Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager vs Okta Platform comparison

Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager vs. Okta Platform

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

ROI

Sentiment score

7.2

Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager enhances security, reduces costs, streamlines management, and significantly decreases vulnerability to attacks, validating investment.

Sentiment score

5.1

Okta Platform enhances identity management, streamlines onboarding, boosts security, and improves compliance, reducing IT burdens and operational costs.

Deploying CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager has secured the infrastructure, which saves money, time, and resources.

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Lead Consultant at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

I consider CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager's return on investment to be good since it effectively accomplishes the goals expected from privilege access management solutions.

Diego Rivera

Commercial and Technical Professional Manager at Evolution Technologies Group

Employee onboarding used to be a major pain point, but the automation Okta Platform provides for creating user accounts across various apps or SaaS tools has made our life much easier.

Hardik Murdia

Technical Lead at CloudBolt Software

First, it improves the security authentication and authorization processes across the organization, securing applications with single sign-on and MFA.

reviewer2841603

Practice Director - PAM, IGA, IAM & ZeroTrust at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have our dashboard to log in via Okta Workforce Identity.

SumitMundik

Lead Admin Systems at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.2

Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager support is generally good but varies in response time and expertise, with certification aiding resolution.

Sentiment score

6.9

Okta Platform's customer support is efficient and knowledgeable, though response varies by package, especially for non-premium users.

They respond immediately to our inquiries, resolve issues promptly, and provide valuable guidance, especially in critical situations.

Security Delivery Analyst at Accenture

We engage them when needed and receive prompt responses that typically resolve our issues.

Global Security Systems Consultant at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Earlier, we received support for normal tickets within a day, but now it takes one or two days to resolve issues.

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Lead Consultant at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

By offering a system to set varying priority levels on support tickets, urgent issues could receive quicker attention, benefiting business continuity and customer satisfaction.

Syed

IT Lead at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees

For Okta Platform, the customer service is seamless, and I am very satisfied with their assistance compared to other channels such as Microsoft's, which usually takes longer to resolve issues.

Merin K Oommen

Iam & Security Engineer at zeb consulting

You can raise issues based on urgency using classifications such as P1, P2, P3, and P4, and you will receive a response within two hours for P1 and within four hours for P2.

Rayavarapu Sairam

Customer Identity Engineer - CIAM at American Express Global Business Travel

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager is scalable but requires effort and may face challenges with application and database integration.

Sentiment score

6.9

Okta Platform is scalable and flexible, efficiently supporting diverse user needs with minimal limitations and robust performance.

We can set permissions per team or department, allowing some teams to elevate specific applications while others have different permissions.

Global Security Systems Consultant at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is quite scalable.

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Security Delivery Analyst at Accenture

The available reports and other security tools assist in scaling it according to my organization's needs.

Gani Habib

Cybersecurity Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

The scalability of Okta Platform is impressive, but its effectiveness relies on how integrations are designed, rate limits are handled, and day-to-day operations are managed.

Sravanakumar Nidamanooru

Identity and Access Management Specialist at a university with 10,001+ employees

It is secure, providing needed scalability without impacting performance.

Syed

IT Lead at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees

Clients can scale their API access requests beyond default limits, which is adaptable according to requirements without impacting performance or deployment.

AmitRathod

Senior Analyst at Toll Holdings Limited

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.2

Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager is stable and reliable, with rare downtime, strong Windows support, and occasional latency issues.

Sentiment score

7.9

Okta Platform is praised for stability and reliability, with high user ratings and effective scalability for identity services.

It is a robust solution that has effectively supported our environment without major issues.

Security Delivery Analyst at Accenture

Since implementing it, we have not experienced any outages or stability issues.

Global Security Systems Consultant at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager offers multiple options for creating and stopping policies.

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Lead Consultant at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

This ensures immediate action upon changes applied within Okta Platform, stabilizing operations in managing user accounts, identities, logins, and user profiles.

Syed

IT Lead at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees

Okta Workforce Identity is a stable product.

reviewer2716083

Business Intelligence Developer at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

There are no doubts regarding the stability of Okta Customer Identity.

Reena Bhardwaj

Senior Quality Analyst at YASH Technologies

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Room For Improvement

Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager needs interface simplification, improved integration, and enhanced automation for better accessibility and performance.

Okta Platform is costly for smaller businesses, with integration issues, technical limitations, and potential for UI and support improvements.

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager could be improved by simplifying the administration process, specifically when setting up policies and applications.

Global Security Systems Consultant at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Currently, no user-based policy option is available inside the EPM console.

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Lead Consultant at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

Some features provided in the self-hosted version of EPM are not supported in the software as a service version, like connection to some analysis applied by Palo Alto.

Marek Neumann

Solution Architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

If there was a fingerprint option, then only the person who has already added their fingerprint on their mobile phone could access it.

