because they did not modernize their web portal for almost three versions. They are doing it, but there is no feature parity till version 9.3, which is the upcoming version. This is a problem. For example, data governance is not included in 9.2 if you want to upgrade, but if you do not upgrade, you lose support. They have these issues with the roadmap in general. They give you options, but they are not always the complete options. To me, it seems that this company is going to suffer in the long run. Another issue is that for admin requests, we have to configure the tool at least in seven different clients, which is unacceptable. We are in 2024, not in 1981 or 1985. Having seven clients for the same tool, or more, is just unheard of. To me, that is a very old design idea. I am on the newest version 9.2, and I am still doing that. To me, that is a big problem as an admin. The relationship with the customers is extremely bad. That is not a technical problem. That is a company problem. They tried to fix that, but it seems they failed. They do not have the personnel. They have a hiring problem. They now rely on partners. They are a type of company where the partner is more of a vendor to you as a client rather than the company itself. If you want to pick any solution by One Identity, you need a very strong partner with you. If you do not, you will struggle with this product's adoption, roadmap, vision, and implementation. We struggle a lot as a client. I have been there. I have seen that. It is not easy with them. One Identity is based in Europe. Our account manager at One Identity resigned in May and till now, just to show how bad they are, we do not know who our new account manager is. We are in August. Their Starling Connect roadmap or flagship is a failure. We had to withdraw from using it with SuccessFactors, for example. It had a lot of stability issues. Now, my understanding is better, but it caused a bad implementation, so we are not using it. They are not investing a lot in enhancing or extending Starling Connect. They are using Starling Connect as a propagation gateway to SaaS apps so that you have One Identity Manager on-prem talking to Starling Connect which is handling all SaaS apps. However, the roadmap for Starling Connect is not clear. Now that they have bought OneLogin, OneLogin can do that as well as an IAM tool. You can now bring any IAM or CIAM tool such as Entra, Okta, or OneLogin. They can be your propagation gateway. OneLogin and Starling Connect are competing products, and they need to unify them. They cannot have both products doing the same thing. When I discussed this with the head of engineering from their side, they were still defending having Starling Connect. I do not understand why because if you have a proper IAM such as Entra or Okta, that is your propagation gateway. That is it. You can do everything you want with it. You can merge the functionality, and that is it. You do not need Starling Connect. To me, this is confusing. You use a propagation gateway like Starling Connect because it has ready plug-ins to connect to SaaS apps and you do not need to create a custom connector every time. If you look at the number of apps that One Identity supports with Starling Connect, there are not more than 50, which is not a lot. There is a big difference when you compare it to Okta Marketplace or Entra Marketplace. You will immediately understand the difference. OneLogin's marketplace is better than Starling Connect, but OneLogin was not a part of One Identity before, so they had their own marketplace. Overall, the Starling Connect roadmap does not make sense to me. They need to remove the dependency on VB.NET for backend development and they need to unify the front end. If they are selling it as a unified product, they need to give me a unified UX. This is something I have mentioned to Mark Logan himself. This is how ServiceNow won over Remedy. Having a unified UX and being able to turn on or off a feature is better than trying to connect three or four different products with different contracts. To me, the main thing is that they need to modernize their application. Once we do that, making it SaaS is doable.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The most valuable aspect of the product is that it is Microsoft-based and it supports all Microsoft technology."

"The key benefit of Omada Identity is maintaining complete control."

"The Governance and self-service that can be set up so you can use them yourself to work in the system are the most valuable features. End users can be enabled to help themselves."

"We don't have to go in and do a lot of the work that we did before. It may have saved us somewhere in the range of 10 to 30 percent of the time we spent on provisioning access."

"The administrative features and SoD are valuable."

"The most valuable functionality of the solution for us is that when employees stop working for the municipality, they are automatically disabled in Active Directory. Omada controls that 100 percent. They are disabled for 30 days, and after that time Omada deletes the Active Directory account. The same type of thing happens when we employ a new person. Their information is automatically imported to Omada and they are equipped with the roles and rights so they can do their jobs."

