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MicroStrategy Usher vs Oracle Identity Governance comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

MicroStrategy Usher
Ranking in Mobile Identity
3rd
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) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Mobile Identity category, the mindshare of MicroStrategy Usher is 15.9%, up from 14.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Identity Governance is 19.9%, down from 35.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Identity Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Identity Governance19.9%
MicroStrategy Usher15.9%
Other64.2%
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

"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."
"The self-service and the dossier components as well as the hyper intelligence."
"The dashboard is user-friendly."
"The hyper-intelligence is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The storage is the solution's most valuable feature."
"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."
"Overall, the solution is an easy product to use."
"It allows self-service business intelligence, empowering the users and decreasing their dependency on the IT people."
"The most valuable feature is the user manager certification that approves or removes user access."
"I can say that RBAC, or role-based access control is the most reliable feature."
"It helped us reduce the user management cost, and strengthen IT security by reducing the risk."
"Once integrated, the administration console, integrated workflows (Entitlement requests) for approvals and self service features."
"The capability of writing a custom connector makes this product flexible enough to potentially reach all types of target systems."
"We have used this product to automate our manual business processes, like onboarding and other processes."
"Oracle support is excellent."
"Stability and scalability are very good."
 

Cons

"The Web Intelligence graphic capabilities can be improved."
"There are a lot of issues that occurred while I was using MicroStrategy."
"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."
"I don't think I would recommend this solution to others. There are better reporting solutions out there."
"Scaling this solution can be difficult."
"If we compare it with the BI tools like Tableau, the canvas which MicroStrategy provides is not that great."
"Some of the web interface is still not as good as it could be."
"Visual Insight/Desktop is trailing behind competitors such as Tableau or QlikView, which have more functionality."
"The cost of this product needs to be reduced."
"It would be great if the Oracle Fusion Middleware team worked on making it compatible with other application servers, as it exists in OIM9.x."
"You have to chase them a lot to receive a response in a timely manner. Most customers are aware of this problem."
"The management of workflows could use some improvement as well as the overall performance of the product."
"It would be great if the Oracle Fusion Middleware team worked on making it compatible with other application servers, as it exists in OIM9.x."
"I have yet to see its full functionality exercised in my organization."
"It responds fast but because of the bugs, we have already had some major incidents and complete unavailability."
"It's difficult to use, and we're planning to switch to another application."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"Price-wise, the tool is a little bit costly."
"I do not know specific pricing but the product is expensive when compared to other OIM products."
"The price of the implementation of Oracle Identity Governance is more of a concern than the cost of the solution. The effort that you have to do to put the solution in place is higher than the license cost."
"The licensing cost for Oracle Identity Governance is very high, so I'd rate it two out of five."
"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."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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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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