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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) (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

"The most valuable feature is the ease of development in MicroStrategy."
"The hyper-intelligence is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The mobile identity features are great."
"Overall, the solution is an easy product to use."
"MicroStrategy fits best in an enterprise setup."
"It has a robust engine compared to other BI tools available in the market."
"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."
"It allows self-service business intelligence, empowering the users and decreasing their dependency on the IT people."
"We decided to go with Oracle because, when we did those different types of tests, they scored better than the other provider in all aspects."
"Apparently, it seems like it's meeting our requirements."
"It has a very good response time."
"It helps provision the required accesses through policies, approvals, and whatever would be the business requirement."
"What I like most about Oracle Identity Governance is that it is a very flexible tool. It allows you to do any customization on Java as it is built on Java and you can write any customization code using Java. I also like that Oracle Identity Governance is pretty much stable. In my company, there are a lot of users, so my company prefers this solution."
"The Oracle platform was more aligned with our business road maps and meets the desired capabilities the business needs."
"Oracle Identity manager is the best tool in the market for access managers."
"OIM is the right product and it is a good fit for enterprise deployments."
 

Cons

"If we compare it with the BI tools like Tableau, the canvas which MicroStrategy provides is not that great."
"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."
"Some of the web interface is still not as good as it could be."
"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 pricing needs improvement."
"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."
"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."
"I did not give it 10 out of 10 because of the time it takes for new versions to mature before they are bug free. The product is excessively resource intensive (i.e., hardware requirements) especially in the later versions."
"The Design console is a bit dated and complicated to use when in development."
"Sometimes, it does not meet our expectations in terms of stability."
"There are issues with stability in the long run."
"Very complex due to the different sub-components."
"Initial setup is complex in compatibility between Operating System version, Database version, Fusion Middleware version and so on."
"I would rate Oracle Identity Governance a six because of complexity. Even though they have the ability to deliver and to execute, it is very monolithic and falling slightly behind compared to other products that are now built on microservices and are able to deliver much better and much easier results."
"They need to improve their backup strategy."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Price-wise, the tool is a little bit costly."
"The price is based on the number of users per year."
"Oracle licenses are expensive. I suggest making pricing and licensing decisions that align with architectural requirements and the project's budget."
"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."
"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 an expensive solution."
"The licensing is expensive."
"The cost of support and upgrading to the next release are both expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing 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 Business23
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise46
 

Questions from the Community

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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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