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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
127
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 18.2%, 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 8.6% mindshare, down 11.4% since last year.
Mobile Identity Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MicroStrategy Usher18.2%
Oracle Identity Governance25.1%
Salesforce Identity21.4%
Other35.30000000000001%
Mobile Identity
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Okta Platform8.6%
Microsoft Entra ID16.4%
Google Cloud Identity10.7%
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 is user-friendly."
"MicroStrategy fits best in an enterprise setup."
"I'd say if any user or any set of users are looking to get more insights from the raw data that they have collected over the course of years, one of the best BI tools in terms of analytics and data management would be MicroStrategy."
"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."
"The hyper-intelligence is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The self-service and the dossier components as well as the hyper intelligence."
"The mobile identity features are great."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of development in MicroStrategy."
"Okta Platform has positively impacted our organization by dramatically improving our security posture, enforcing Multi-factor Authentication across all applications, and increasing productivity by allowing employees to access all their tools with one set of credentials."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"Adaptive authentication in Okta Customer Identity is a flexible feature that is very secure and user-friendly."
"Okta Workforce Identity has helped improve our organization by providing customer identity management, customer onboarding, customer identity stores, workforce provisioning, and single sign-on as one of the primary functions that has been a benefit."
"If your use case is multi-cloud data centers and hybrid cloud architecture, Okta is a solution to go to."
"The tool provides a single place of contact for managing users. We only need to manage users in Okta Workforce Identity, eliminating the need to duplicate efforts across different systems. For example, if a user needs to be decommissioned, we don't have to go through all the systems and cloud services; we delete the user in one place. This process is automated with our HR system for both organizations, simplifying user lifecycle management."
"We can integrate two-factor authentication with the applications."
"Okta Platform seamlessly integrates with everything."
 

Cons

"If we compare it with the BI tools like Tableau, the canvas which MicroStrategy provides is not that great."
"The documentation of how to make different connections to different databases needs to be more centralized."
"Some of the web interface is still not as good as it could be."
"Scaling this solution can be difficult."
"The Web Intelligence graphic capabilities can be improved."
"The pricing needs improvement."
"Initial setup of the tool was very complex and challenging."
"The pricing needs improvement, it need to lower prices per user to make it more accessible."
"Okta Platform can be improved by enhancing the mobile application because sometimes it has issues."
"The one thing which can be improved in Okta Platform would be the certifications which they provide."
"For enterprises which really prefer to have their own identity within their own perimeter, Okta Platform might not be the solution they might look for."
"When I started, there were some UI challenges. The UI could be improved to make it better because I had to watch many tutorials to become familiar with their UI flow and integrations."
"SSO and MFA for improved end-user experience, and protection against password spray attacks, account password self-service."
"Initial technical support is not very responsive, it's only after escalation that we get proper support."
"Okta Workforce Identity can improve by having more features in governance."
"A couple of improvements with the lifecycle management that will help companies that don't have an HRIS system to help manage contractors and contingent workers would be to add ways to disable their accounts once a certain time point is designated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Workforce Identity is well-priced."
"I believe it competes well. The pricing is pretty competitive. I know that Microsoft also provides something similar with its MFA and identity services."
"Okta has fairly competitive pricing."
"Okta Customer Identity is not an expensive solution."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The licensing is per user per month and includes full technical support."
"The solution’s pricing needs to be reasonable. You are dealing with a lot of components and the pricing is component-based."
"Okta's pricing is right where it needs to be and right in the middle of the market."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Construction Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
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 Enterprise65
 

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
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