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."

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

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

"SAML 2.0."

"Federation is valuable, 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."

"If you look at our organization, and really all financial institutions, we have a lot of legacy apps. So it really helps to get Single Sign-On."

"I liked the debugging part. There are only two files (trace file and log file) that you need to look into while performing debugging, and the logs give you the exact info on where and what needs to be fixed."

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

"It is pretty easy to learn."

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

"You can quickly deploy the entire product with a basic config within couple of hours."

"The most valuable feature is the integration with the Active Directory."

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

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

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

"The self-service portal needs improvement."

"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."

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

"To add more value to this solution it needs to be more user-friendly."

"The technical support could be better."

"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."

"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."

"Siteminder needs to improve its user experience."

"We would like to the OAuth be more stable, more issues being fixed rather than not."

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

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

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

"The solution's pricing is competitive."

"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."

"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."

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