"The support for the validity of the resources is valuable. The tool allows resource assignments within a validity period so that the managers do not have to remember to revoke the access once the work is done."

"I'm not using Omada, but the interface is easy to use and gives you a solid overview of your identities."

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"I would rate the price eight out of 10, with 10 as the best value for money."

"Lifecycle management, governance and documentation."

"The most valuable features are that it has a lot of capabilities, can integrate with a lot of systems, including automated onboarding like CyberArk, and allows you to integrate different entities."

"It is a flexible because it is customizable. It allows you to build anything on top of it."

"We no longer keep users who shouldn't exist."

"One Identity Manager stands out for its modular design, allowing us to easily customize it with specific components, and its flexibility to handle any identity and access management scenario we encounter."

"Mapping roles to users is a seamless experience that offers a lot of leverage in terms of speed and compliance, making it a very useful feature."

"One Identity Manager stands out because it offers a wide range of features without requiring complex installation or ongoing maintenance."

"My favorite feature is the ease of customization. You can change, optimize, and update it at your convenience. I haven't seen that in many other products available."

"One Identity Manager is user-friendly and easy to customize. One Identity's business roles enable me to map company structures for dynamic application provisioning, which is fairly important."

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Cons

"I would like to search on date fields, which is not possible now."

"The web GUI can be improved."

"Documentation can be improved. I have already filed a few suggestions to make documentation more clear and more representative of reality."

"The solution should be made more agile for customers to own or configure."

"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."

"Omada could make it a bit more convenient to send emails based on events automatically. Having that functionality is critical for us to maintain transparency."

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

"The stability of Omada Identity needs improvement because we have experienced too many unexpected errors on a daily basis, causing significant trouble as we onboard more complex and business-critical systems."

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"Self service center is not always easy to understand."

"The solution is a bit pricey for some regions."

"[Regarding] their upgrades, we're going to 8.12 right now and everything is running very smoothly but this is actually the first upgrade that has gone off well. Even the other "dots" have taken us six months or longer to get through QA testing."

"The system role manager, or some of the roles that are inside Identity Manager, are limited to one user. It would be more flexible if these responsibility roles could be attached to many people."

"Quest Software should provide notes and documents to customers before they buy the product and license."

"The product's GUI could be more user-friendly."

"I would like One Identity Manager to offer an easier way for users to learn to use their new features."

"A room for improvement in One Identity Manager is its analytics. Though it's getting better from version to version, the analytics feature still needs improvement. I would appreciate more analytical features in the next release of One Identity Manager, so I can do a better analysis. Another vendor, for example, has a self-certification system where you can send people, then create a type of profile or screen for each person, and the person can see his entitlement and the risks behind that entitlement, so then the person makes a decision on whether he wants to keep or let go of it, and that's an out-of-the-box feature that would be good to see in One Identity Manager. Another feature I'd like to see in One Identity Manager that would be very interesting is integration with SIEM or any log collection product for both access and usage. For example, I'd be able to see that I have access to a particular application and also get information on how many times I've accessed it in the last year, last few months, etc. It's a feature that would be great to have in One Identity Manager."

"We would like the product to integrate with ServiceNow, since One Identity Manager and ServiceNow are two of our better tools."

"One Identity Manager has room for improvement in areas such as being more low-code, since it currently requires some coding knowledge."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"Omada continues to be very competitive on pricing, especially on the Omada cloud product."

"From an on-prem point of view, the cost is quite transparent and reasonable. The direct cost is primarily for licenses and maintenance on licenses."

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

"Omada is too expensive. We are in the automotive industry. The pricing might be high because most of the other customers are in the insurance or banking sectors, but it's steep for an auto supply company."

"While Omada Identity carries a premium price tag, it proves to be cost-effective."

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

"Omada Identity is very reasonably and competitively priced."

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"I would rate the price eight out of 10, with 10 as the best value for money."

"It is fairly priced because they provide all the features by default. That is why they charge a bit more than other vendors. I am not sure about the exact cost part, but One Identity is a little bit more expensive than IBM and other tools."

"One Identity Manager is fairly priced."

