IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] vs SAP Identity Management comparison

IBM and SAP are both solutions in the Identity Management (IM) category. Additionally, 93% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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92% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Access Manager [...

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

3.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP Identity Management

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

User Provisioning Software (7th), Identity Management (IM) (14th)

Featured Reviews

it_user711612

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…

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Fabiano Marques

Sales Executive at Minsait

Identity management enhances connectivity and productivity with streamlined access and robust security, offering time-saving processes and facilitating seamless integration with other BI tools

One area that could be improved with SAP Identity Management, other than support, is user engagement from an implementation perspective. It would be beneficial for SAP to extend their events and workshops that are currently performed for partners to their final customers, as many customers want to know what's new and what else they can do without solely depending on the partners. For SAP support in Brazil, everything is in English, which poses a difficulty for many customers. The support could be improved for the specific needs in Brazil, as many customers have difficulty accessing the support center due to the language barrier. This feedback is specific to Brazil, though it's unclear if SAP receives similar feedback from other countries. It could certainly be enhanced with Portuguese documents, among other improvements.

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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

"SAML 2.0."

"Tivoli Access Manager's proxy product (WebSEAL) is extremely fast."

"I like the primary function of this product allowing the administration of user/network accounts with a fair amount of ease."

"Some of the valuable features are: Reverse proxy Protected object space Ease of integration Multiple and robust AuthN and AuthZ mechanisms built-in No single point of failure (SPOF)"

"It is a simple-to-deploy solution, with many features that are supported out-of-the-box without complicated setup."

"The WebSEAL reverse proxy is great for protecting your critical systems."

"The Verify feature: A push method which customers are going for."

"It is a single product that caters for all the business needs throughout the organization."

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"What's most valuable in SAP Identity Management is that it's easily an out-of-the-box solution for connectivity with SAP applications. We do not have to do any customizations, and this makes the solution very compatible with most SAP applications. SAP Identity Management is also very user-friendly."

"It provides basic automatic user administration and role provisioning to save time."

"Some processes that they used to perform in two to three days now take one to two hours, which has been really beneficial for them regarding the time saved."

"The most valuable features of SAP Identity Management are business roles and automated user provisioning."

"IBM really gives you the power to implement a lot of functionality outside the current implementation if you know how to build the functionality you want."

"Rather than implement a basic SSO, this solution assisted us with setting up two-factor authentication."

"What I found most valuable in SAP Identity Management is process automation. The solution also gives transparency about what is happening and why which I find beneficial. Another feature I found valuable in SAP Identity Management is integration. It has very good integration."

"NW IDM is extremely flexible, and with a small amount of effort you can integrate the basic provisioning for most of the commonly used modern systems."

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Cons

"Redundant Policy servers had to be manually configured using LB."

"There is Java process that hangs in WebSphere almost every month."

"Multi-factor authentication with social integration needs to improve."

"What I don’t particularly like is the flow duration."

"There is only a single step-up authentication path, but I have sometimes seen the need for several steps or a divergent path."

"Multi-factor authentication with social integration needs to improve."

"This product is also available in the appliance offering which has not yet matured and has many issues."

"Web Portal Manager does not implement the full set of functions found in the command line"

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"SAP Identity Management can improve risk analysis and authority checks."

"I believe they could make a lot of improvements on SAP IDM. There is also a lack of startup connectors to different systems, and they could have better cloud integration connectors for SAP IDM."

"The pricing could be better."

"Research and marketing need to be improved."

"The standard one is not friendly and very time-consuming for elementary operation."

"It needs to have the SSO for the HANA modules that SAP is releasing."

"A lack of startup connectors to different systems, and could have better connectors for SAP IDM."

"Research and marketing need to be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The IBM prices are, as ever, extortionate, even with a business partnership, and high levels of discounts."

"When evaluating the price of any product, I first look at how it meets my business requirements and if it meets requirements adequately and predictively. Currently, I don't see this from SAP Identity Management, so pricing for it is expensive, in my opinion."

"I rate the solution's pricing a four out of ten."

"The licensing cost varies depending on the specific requirements and deployment size."

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Comms Service Provider

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Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	18

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Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	6

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The tool's most valuable features are its access control and approval of access requests. The self-service password reset feature is efficient. Role management capabilities streamline user access b...

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Also Known As

Tivoli Access Manager, IBM Security Access Manager

SAP NetWeaver Identity Management, NetWeaver Identity Management

Overview

IBM Tivoli Access Manager is a robust and secure centralized policy management solution for e-business and distributed applications. IBM Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL is a high performance, multi-threaded Web server that applies fine-grained security policy to the Tivoli Access Manager protected Web object space. WebSEAL can provide single sign-on solutions and incorporate back-end Web application server resources into its security policy.

IBM

Reduce risk and centrally manage user access across your enterprise – with SAP Identity Management. The software integrates with your business processes to provide robust data and application security. Keep your operations running smoothly – and boost productivity by providing role-based user access, self-service password reset, approval workflows, and more.

SAP

Sample Customers

Essex Technology Group Inc.

State of Indiana, Automotive Resources International (ARI), Alliander N.V., Chemion Logistik GmbH, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH)

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