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Keeper Enterprise Password Manager vs Microsoft Active Directory comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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
8.1
Keeper Enterprise Password Manager is valued for secure access, time savings, reduced risks, and cost-effective price-performance ratio.
Sentiment score
5.0
Microsoft Active Directory enhances productivity by streamlining user management and access control, providing significant time and cost savings.
From a pricing perspective, although it was more expensive than the competition, the price-performance ratio was perfect for our business needs.
The solution is really time-saving since I don't need to create users in each server or system manually, and user access control is streamlined.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.6
Keeper Enterprise's customer service is effective and responsive, with minor delays, users generally find support satisfactory and positive.
Sentiment score
5.7
Microsoft Active Directory support quality varies; users experience mixed results influenced by representatives' skills and response times.
It was perfect, and I had no reason to complain.
Support documents are available on the internet in every language.
Sometimes support takes long to engage and resolve, extending over weeks or even months.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Keeper Enterprise Password Manager effectively supports various organization sizes, maintaining performance and scalability under extensive usage and growth.
Sentiment score
6.0
Microsoft Active Directory is scalable, adaptable for diverse users, and effective for organizations of all sizes with Azure integration.
Microsoft Active Directory scales effectively; I don't foresee any issues with that at all.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
Keeper Enterprise Password Manager is praised for reliability, stability, scalability, zero downtime, and excellent support, ensuring long-term viability.
Sentiment score
6.2
Microsoft Active Directory is stable and reliable, with high ratings, minor issues, praised scalability, and requires proactive growth planning.
I've been working with Microsoft Active Directory for over 3 years, and we've had no problems.
With multiple domain controllers, stability is ensured.
 

Room For Improvement

Feedback highlights areas for improvement in user experience, offline access, API integration, organization, stability, and cost reduction.
Microsoft Active Directory requires improved integration, security, synchronization, usability, scalability, and support to better serve organizational needs.
The current Active Directory UI is limited in report generation, necessitating script knowledge to generate various reports.
Sometimes, it can be overly complicated, and when you apply Group Policy in an Active Directory environment, sometimes those settings apply and sometimes they don't.
There are some features that need improvements in terms of ease of use and frequency of updates.
 

Setup Cost

Keeper Enterprise Password Manager offers affordable plans with strong value, catering to individuals, families, and enterprises against cyber threats.
Active Directory costs differ by organization, often moderate to high, with cloud solutions like Azure reducing expenses for some.
The solution was more expensive than the competition, but considering our business needs, it was perfectly aligned with the price-performance aspect.
So it is 200 euros per user.
For the cloud solution in our region, the pricing of Microsoft Active Directory is very high.
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing with Microsoft Active Directory is straightforward; you just buy the server and then have to buy the user CALs.
 

Valuable Features

Keeper Enterprise provides strong security and convenience with cross-platform access, password management, and organization features for teams.
Microsoft Active Directory provides integration, scalability, access control, and security, making it vital for large organizations seeking efficient management.
The ability to share credentials easily and securely was a big improvement.
One valuable feature is the centralized creation of IDs.
The features and capabilities of Microsoft Active Directory that I have found the most valuable over the years are that it is a mature technology, it's stable, and it delivers what it promises.
These Group Policies provide enhancement, helping to reduce administrative overhead and enhance productivity.
 

Categories and Ranking

Keeper Enterprise Password ...
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Password Managers (10th)
Microsoft Active Directory
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (8th), Active Directory Management (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Keeper Enterprise Password Manager is designed for Enterprise Password Managers and holds a mindshare of 4.9%, up 3.6% compared to last year.
Microsoft Active Directory, on the other hand, focuses on Single Sign-On (SSO), holds 3.2% mindshare, up 2.7% since last year.
Enterprise Password Managers Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Keeper Enterprise Password Manager4.9%
Azure Key Vault18.6%
AWS Secrets Manager16.5%
Other60.0%
Enterprise Password Managers
Single Sign-On (SSO) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Active Directory3.2%
Microsoft Entra ID19.9%
Okta Workforce Identity8.2%
Other68.7%
Single Sign-On (SSO)
 

Featured Reviews

Parwiz ElmJo - PeerSpot reviewer
It's an inexpensive, scalable solution that has improved our security
We use Keeper to store passwords We previously kept our passwords in an Excel file. Using Keeper makes us more secure.  Keeper has strong security features.  The password rotation feature could be improved. I have used Keeper for three years. I rate Keeper eight out of 10 for stability.  I…
Giovanni Baruzzi - PeerSpot reviewer
Mature technology delivers consistent capability and enhances centralized user management
I think Microsoft Active Directory could be more intuitive. My impression of the integration of Microsoft Active Directory with third-party applications is that it can be made better. It's not the tendency of Microsoft to use a standard, but to modify it to their needs. This is catastrophic if you have to integrate other applications that use the same standard. This creates a major problem, so you have to be very careful and implement step by step, knowing that the partner is Microsoft. I would leave Microsoft Active Directory as it is and build possibly interfaces. For example, there is a provisioning protocol standard named SCIM. It seems that Microsoft Active Directory does not yet have a SCIM interface, which is a problem.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
5%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Keeper?
The solution was more expensive than the competition, but considering our business needs, it was perfectly aligned with the price-performance aspect.
What needs improvement with Keeper?
There is no improvement needed. Everything was good, and it was perfect for my needs.
What is your primary use case for Keeper?
I used Keeper primarily for password and credential management. It was used on my team of about one hundred people. The solution helped in managing credentials efficiently and securely.
What do you like most about Microsoft Active Directory?
The solution is easy to install and has good reliability.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Active Directory?
I think Microsoft Active Directory could be more intuitive. My impression of the integration of Microsoft Active Directory with third-party applications is that it can be made better. It's not the ...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Active Directory?
My usual use case for Microsoft Active Directory is to share groups of authorization among many different applications. The other use case for Microsoft Active Directory is the authentication of us...
 

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Sample Customers

At&t, Wells Fargo, Disney, GM, Chase, Honeywell, Samsung, Dow
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