"It needs flexibility in the licensing or packaging, because you buy the entire package at once, and sometimes the customers are a bit overwhelmed with whatever they get. I would like if they could cut the licensing or packaging into somewhat smaller things."

"It helps us save on licenses for applications because we are following the account lifecycle, as well as account reactivation."

"One Identity Manager is priced in the middle range but offers good value due to lower implementation time compared to competitors. Total cost of ownership is crucial where the main expense is in implementation, not licensing."

"It's not cheap, but the pricing is okay. Other applications cost about the same."

"One Identity Manager's pricing is competitive and in line with what other companies offer."

"There are old processes that are really great for some people and look like pieces of artwork. However, the maintenance of them is really expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

17%

Government

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Insurance Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	42

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	41
Midsize Enterprise	16
Large Enterprise	85

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...

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

I'm not fully aware of the pricing details, which are managed by higher management; however, the product itself is sa...

What needs improvement with Omada Identity Cloud?

There is room for improvement in Omada Identity, primarily in customization for administrators; many custom tasks req...

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Also Known As

Omada Identity Suite, Omada Identity Cloud

IGI, IBM Security Identity Manager, ISIM

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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.

Omada

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence (IGI) delivers a business-centric approach to Identity Management and Governance. It empowers business and IT to work together to meet regulatory compliance and security goals across enterprise applications and data. IGI covers enterprise user lifecycle management, access risk assessment and mitigation, certification, password management as well as powerful analytics and reporting to enable business to make the right decisions on enterprise access.

IBM

One Identity Manager is a value-added and trusted active directory management and user provisioning software solution. One Identity Manager administers and protects an organization’s data and users, minimizes threats, and ensures that compliance regulations are consistently satisfied.

Users will have access to the data and applications they need when they need them. One Identity can be used on premises, in the cloud, and also with hybrid options. One Identity Manager is able to easily combine strict governance compliance regulations and rigorous security protocols to keep business enterprises secure and functional today and into the future. One Identity Manager is also a robust, scalable identity governance and administration (IGA) solution. The solution is designed to meet the changing needs of a growing dynamic business enterprise, and not be limited or left vulnerable by IT department constricts.

One Identity consistently provides robust security solutions that facilitate a strong secure enterprise where the users, applications, and critical data are safe and secure. The unified identity security platform provides identity governance and administration (IGA), privileged access management (PAM), active directory management and security (ADMS), and identity and access management (IAM) processes to ensure an aggressive stance on security for today’s dynamic enterprise organizations.

One Identity is used by more than 11,000 organizations worldwide managing over five hundred million plus identities.

One Identity Manager Features

Self-service options: Organizations save time and are able to get tasks completed easily. Users can request permissions or access and receive predetermined approval based on role assignments.
Password management: Organizations can easily reset user passwords based on established organizational protocols. Password policies can be determined according to user roles and assignments.
Governance: One Identity Manager offers complete visibility regarding data access, such as who has access, when the access was given, and the reasons why access was given. The solution delivers clear reporting to comply with any regulatory requirements.
SAP certified: Users are able to amplify existing SAP security protocols and seamlessly connect accounts under governance. One Identity Manager is a complete identity access solution.
Reporting: One Identity Manager delivers reliable reporting regarding user access and privileged access to an organization's network. The reporting can satisfy all government and regulatory compliance standards.
Connectors: One Identity Manager’s significant amount of available connectors enable organizations to easily extend identity governance to the cloud and will ensure cloud application time is minimized significantly.

Reviews from Real Users

“The initial setup process for an employee is straightforward. We set up processes for user accounts and we can add other processes to them. Our goal is to automate all user-permission and user-administration processes with One Identity and we are doing that more and more.” - Marc H., IT Architect at a tech services company

“The most valuable features are that it has a lot of capabilities, can integrate with a lot of systems, including automated onboarding like CyberArk, and allows you to integrate different entities.” - Security Consultant at a financial services firm

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Sample Customers

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

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Texas A&M, Sky Media, BHF Bank, Swiss Post, Union Investment, Wayne State University. More at OneIdentity.com/casestudies

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