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IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] vs OneLogin comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Access Manager [...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.8
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OneLogin
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
94
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)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user711612 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Reverse proxy provides central control over authentication and authorization.
It is a single product that caters for all the business needs throughout the organization. It provides a seamless integration that in turn encourages most of the applications to use the SSO features Reverse proxy is the most valuable feature as it provides central control over authentication and…
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

"The combination of TAM with IDM in IBM Tivoli Identity Manager helped us to realize robust and secure authentication infrastructure in accordance with industry regulations and laws."
"The WebSEAL reverse proxy is great for protecting your critical systems."
"OAuth 2 is now the de facto standard for API protection and scoped authorized delegation. IBM TAM now supports OAuth 2 and can act as fully compliant OAuth 2 authorization server."
"Tivoli Access Manager's proxy product (WebSEAL) is extremely fast."
"We have managed to automate the creation of all employees, and the company's clients and then assign the accounts/accesses according to business need."
"Since its birth it is an unbelievable stable product."
"The integration effort with the end application is quite straightforward and easy."
"IBM directory server offers the best roll-out experience."
"Security incidents have gone down because of the stronger authentication, and our IT team has saved a lot of time on access issues."
"The solution allows the user to search logs based on a specific time."
"There is a good return on investment because we achieve our onboarding, offboarding, auditing requirements, and MFA requirements in less time."
"OneLogin's ability to provide a seamless end-user experience for signing in and authenticating to needed applications is pretty good."
"I have seen fewer support tickets after implementing OneLogin, which have been reduced by 60 to 70 percent compared to the previous method."
"The directory integration and SCIM provisioning are probably the best features compared to competitors."
"OneLogin is still the market's most exemplary solution."
"Around 30 to 40 percent of time is saved since using OneLogin, and the error has been reduced because a single login manages all the applications, significantly cutting down on errors."
 

Cons

"There were endless issues with stability in version 8.0.1."
"The self-service portal needs improvement."
"You must be skilled to use Tivoli Access Manager."
"The profiling element is incredibly robust, but also equally as complex, it requires an off-site course to be able to understand the context or the plethora of options available."
"Multi-factor authentication with social integration needs to improve."
"Installation and configuration. If you don’t know the requirements of the supporting components, it could be complicated to install and this has been improved in the later versions that are renamed to IBM Tivoli Security Access Manager."
"Redundant Policy servers had to be manually configured using LB."
"I would rate the technical support a 6/10."
"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."
"OneLogin has been a good experience, but there is a scope of improvement in every application, especially in the admin user interface and overall usability."
"However there have been times where reaching a technical support resource during US Business hours is difficult."
"However, the initial custom integration could be simplified, as it is somewhat complex."
"During the last three months, there's been a couple of pretty big outages that have affected my user base pretty heavily. I had pretty much a dead workforce for a day, which is pretty significant."
"There are a couple of areas for improvement in OneLogin. While it is strong overall, the key areas that could be worked on include the ease of configuration for advanced workflows, as setting up complex role-based policies or integration across different systems in the HealthTech market requires considerable technical effort."
"OneLogin could be improved by offering a more intuitive admin interface and simpler configuration for advanced features and integrations."
"OneLogin could be improved with simpler user management features, though the current interface is relatively straightforward to use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The IBM prices are, as ever, extortionate, even with a business partnership, and high levels of discounts."
"While I wish OneLogin's pricing was more affordable, their licensing model, which is based on per user, is acceptable."
"The price of the licensing is fine."
"Surprisingly expensive given the price of on-premise solutions."
"OneLogin's pricing, from the perspective of the education sector, seems quite reasonable for the value it delivers."
"The pricing and licensing are reasonable. It is much cheaper than other products."
"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."
"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

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
19%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business126
Midsize Enterprise30
Large Enterprise66
 

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What needs improvement with OneLogin by One Identity?
During implementation, there were not many features that I remember not using in practice. Mostly, there were certain APIs that we were experimenting with earlier but did not use, so we created cus...
What is your primary use case for OneLogin by One Identity?
My main use case for OneLogin is to enforce workforce identity, and we implemented this in Malaysia's biggest retail client, so all of their employees' applications can be securely accessed through...
What advice do you have for others considering OneLogin by One Identity?
When I am working in OneLogin on a normal day or week, the first thing I typically do in the platform is handling SSO configurations, so I add applications and interact with application stakeholder...
 

Also Known As

Tivoli Access Manager, IBM Security Access Manager
OneLogin Workforce Identity
 

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