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MicroStrategy Usher vs Oracle Identity Governance comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

MicroStrategy Usher
Ranking in Mobile Identity
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Identity Governance
Ranking in Mobile Identity
1st
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
User Provisioning Software (6th), Identity Management (IM) (13th), Identity Governance Administration (IGA) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Mobile Identity category, the mindshare of MicroStrategy Usher is 17.2%, down from 25.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Identity Governance is 20.5%, down from 33.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Identity Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Identity Governance20.5%
MicroStrategy Usher17.2%
Other62.3%
Mobile Identity
 

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.
Ziad Khawam - PeerSpot reviewer
Company Manager at cloudbreak
Identity workflows have delivered strong governance but remain complex to install and customize
I would describe the installation of Oracle Identity Governance on-premises as quite complex. Very complex. To install the product, it took us maybe three or four days to get it up and running just to go through the installation procedures. I repeated the same exercise in 2017 because I also migrated from 11c to 12c. That was the migration in 2017 that I managed. The migration took a long time. It took two to three years to be able to literally migrate all the code that I had. So it was quite complex. To summarize it quickly, I would describe the product as complete, very powerful, and very capable. However, it is extremely complex because Oracle relies on their own framework to customize and develop and fine-tune the functionalities. It is not Java, it is not some public framework. It is Java-based more or less, but it has their own Oracle framework for development and that makes the product quite complex to harness.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Overall, the solution is an easy product to use."
"It has a robust engine compared to other BI tools available in the market."
"The self-service and the dossier components as well as the hyper intelligence."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is its non-stop application, as it continues to run so there are no interruptions to customers and it's able to reach many people."
"The hyper-intelligence is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The storage is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The dashboard, documentation, dossiers are all valuable features."
"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."
"It has helped in central user management and the automation of account handling and creation for multiple systems."
"Rich authorization engine for delegated adminRobust workflow capability with BPML engineExtensive connector supportDiagnostics are pretty good"
"The features I find most effective in Oracle Identity Governance include size and scale management, which is good for large organizations."
"The proactive controls which can be configured to a granular level allowing the organization the flexibility to meet the changing demands of the workforce."
"The solution helps us to define roles and get people to specific tasks; from this point of view, it is an amazing tool."
"Oracle Identity Manager is a highly flexible and scalable enterprise identity management solution that is designed to administer user access privileges across a company's resources throughout the identity management life cycle, from initial on-boarding to final de-provisioning of an identity."
"Scalability-wise, I rate this solution a nine out of ten. Oracle Identity Governance is a scalable solution, without a doubt."
"I am able to request any access rights I need."
 

Cons

"Initial setup of the tool was very complex and challenging."
"Visual Insight/Desktop is trailing behind competitors such as Tableau or QlikView, which have more functionality."
"I don't think I would recommend this solution to others. There are better reporting solutions out there."
"The skills needed now are very niche and quite low level and they need to simplify the development aspect of it."
"Right now, we have to apply many workarounds for the solution to do what we need it to do. There are a lot of bugs."
"Right now, we have to apply many workarounds for the solution to do what we need it to do. There are a lot of bugs."
"The user interface needs improvement. It needs to be more intuitive."
"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."
"Scalability is one of the problems that we've had. Now that we've had it in production, and we have X number of concurrent users, we're having some performance issues."
"Oracle Identity Governance can capture a lot of loads, it's stable. However, we once had a problem two years ago, but it is now resolved. There are some issues still present, but they're operational. They don't impact the customers. There are some improvements that can be done."
"The platform could be enhanced with additional features."
"Customer Service: 4/10 for Australian customer service. It seems like Oracle customer service does not know its product as well as I know it."
"Automation of validation exercises performed by humans over Recon Exceptions generated as a result of an access synchronization event over a user's need for access or not."
"You need full visibility because the suite of features are complex and you have to be clear on what you want to implement."
"The product's initial setup phase is difficult compared to other tools."
"With Oracle, it's always about the learning curve and the nature of how the product is integrated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Oracle licenses are expensive. I suggest making pricing and licensing decisions that align with architectural requirements and the project's budget."
"Oracle Identity Governance is expensive."
"Oracle Identity Governance is an expensive solution."
"The price is based on the number of users per year."
"Price-wise, the tool is a little bit costly."
"I can't say much about the pricing for Oracle Identity Governance because it's different from one geography to another. In India, the license price costs less than in other geographies."
"I do not know specific pricing but the product is expensive when compared to other OIM products."
"The licensing cost for Oracle Identity Governance is very high, so I'd rate it two out of five."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

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 Business23
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise46
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Identity Governance?
Whether Oracle Identity Governance is affordable or slightly expensive depends on the category. For a small-scale company or organization, I don't think it will be useful, but for a large-scale ent...
What needs improvement with Oracle Identity Governance?
I would describe the installation of Oracle Identity Governance on-premises as quite complex. Very complex. To install the product, it took us maybe three or four days to get it up and running just...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Identity Governance?
I am currently working on Oracle Identity Governance and Oracle Access Manager (OAM), as I am specialized in the IAM sphere and working on these two particular products from Oracle. I have implemen...
 

Also Known As

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Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle IAM, Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite
 

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