IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

"This product is highly recommended to meet access management and web single sign-on requirements."

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

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

"Provided more secure computing."

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

"Before the solution was implemented it took around 2-3 weeks to get all the necessary account information for a new employee in my organization, and since implementation this now only takes a few minutes."

"The integration effort with the end application is quite straightforward and easy."

"The SSO, URL-based access control, OAuth 2 and OIDC are the most valuable features."

"The authentication and single sign-on features of Symantec Siteminder are valuable."

"We needed to implement secure access, CA is a leader in this area, so we went naturally with the best, and we also chose CA because of the way they interact with customers, pitch new features to us, ask us for feedback, and provide us with support."

"The single sign-on is the solution's most valuable feature"

"SAML is the best thing we're using right now because there is no need for creating an external account."

"This is the only access management product that I have come across which configures end-to-end and hosts resources."

"Whatever you're considering, this is a good solution."

"Federation, for sure, because we have a lot of third-party vendors that we need to integrate with, and this is a turnkey solution in some ways."

"Symantec Siteminder has simplified user access for our customers from user login to their web applications."

"The user interface looks like it was designed for technical personnel only."

"We have had stability issues lately with the hardware and SAN that the product runs on."

"Looking at their roadmap, they have a broad grasp of the security features which the industry needs."

"The self-service portal needs improvement."

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

"You must be skilled to use Tivoli Access Manager."

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

"An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for the newer appliance versions for hosting the virtual appliances on AWS will help."

"There are certain integration points that can be leveraged and made more easy to deploy, like the REST APIs and things like that."

"I've seen a lot of analytics capability being built in for a number of products. Obviously, I want to be able to use analytics on CA SSO as well."

"The maintenance cost has increased significantly, and we are concerned about this."

"I would prefer to see their SAML integration be a more streamlined and easier interface."

"CA has reporting at the moment. With the reporting, every particular segmented product has a reporting engine. I would like to see centralized reporting for all of them together."

"As we are moving in to the mobility space, this is where we really see SiteMinder and their other product really come together to provide a solution base to a different area where the IoT is coming, the different business communications are happening."

"Some of the features need to be improved. For example, the Federation feature."

"The look and feel was not good in the earlier product."

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

"Siteminder is a little costly. You pay for licensing, and they offer packages, so if you have less users, then you have to buy different products at different prices. If you have more of a user base, then the package is different. They also include other features—for example, if you have a database and you're using Siteminder, then it's good to use a Semantic-specific database, but if you are using less, then you have to purchase the database separately. Whereas if you are going for a bigger license, then it comes within the package. It depends on which plan you are using."

"The licensing is fair for this solution."

"I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."

"Symantec Siteminder is expensive; they could definitely do better on the price."

"The price is quite comparable to the other enterprise-level solutions in that market."

"The solution's pricing is competitive."

"CA solutions are generally expensive but for the customer the ROI is big."

"The pricing is reasonable."