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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) (10th), Identity Governance Administration (IGA) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Mobile Identity category, the mindshare of MicroStrategy Usher is 17.7%, down from 20.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Identity Governance is 22.0%, 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 Governance22.0%
MicroStrategy Usher17.7%
Other60.3%
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

"The solution is definitely scalable."
"The self-service and the dossier components as well as the hyper intelligence."
"Overall, the solution is an easy product to use."
"MicroStrategy fits best in an enterprise setup."
"The storage is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The dashboard, documentation, dossiers are all valuable features."
"The dashboard is user-friendly."
"If you are looking for an enterprise BI app, MicroStrategy includes: Data discovery Analytics Enterprise reporting Dashboards Distribution Mobile Central administration Granular security Single repository (metadata) Modelling Automation (scripts) Testing All you need in one enterprise app."
"The one thing that stands out was is the automatic sign-out when an employee goes on vacation. Identity Governance can monitor when an employee goes on vacation and returns. We use this feature to automatically disable all the employee's accounts when they go on vacation, and they're automatically enabled when they come back."
"The solution's capabilities in provisioning, de-provisioning, terminations, and transfers are excellent."
"Password management is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable features in Oracle Identity Governance is having a scalable identity and access management solution."
"The features I find most effective in Oracle Identity Governance include size and scale management, which is good for large organizations."
"The organizational benefit is increased efficiency and simplicity so that we can manage the identity lifecycle faster and better, and so we can govern the access from a central place and make it easier."
"It has streamlined user account lifecycle management and single sign on."
"Identity Manager solves a very real problem that they have which is to control all identities they have in their system as well as access to those identities."
 

Cons

"The pricing needs improvement."
"The pricing needs improvement, it need to lower prices per user to make it more accessible."
"Initial setup of the tool was very complex and challenging."
"I don't think I would recommend this solution to others. There are better reporting solutions out there."
"There are a lot of issues that occurred while I was using MicroStrategy."
"The Web Intelligence graphic capabilities can be improved."
"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."
"If we compare it with the BI tools like Tableau, the canvas which MicroStrategy provides is not that great."
"I would like to see more segregation managed through Oracle Identity Manager."
"OIA needs to improve its governance features."
"Our issues with the solution have to do with the integration with different applications."
"The development and the administration side could be a lot more intuitive and easier to use than it currently is, in terms of functionality and what it tries to achieve as a Single Sign-On entity for an enterprise environment."
"There were issues when we deployed it, though Oracle helped us resolve them."
"Everybody's been moving onto the cloud, and it's not a cloud-based solution."
"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."
"It's a complex solution, so it will take time in terms of deployment."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost of support and upgrading to the next release are both expensive."
"The licensing cost for Oracle Identity Governance is very high, so I'd rate it two out of five."
"The price is based on the number of users per year."
"Oracle Identity Governance is an expensive solution."
"Oracle licenses are expensive. I suggest making pricing and licensing decisions that align with architectural requirements and the project's budget."
"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."
"Oracle Identity Governance is expensive."
"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."
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Top Industries

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