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MicroStrategy Usher vs Okta Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

MicroStrategy Usher
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Identity (2nd)
Okta Platform
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
126
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (1st), Authentication Systems (3rd), Privileged Access Management (PAM) (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

MicroStrategy Usher and Okta Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. MicroStrategy Usher is designed for Mobile Identity and holds a mindshare of 18.4%, up 16.7% compared to last year.
Okta Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS), holds 8.5% mindshare, down 11.8% since last year.
Mobile Identity Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MicroStrategy Usher18.4%
Oracle Identity Governance23.3%
Salesforce Identity20.7%
Other37.599999999999994%
Mobile Identity
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Okta Platform8.5%
Microsoft Entra ID16.6%
Google Cloud Identity10.6%
Other64.3%
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

AO
System Implementer at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Improved the way to exploit and analyze data and offers no interruptions in service when running
The most valuable aspect of the solution is it's non-stop application. It continues to run so there are no interruptions to customers. It's also able to reach many people. The solution has good analysis features to make sure there's good sizing (so that it's not too big or too small) and allows room for growth if a company needs it.
SN
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The dashboard, documentation, dossiers are all valuable features."
"Most of my users are non-technical and usually a one-day hands-on session with the software allows them to easily begin to become analysts instead of report writers."
"Overall, the solution is an easy product to use."
"The mobile identity features are great."
"The solution has good analysis features to make sure there's good sizing (so that it's not too big or too small) and allows room for growth if a company needs it."
"The hyper-intelligence is the solution's most valuable feature."
"MicroStrategy fits best in an enterprise setup."
"It allows self-service business intelligence, empowering the users and decreasing their dependency on the IT people."
"The product requires very little maintenance."
"My first application was supported by this architecture, and studying Okta Platform helped me develop that architecture because my previous architecture was not effective."
"The positive impact of Okta Platform on my organization is evident, as it strengthened security and streamlined identity management for various teams, including IT, dev, and testing teams, making login and authorization processes much easier and secure."
"The technical support for Okta is really supportive."
"The main benefits Okta Customer Identity provides to users include single point of login for all applications and single authentication, which saves time and reduces frustration."
"With the help of Okta and its outstanding user friendly UI, integrating more than 300 applications went fairly easily."
"The most valuable feature of Okta is its security."
"The stability is fantastic and has never been down."
 

Cons

"The Web Intelligence graphic capabilities can be improved."
"Some of the web interface is still not as good as it could be."
"If we compare it with the BI tools like Tableau, the canvas which MicroStrategy provides is not that great."
"Visual Insight/Desktop is trailing behind competitors such as Tableau or QlikView, which have more functionality."
"Scaling this solution can be difficult."
"The pricing needs improvement."
"In the dossier section, they have something called documents, which is very good, but they are implementing something called dossiers also. If we compare it with the BI tools like Tableau, the canvas which MicroStrategy provides is not that great. The formatting options are limited is dossiers. In terms of formatting and making the reports more presentable, it's lagging a little bit behind."
"The pricing needs improvement, it need to lower prices per user to make it more accessible."
"It would be pricing, which is a tough one because it goes against Microsoft. A lot of companies say they're a Microsoft partner, and they get all their software for free. Okta is like a luxury product, and it's not the most affordable one. I would say if they could work on pricing, it would help. Other than that, they've done great strides in developing a product that is really good. The companies that do see the value tend to invest in it."
"Okta should have at least a local peering partner for countries that align with or comply with GDPR, so there are no compliance or audit questions."
"It only facilitates provisioning and not de-provisioning."
"The pricing could be improved."
"In my country, there's a lot of stealing of mobile phones, and mobile phones are the authentication device through the Okta application. If someone should steal my mobile phone, which is very common in my country, he or she might have access to my company account. That's my concern."
"The stability could be better."
"It's not compatible with on-premises installations, unless you host it as a SaaS."
"Another area for improvement is pricing; it becomes complex and expensive when you add features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost per user for this solution is really high and could be reduced."
"It has a yearly subscription. As compared to its competitors, it is quite expensive. It also has a complex licensing model."
"The price of this product could be lower."
"Though I don't know about the licensing model of the product, I wouldn't be surprised if Okta offers a per user license subscription model."
"The solution is not the cheapest but not the most expensive. They are in the middle rating."
"The solution is really expensive."
"The price of the solution is fair for what it offers."
"Okta has fairly competitive pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business53
Midsize Enterprise27
Large Enterprise64
 

Questions from the Community

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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...
 

Also Known As

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Okta Customer Identity, Workforce Identity
 

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Sample Customers

Target, Hilton Worldwide, Gucci, Four Seasons, Facebook, Coach, Zurich, Adidas Group, eHarmony, Sonic Automotive
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.