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MicroStrategy Usher vs Oracle Identity Governance comparison

 

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

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 most valuable feature is the ease of development in MicroStrategy."
"The dashboard, documentation, dossiers are all valuable features."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Overall, the solution is an easy product to use."
"The hyper-intelligence is the solution's most valuable feature."
"I am able to request any access rights I need."
"Rich authorization engine for delegated adminRobust workflow capability with BPML engineExtensive connector supportDiagnostics are pretty good"
"It has helped in central user management and the automation of account handling and creation for multiple systems."
"The solution's capabilities in provisioning, de-provisioning, terminations, and transfers are excellent."
"Its most valuable feature is its scalability."
"OIM is the right product and it is a good fit for enterprise deployments."
"The most valuable feature is the user manager certification that approves or removes user access."
"OIM in my organization has improved its use and dependability, allowing us to pass audit each time."
 

Cons

"The pricing needs improvement."
"The pricing needs improvement, it need to lower prices per user to make it more accessible."
"The user interface needs improvement. It needs to be more intuitive."
"If we compare it with the BI tools like Tableau, the canvas which MicroStrategy provides is not that great."
"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."
"Some of the web interface is still not as good as it could be."
"The skills needed now are very niche and quite low level and they need to simplify the development aspect of it."
"I have yet to see its full functionality exercised in my organization."
"Licensing"
"The management of workflows could use some improvement as well as the overall performance of the product."
"Oracle Identity Governance is complex and heavy from an implementation perspective."
"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."
"Identity Governance is a difficult tool to work with. You have to input many models to understand what is happening with the logins. The user interface is not so good. And a lot of the features we use aren't available out of the box."
"Right now, I would not recommend Oracle Identity Governance because there are new and very good tools available in the market."
"Our issues with the solution have to do with the integration with different applications. It's not easy to connect ICAO to this kind of product. It would be better to work on the extensions of the adapters for this kind of identity management solution in order to not put in the code in the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"Oracle Identity Governance is expensive."
"Oracle licenses are expensive. I suggest making pricing and licensing decisions that align with architectural requirements and the project's budget."
"The licensing cost for Oracle Identity Governance is very high, so I'd rate it two out of five."
"I do not know specific pricing but the product is expensive when compared to other OIM products."
"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."
"The cost of support and upgrading to the next release are both expensive."
"Oracle Identity Governance is an expensive solution."
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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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