IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

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We performed a comparison between IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] and Symantec Siteminder based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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  • "The licensing is fair for this solution."
  • "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."
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    Top Answer:A valuable feature of Siteminder is the way it handles bulk traffic. The features it has, in terms of routing the traffic and load balancing, are good.
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:An area Siteminder could improve on is that there are a few limitations, in terms of new protocols for OpenID. If I want to have different scopes, the features are limited. They also do not have APIs… more »
    Ranking
    Unranked
    In Single Sign-On (SSO)
    10th
    Views
    3,160
    Comparisons
    2,445
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    571
    Rating
    8.3
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    Also Known As
    Tivoli Access Manager, IBM Security Access Manager
    Single Sign-On, SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder
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    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.

    Symantec® SiteMinder is designed to secure the modern enterprise through a unified access management platform that applies the appropriate authentication mechanism to positively identify users; provides single sign-on and identity federation for seamless access to any application; enforces granular security policies to stop unauthorized access to sensitive resources; and monitors and manages the entire user session to prevent session hijacking. Finally, Symantec SiteMinder is battle-tested and has been deployed in the largest IT environments in the world.

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    Sample Customers
    Essex Technology Group Inc.
    British Telecom, CoreBlox, DBS, HMS, Itera ASA and Simeo
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Government25%
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Insurance Company25%
    Energy/Utilities Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Logistics Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm40%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Retailer8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Insurance Company13%
    Government6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise62%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise6%
    Large Enterprise68%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business7%
    Midsize Enterprise3%
    Large Enterprise90%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise78%
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    IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] is ranked unranked in Single Sign-On (SSO) while Symantec Siteminder is ranked 10th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 3 reviews. IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] is rated 0.0, while Symantec Siteminder is rated 8.4. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Siteminder writes "Useful for single sign-on and handles bulk traffic well". IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] is most compared with DigitalPersona Pro and ILANTUS Compact Identity, whereas Symantec Siteminder is most compared with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), ForgeRock, Okta Workforce Identity, PingFederate and Auth0.

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