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Imanami GroupID vs Symantec Identity Governance and Administration comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Imanami GroupID
Ranking in User Provisioning Software
17th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (36th), Active Directory Management (16th)
Symantec Identity Governanc...
Ranking in User Provisioning Software
8th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Identity Management (IM) (17th), Identity Governance Administration (IGA) (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the User Provisioning Software category, the mindshare of Imanami GroupID is 2.1%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is 6.0%, up from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
User Provisioning Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Symantec Identity Governance and Administration6.0%
Imanami GroupID2.1%
Other91.9%
User Provisioning Software
 

Featured Reviews

GV
Senior application Security Engineer at OneDigital Health and Benefits
Shows group analytics with good UI but needs improvement in GPO
The solution helps with group analytics.  Imanami GroupID's UI is good.  The product's implementation is complex. It should also work on GPO.  I have been using the solution for two years.  I rate the tool's stability an eight out of ten.  I rate Imanami GroupID's scalability an eight out of…
reviewer2183661 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Has an easy initial setup process, but its technical support services need improvement
The product's technical support could be better. The integration project requires a lot of technical details, so we need to find it quickly and easily. There was a large community of knowledge in the past. We kept it together and got the results. The community that works around the particular technical issue is shrinking. It used to be a specialized community that would help with the process. These particular areas need improvement. Broadcom is still using a hybrid cloud model, with some workloads on-premises and some in the cloud. They must start with the cloud adoption and move as many workloads to the cloud as possible. The on-premises environment is becoming stable. They need to rebuild that cost and the software. The product's pre-sales, technical support, and installation could also improve.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I have found the overall features to be useful."
"For each job code, we go through and determine the access they're supposed to have to the system, and based on that job code, we use the query tool so that anybody who is in this job code gets these groups added to them, or conversely, if they change job codes, it removes the ones that they shouldn't have and adds the one they should, which runs every night so that the next day everybody has the job codes they're supposed to have."
"Imanami GroupID's UI is good."
"We take identity management seriously and CA IDM is helping us to accomplish that goal."
"It's provided a centralized platform to manage the lifecycle of all identities across different endpoint systems such as Active Directory, Salesforce, etc."
"What I found most valuable in Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is its simple GUI. It's also easy to deploy compared to other products. With other products, you have to install the Windows version inside the Windows machine on all units, but with Symantec Identity Governance and Administration, it can work offline, so the solution is a little bit easier than other systems."
"I would say the most valuable feature is provisioning where we are able to provide user access to all the resources they need in a uniform way that we can audit."
"Compliance improvements."
"The big benefit is that the end users have an easier process requesting security access."
"This product has allowed me to take the repetitive tasks away from a person so the value of a person is better."
"In the processes where we need to analyze data, IG has enabled and facilitated the analysis of privileges, generation of roles to cover RBAC and integrate with the solution of Identity Manager, as well as the compliance aspect by the certification of privileges “Compliance”."
 

Cons

"I'd like to see a better user interface. It works, but it is clunky. There should be better import and export of LDAP queries and better management tools."
"The mobile application needs to be improved and there should be chatbox features to allow users to easily reach out for assistance."
"The product's implementation is complex. It should also work on GPO."
"The product's technical support could be better."
"We've met with the product development folks, and as far as improvements, we're really looking at them from a user experience."
"I find the API boring. I also faced issues while integrating with CA SSO."
"We have issues with scalability, and it has taken time due to the requirement of extra memory and more CPU."
"Customer Service: It's a little bit difficult to support. Technical Support: It's reasonable. The support is not the quickest to respond and does not have a mature process in terms of what logs must be gathered, and what to gather before raising a case."
"An improvement that we would like to see in a later version is taking it to the cloud."
"As far as improvements, the first thing I think CA needs to do is redesign the user interface; the functionality is good but the interface itself is not that user-friendly."
"Despite having a Linux/JBOSS version it does not perform at the same level of proficiency as Windows/.NET."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"It is on a yearly basis, and it has the product license fee and the support for it. So, there is the licensing fee, and there is the annual maintenance that includes the support. I don't remember exactly, but we're probably paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $20,000 to $30,000 for it per year. We've got a pretty large implementation of it, and for the amount that we do, it is a pretty good deal. I would rate it a four out of five in terms of pricing."
"Symantec keeps increasing the price. I rate its pricing a seven on a scale of ten."
"I do not recall the approximate prices or licensing models, although I do so that it was priced per user number."
"The product has a good price in competition with another product with the same solution."
"Pricing and licensing models are adequate and reasonable."
"The connector is free, and bundled with the product."
"Compared to other options, CA products are not that expensive."
"The price is flexible for our existing customers."
"The price is based on the number of users."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
22%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Media Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise45
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
The pricing has been very reasonable, but licensing costs vary based on the customer. It follows a user-based licensing model.
What needs improvement with Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
Symantec should develop a SaaS solution for cloud environments to make the solution available in various marketplaces for easy deployment. It should also offer bundle installation instead of one by...
What is your primary use case for Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
I am a consultant and we consult for identity and network management. We work with Symantec, which is owned by Broadcom, and also with Microsoft and Oracle. Additionally, we work with open-source s...
 

Also Known As

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CA Identity Suite, Symantec IGA, Layer7 Identity Suite, CA Identity Manager (CA IDM), CA Identity Minder, CA IAM, CA Identity Manager (CA IDM), CA Identity Governance
 

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Acciona, Core Blox, DBS
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