SumitMundik

Lead Admin Systems at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

If someone is a beginner with Okta Platform, the UI should be simplified, and the language used should make it easier for them to understand the concepts and what they are trying to do.

Ephraim Tetteh Apetorgbor

Software Engineer at aeTech Digital Hub

While they have a vast range of integrations out of the box available, if their PAM and IGA capabilities were more mature, then Okta Platform could be the single solution for everything, covering access management, privilege access management, and governance of identity.

reviewer2841603

Practice Director - PAM, IGA, IAM & ZeroTrust at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Setup Cost

Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager pricing varies by device and usage, with cloud options costlier than on-premise solutions.

Okta Platform offers strong security and integrations with higher costs, decreasing with scale and long-term commitments.

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is slightly expensive, but costs can be negotiated to become more competitive.

Gani Habib

Cybersecurity Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is costly compared to other solutions.

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Lead Consultant at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

I've received feedback that the pricing is high, however, for me, the value it brings is worth the cost.

Padmanabha Hegde

Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Despite the cost, it's cheaper than the potential financial loss from a security breach.

MiguelPurizaca

IT Manager at Clear Channel

It is certainly not cheap, but the features that you get, the functionality that you get, and whatever use cases that you have, it definitely satisfies those.

Tejas Jain

Principle Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The pricing per-user list drops when user counts rise and with multi-year commitments.

Sravanakumar Nidamanooru

Identity and Access Management Specialist at a university with 10,001+ employees

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Valuable Features

Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager enhances security and compliance by controlling access, monitoring activities, and integrating seamlessly with systems.

Okta Platform streamlines identity management with centralized access, seamless integrations, intuitive interface, strong security, and efficient user management.

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager effectively reduces malicious content in applications by allowing us to identify and block dangerous applications.

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Security Delivery Analyst at Accenture

It allows them to granularly manage controls to prevent some malicious activities on the endpoint machine.

reviewer1247523

Head of Sales Services Department at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager enhances computer security by providing minimal access, effectively preventing ransomware attacks.

Gani Habib

Cybersecurity Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

One of its most valuable features is its easy integration with various applications through its extensive application directory, offering hundreds or thousands of applications ready to configure.

MiguelPurizaca

IT Manager at Clear Channel

It offers around eight thousand five hundred out-of-the-box connectors, providing an edge over other tools.

reviewer1359222

Managing Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

For the end user, it is beneficial as they do not have to remember a password or keep the password on a post-it for different applications; they just authenticate once to access several services and service providers.

reviewer2161110

Technical Team Lead at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Categories and Ranking

Idira Endpoint Privilege Ma...

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Compliance (4th), Anti-Malware Tools (10th), Application Control (5th), Ransomware Protection (6th)

Okta Platform

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

3rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

122

Ranking in other categories

Single Sign-On (SSO) (1st), Authentication Systems (3rd), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (2nd), Access Management (2nd), ZTNA as a Service (3rd), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (1st), AI IT Support (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager is 2.4%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Okta Platform is 3.3%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Okta Platform	3.3%
Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager	2.4%
Other	94.3%

Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Featured Reviews

Helps secure the infrastructure and control users with admin rights

Lead Consultant at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

There are many features that are currently missing. A customization option is required for certain policies. For instance, if we need to stop PowerShell scripting, we have to create a different policy for that. Being able to create a sub-level policy within a top-level policy would be good. Currently, no user-based policy option is available inside the EPM console. We can only create computer-based policies. The database is available, but there is a drawback in not being able to create local groups on the EPM console. We only have to depend on Active Directory. This limits infrastructure security as we depend on the Active Directory team to manage user groups. If they remove any users, we lose control. If we could create groups locally and block them or set specific policies, we would have more control. Local endpoint management is missing from the EPM site. Moreover, there is an issue with policies not running as expected when we make enhancements. We have to find multiple ways to whitelist applications or enhance policies.

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Sravanakumar Nidamanooru

Identity and Access Management Specialist at a university with 10,001+ employees

Automated lifecycle management has cut onboarding times and now drives secure, clean access

Although I am a fan of Okta Platform overall, there are areas where it could improve security outcomes and reduce admin friction. My top improvement areas include the system log and analytics upgrade, which are great for point troubleshooting, but trending and root cause analysis across large tenants still require exporting to SIEM. Verbose queries and long-range retention costs can add up. Additionally, while certificate rotations are better than most, the process is still manual for busy portfolios, especially concerning multi-SP SAML certificate rotations and app metadata drift. Two more buckets of potential improvements for Okta Platform involve user experience and security. There is the issue of push fatigue and prompt sprawl, where users receive multiple prompts across different apps and sessions. I arrived at the rating of eight because the core controls are strong and reliable, but a few operational UX and UI gaps prevent it from being rated higher. The reasons for not giving it a nine or ten include ongoing issues concerning safety and change safety, the complexity of group rules and mappings, and the lack of robustness in policy management. Additionally, there remains a need for more manual involvement than necessary, especially for large portfolios and dual certificate rotation, along with proactive SP data metadata validation.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	19

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	51
Midsize Enterprise	27
Large Enterprise	62

Questions from the Community

Looking for recommendations and a pros/cons template for software to detect insider threats

This is an inside-out --- outside-in --- inside-in question, as an insider can be an outsider as well. There is no short answer other than a blend of a PAM tool with Behavioral Analytics and Endpo...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager?

