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Opal vs Oracle Identity Governance comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Opal
Ranking in User Provisioning Software
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (21st), Access Management (19th)
Oracle Identity Governance
Ranking in User Provisioning Software
6th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
Identity Management (IM) (11th), Mobile Identity (1st), Identity Governance Administration (IGA) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the User Provisioning Software category, the mindshare of Opal is 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Identity Governance is 6.4%, up from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
User Provisioning Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Identity Governance6.4%
Opal0.9%
Other92.7%
User Provisioning Software
 

Featured Reviews

Pranay Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at hireHQ
Focused workdays have replaced doomscrolling and now reduce my daily screen time significantly
Opal can be improved in some ways. In the paid version, there are multiple features, but in the freemium version, there are fewer features. The blockage of the application can be more rigorous. Right now, if we play two to three games, then a math game or anything, we are able to remove that lock. It should be more rigorous in some manner, and for some applications, it should be more rigorous. Application-wise rigorousness should be introduced. The different modes are good, but they should be more customizable according to the person. The end goal should meet whatever the objective is, so if the person has used more than six hours, then it should remind the person frequently that this application has used this time and this is an application you should not use. It should give us a timer or some kind of notification that the person will not use it anymore.
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

"Opal has positively impacted my organization by reducing stress and increasing effectiveness for all our employees; it works better so all our employees have more time to sleep and they can investigate more."
"Previously, my phone usage was around nine hours and fifteen minutes or more, but it has significantly reduced to around six hours and thirty minutes to seven hours, meaning two and a half to three hours has been reduced after using Opal as my primary screen time blocker."
"Rich authorization engine for delegated adminRobust workflow capability with BPML engineExtensive connector supportDiagnostics are pretty good"
"It helps provision the required accesses through policies, approvals, and whatever would be the business requirement."
"Once integrated, the administration console, integrated workflows (Entitlement requests) for approvals and self service features."
"I have found the OIM Connector framework, based on ICF, to be the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Identity Governance is user lifecycle management. Certification is also a valuable feature of the solution. Oracle Identity Governance allows you to assign who has access to what, which is its basic feature."
"Oracle Identity Management enables organizations to manage the entire life cycle of user identities across all resources in the organization while automating user provisioning and deprovisioning."
"Oracle Identity Governance is a very complete product."
"Apparently, it seems like it's meeting our requirements."
 

Cons

"Opal can be improved in some ways."
"One of my client's audit issues was happening for almost nine months, and my previous client was the biggest client for Oracle, a premium client for Oracle, but still they were not able to resolve the issue."
"It's a complex solution, so it will take time in terms of deployment."
"The Design console is a bit dated and complicated to use when in development."
"Identity Manager is very complicated to set up."
"The implementation process for Oracle Identity Governance is also a bit more complex than how you implement competitor products, and this is another area for improvement in the solution."
"Licensing"
"The solution needs to improve its web interface in the next release."
"Sometimes, it does not meet our expectations in terms of stability."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The licensing 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."
"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 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 price is based on the number of users per year."
"I do not know specific pricing but the product is expensive when compared to other OIM products."
"Price-wise, the tool is a little bit costly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise46
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Opal?
I had a really good experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing; that's cheap, affordable, and I love it.
What needs improvement with Opal?
I think Opal can be improved by adding more indicators to help people.
What is your primary use case for Opal?
My main use case for Opal is to reduce stress and to have data related to my health. I use Opal when I do sports and I make data analysis; I use all the data to focus on what I'm good at and what I...
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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Sample Customers

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Werkbank, Oshkosh, PeerPay, Boingo, Kellogg's, Pella, Slanska, Avaya, D+M
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