We performed a comparison between LastPass and Microsoft Active Directory based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Tech support has been good. We haven't needed it much, because it is not a complex application. There is not that much you have to do with it."
"Increased security around password management for teams and collaborative efforts with external vendors."
"The shared folders is an important feature. It's the primary feature we use. Also, the ability for LastPass to autofill and hide the passwords, so we don't have to keep changing passwords every time a person leaves, is valuable."
"It's improved security; we don't have to worry about people storing password loosely and secure them."
"The most valuable feature is the liberty of keeping encrypted passwords and elevated information in a sealed vault."
"Reduction in number of sensitive passwords stored insecurely on local systems."
"The initial setup for this process is straightforward and extremely easy. It just works."
"Until now, I haven't found anything like the dashboard. It gives you a security score. I find that to be really great. The Sharing Center is really great as well. And the Security Challenge is really great too."
"The solution’s management capability is very good. The tool is also very scalable. You can add any number of users that you want to operate. Moreover, you can easily organize the solution."
"One noteworthy aspect we discovered is the ability to exercise tight control over systems, specifically Windows PCs. This pertains to the management of policies, usage patterns, and user access on these devices, particularly within the framework of Active Directory which is extremely well thought. This actually works better with on-premises solutions. However, as the global trend shifts towards cloud and hybrid environments, Active Directory and its use is diminishing. Yet, it hasn't entirely lost its relevance and remains a presence that cannot be entirely disregarded."
"It's useful in bringing order to the system."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Active Directory is the ability to search for computers and users. While I do not have administrative privileges to reset passwords, I can view user information such as department, and communicate with someone who can make the changes."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"The scalability of the solution is high...The initial setup of the solution is easy, and I would rate it an eight or nine out of ten on a scale of one to ten, where one being difficult and ten being easy."
"It is very user-friendly."
"It is an all-in-one solution for cybersecurity and is available at a very low price."
"The biggest thing is there is no good way to have LastPass rotate passwords without human intervention. Right now, we have to go into each folder, then rotate and manually update each password. It can be done it by loading a bunch of passwords into a spreadsheet, but this makes the whole process insecure because then the passwords have been noted into a spreadsheet which have to be upload. We have to go into 40 to 50 applications and manually update passwords, because we don't view their solution of writing a bunch of passwords on a spreadsheet, then uploading them as a secure solution. This should be done internally within LastPass."
"LastPass has a problem syncing the passwords to all of the users."
"Our biggest issue over the years was around the stability of the LDAP sync to AD."
"It is not super feature laden. It does not stand out versus the competition."
"Right now we have two products; there is the password manager and there is the authenticator app. Ideally, these should be fully integrated and support better handling of two-factor authentication or any other authenticator data."
"We have issues from time to time where, for some reason, it just keeps auto logging-out the user and then, the next day, they'll come in and it will work just fine."
"I would like to be able to reduce the log out time of the session."
"I also don't like the add-in for Internet Explorer and Google Chrome, because when you do the add-in, you can actually save that to your credentials in your IE, and the problem is, if I left my screen open, or any of the IT people leave their screen open someone could come up and access all their credentials in LastPass without having to put a password in within your own network. I don't like that functionality. We've banned that from any of our staff adding that as an add-in because we see that as a security risk."
"If you are using the Active Directory, the main concern is that the policy is restricted to the specific local area network."
"I would like to see the integration with Mac and IOS products improved."
"I would like to see more integration with cloud-based applications. This would make it easier to manage users and devices across multiple platforms."
"Microsoft Active Directory could improve by having better integration with other solutions."
"The solution could be made more safe by using authentication mechanisms."
"There are no reporting features."
"UI is not very user-friendly."
"If Microsoft is going to add anything to the on-prem solution, it should be an updated GUI."
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LastPass is ranked 22nd in Single Sign-On (SSO) while Microsoft Active Directory is ranked 6th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 36 reviews. LastPass is rated 7.4, while Microsoft Active Directory is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of LastPass writes "Straightforward to set up, good support, intuitive to use, and offers good value for the cost". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Active Directory writes "A solution that easily merges with cloud-based ADs and provides superior data security". LastPass is most compared with Azure Key Vault, BeyondTrust Password Safe, HashiCorp Vault, Keeper and CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault, whereas Microsoft Active Directory is most compared with PingFederate, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Microsoft Entra ID, ManageEngine ADManager Plus and Auth0. See our LastPass vs. Microsoft Active Directory report.
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