IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

"Single Sign-On functionality is valuable because the core purpose of the product is to allow universal (or bespoke) SSO for application suites."

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

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

"SAML 2.0."

"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."

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

"IWA is an out-of-the-box feature. The SAML-based federation is standard for all tools. However, CA Single Sign-On has made the federation configuration way too simple and handy to set up and use."

"It is pretty easy to learn."

"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."

"The solution is easy to use for our managers."

"It has considerably reduced the amount of time that new users would take to join into the organization. Previously, it was a lengthy, manual process because it's a very secure environment, where they need to verify the user before they can actually grant him a user-ID and password. Integrating with the built-in custom application, and exposing CA Single Sign On to the internet, we were able to get the employees onboard. The time that we gained was: previously it would generally take from four to eight weeks for each employee, we brought it to one to two days."

"The solution has features that allow you to easily distinguish between protected and unprotected resources."

"That seamless integration significantly improves user experience and efficiency."

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

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

"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."

"The self-service portal needs improvement."

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

"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. All of those things require authentication and we really want to see this product grow into that role."

"If the reporting feature can be integrated into SSO itself that will be an icing on the cake."

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

"The initial setup of Symantec SiteMinder was a bit tricky. I would rate it a seven on a scale of one to ten, where ten indicates an easy setup."

"The GUIs are not very clear, especially when integrating with other products from CA."

"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 exposed, which is a major drawback. API is a feature I would like to see included in the next release."

"The main thing is we do not have the traceability and good monitoring that CA can provide us to capture problems when they occur."

"Symantec Siteminder needs to have adaptive authentication and multi-factor authentication as integrated features."

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

"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."

"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."

"The pricing is reasonable."

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

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