We performed a comparison between Microsoft Entra ID and Venafi based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Authentication Systems solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."One of the most important is the Conditional Access. It helps affect a Zero Trust strategy positively."
"Don't delay implementing this solution, it's the best thing you can do for your identity protection."
"We can centralize and manage everything much more effectively with this tool."
"It's very good at not disrupting the user experience."
"I like the downloads, availability for Android and iOS operating systems, and integration with Microsoft applications, such as Azure- and Office-based solutions. It is an excellent tool that helps with day-to-day business operations. I also like that I can install the app on my mobile."
"Azure Active Directory has many automation capabilities, and you can apply policies on top. You can do a lot of things with these combinations and integrate other tools like PingFederate."
"Microsoft Authenticator is highly secure."
"The solution has a variety of tools. Two of the most valuable features are the ability to create users and to replicate the user account from on-premise to the cloud."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is their certificate discovery."
"We use Venafi for PKI certificates."
"Automating anything, whether on-prem or cloud, is possible."
"Customers should be informed that public review features are not intended for production use."
"The onboarding process for new users can be improved. It can be made simpler for people who have never registered to Azure AD previously and need to create an account and enable the MFA. The initial setup can be made simpler for non-IT people. It should be a bit simpler to use. Unless you get certifications, such as AZ-300 and AZ-301, it is not a simple thing to use at the enterprise scale."
"I would like to see Microsoft communicate how they intend to manage legacy applications. Right now, you still have to deploy a hosted domain server (which comes at an extra cost) if you have a legacy application that cannot sync properly with the enterprise applications and the modern applications."
"I faced difficulties from Micorosft's end and during the transition from Microsoft Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID. Sometimes, some of Microsoft's documentation could be a little outdated."
"The downside is that we now have all our eggs in one basket with Microsoft. We have this great authentication and single sign-on, but if Microsoft has an outage in North America or globally, on Outlook or Teams, we're dead in the water... We get some type of hiccup once a quarter."
"If Microsoft can give us a way to see where this product is running, from a backend perspective, then it would be great."
"Azure AD provides two types of features. One is Azure AD Excel and is already B2C. Out of both versions, Azure B2C requires some improvement, in terms of user management and role management, et cetera."
"The support is a bit slow."
"I would like to see included in the next release of Venafi integration with the cloud HSM's, Hardware Security Module. Additionally, I would say other cloud services, because it's not only cloud that's essential. If you have a customer that has a lot of their IT moved into cloud, integration with different cloud services is always an area to improve."
"Currently lacks the capability to automatically download certificates in JKS."
"Venafi's overall installation could be made easier."
Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Authentication Systems with 190 reviews while Venafi is ranked 18th in Authentication Systems with 3 reviews. Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6, while Venafi is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Allows users to authenticate from home and has excellent integrations in a simple, stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Venafi writes "The solution has some additional functionalities for managing PKI certificates compared to other products". Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Yubico YubiKey and Cisco Duo, whereas Venafi is most compared with DigiCert PKI Platform, AppViewX CERT+, Entrust Identity Enterprise and Cisco Duo. See our Microsoft Entra ID vs. Venafi report.
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