I believe it's quite a reasonably priced solution. It's not very common to use CyberArk because it's a niche solution, but customers who are willing to control administrative accounts are willing t...

What needs improvement with CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager?

While CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is a great tool, I believe the functionality could be wider. If it could work not only with permissions but also involve pure EDR tasks or User and Entity ...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Okta Workforce Identity?

Pricing for Okta is reasonably not that much, however, I don't have access to the commercial aspect.

What needs improvement with Okta Workforce Identity?

Currently, in Okta Workforce Identity we get the two-digit authentication code. Instead of getting the two-digit authentication code, if we had an option to do fingerprint verification, that would ...

What is your primary use case for Okta Workforce Identity?

I don't have many details about Okta Workforce Identity. I use the tool just to sign in to different applications that we have. We basically set up Okta Workforce Identity in our mobile phone. We d...

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Also Known As

Viewfinity

Okta Customer Identity, Workforce Identity

Overview

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager enhances security by controlling access, removing admin rights, and managing privileges. It supports diverse environments with simple integration, focusing on credential detection, threat protection, and compliance.

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager secures enterprise passwords, monitors session connections, and enhances cybersecurity by controlling privileged access. It blocks unauthorized applications, monitors user activities, and secures credentials across platforms. Key areas include Just-In-Time Access, privilege separation, and local administrator password rotation. While robust, challenges exist with performance, complexity, and setup. Integration with Linux and Unix needs improvement, requiring advanced reporting tools and easier policy management. Pricing concerns and maintenance issues with Windows servers persist, as well as database issues in the on-prem version.

What are the key features of CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager?

Admin Rights Removal: Eliminates unnecessary permissions to enhance security.
Privilege Management: Offers detailed control over user access rights.
Password Rotation: Automatically updates passwords to protect sensitive data.
Threat Protection: Blocks malicious applications and threats proactively.
Audit Capabilities: Provides comprehensive security and compliance tracking.
Application Control: Confines access to authorized applications only.
Automatic Updates: Ensures security protocols and software remain current.

What benefits should organizations expect from CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager?

Enhanced Security: Reduces risks by controlling credential and application access.
Compliance Assurance: Meets industry standards through thorough tracking and reporting.
Scalable Integration: Adapts to different environments smoothly.
Reduced Management Efforts: Automates credential and policy management.

Organizations deploying CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager in industries such as finance, healthcare, and technology benefit from secure credential management across Unix, AWS, and GCP. By implementing privilege separation and monitoring user activities, they achieve effective risk mitigation and compliance across multiple platforms.

Idira by Palo Alto Networks

Okta Platform provides comprehensive identity and access management, featuring Active Directory Sync, user management, and app auto-provisioning. It ensures security through single sign-on and adaptive multi-factor authentication.

Okta Platform offers advanced integration capabilities, allowing seamless connection with in-house and cloud applications. Security features are robust, incorporating multi-factor authentication and SSO to prevent unauthorized access. Users benefit from its ease of use and the ability to integrate and manage numerous applications effectively. While generally praised, users note areas for improvement, such as high costs and complex setups. Better integrations with on-premises systems and third-party tools are desired along with enhanced error logging and reporting features.

What are Okta's key features?

Active Directory Sync: Simplifies app management by synchronizing user directories.
Single Sign-On: Provides desktop SSO for easier access to multiple apps.
Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication: Offers robust security options for different scenarios.
Universal Directory: Supports flexible identity management and configuration.
Integration Capability: Enables connections with both in-house and SaaS applications.

What benefits do organizations find in Okta?

Enhanced Security: Multi-layered authentication to prevent unauthorized access.
Improved Efficiency: Streamlines user provisioning and app assignments.
Increased Compliance: Ensures secure access management aligning with IT policies.
Seamless Integration: Facilitates connections with various applications enhancing operational workflows.

Companies across industries implement Okta to secure user authentication and streamline onboarding processes. It supports access management for both on-premises and cloud applications, synchronizing directories and facilitating SaaS services. Organizations benefit from reduced credential management complexity and improved IT infrastructure compliance.

Okta

Sample Customers

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FedEx, Zoom, Takeda, Lululemon Athletica, GrunHub, jetBlue, McKensson, Bain & Company, Engie, Peloton, Sonos, T-Mobile, Hewlett Packard, MGM Resorts, Ally Financial, Priceline, Albertsons, Itercom, Classy, FICO, Kensho, Live Nation, Drata, Rotary, and others.

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