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Oracle Access Manager vs WSO2 Identity Server 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

Oracle Access Manager
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Access Management (13th)
WSO2 Identity Server
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Identity and Access Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Oracle Access Manager is designed for Access Management and holds a mindshare of 2.5%, up 1.5% compared to last year.
WSO2 Identity Server, on the other hand, focuses on Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM), holds 1.5% mindshare, down 3.3% since last year.
Access Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle Access Manager2.5%
Microsoft Entra ID24.8%
Auth09.2%
Other63.5%
Access Management
Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
WSO2 Identity Server1.5%
Auth019.8%
Ping Identity Platform11.9%
Other66.8%
Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
 

Featured Reviews

Upendar G - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficiently manage applications with secure single sign-on and streamlined operations
Access Manager allows us to efficiently manage a broad spectrum of applications while ensuring secure, single-page application access. Its ability to consolidate applications on a single interface streamlines operations significantly. The product is highly secure and reliable, especially in managing user access across various platforms. Multi-factor authentication enhances security by requiring additional verification steps.
Ritesh_Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
Utilizing key management and seamless single sign-on integration for enhanced user profile management
WSO2 Identity Server's key management feature stands out as a particularly impactful feature for enhancing security. Additionally, from a user perspective, the self-user portal and user profile management capabilities are highly valuable. It allows users to manage their profiles, change passwords, and offers a self-care portal type of functionality. The single sign-on capability integrates seamlessly with various platforms, including Google, Facebook, LDAP, and Active Directory, which supports rapid product launches.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I rate Oracle Access Manager a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Access Manager are the single sign-on capability and is a very robust platform. It can take a high number of authentication, and authorization requests. It's very flexible."
"The MFA is the most valuable aspect."
"The product supports customization."
"The solution is able to save time and resources for my clients."
"I would tell others that this solution is reliable. If they are looking for a solution that is reliable and that is scalable, then this is a good one."
"My company has used most features of Oracle Access Manager for various implementations, but the most helpful feature of the solution for the business and customers is single sign-on."
"The product was built to be scalable."
"We use the solution for customer identity management, authenticating customers coming in through a web portal."
"I would rate the solution's stability eight or nine out of ten."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The product provides easy integration between API manager and IT server components."
"It's very easy to implement everything."
"The single sign-on procedure itself, as well as the ability to connect to external user sources such as Microsoft Active Directory and LDAP servers, are the solution's most valuable features."
"Some of the valuable features of the solution are the easy integration with processes, such as Single Sign-On. Overall WSO2 is straightforward and does not need customization."
"I am completely satisfied with WSO2 Identity Server and would definitely recommend it to other companies."
 

Cons

"Installation and deployment take time, but implementation is straightforward and easy, and they have very good support."
"The pricing of the solution is in need of improvement. Oracle products are very expensive."
"Multi-factor authentication requires a lot of processes and technicalities."
"Although Oracle Access Manager is generally stable, we experienced issues with multi-domain configurations and web agent settings."
"In the next release, they should focus more on use cases related to customer access management, customer identity, and access management."
"The solution's lifecycle management is troublesome. Also, another area of issue in the solution is the part involving documentation of certain features."
"May not integrate easily with non-Oracle products."
"The performance of Oracle Access Manager could be improved. It should be quick to install, but it wasn't, so this is another area for improvement. The Oracle Access Manager console also has room for improvement because it's slow."
"The solution seems to be pretty outdated."
"The high availability architecture has to be improved."
"This solution requires extensive knowledge to be used effectively as certain areas of its use are not user friendly."
"I found the initial setup to be very complex."
"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The solution's licensing model could be more flexible, and pricing could be improved."
"There needs to be a good support model and easy-to-understand documentation."
"Sometimes working with the code is difficult because I search for documentation about the code and how to work with the code, which is where I believe they should improve, by providing some documentation on how to work with the code."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"On a scale where one is a high price, and ten is a low price, I rate the solution a one. Purchasing a license for the solution is very expensive now."
"Can be expensive as a solution."
"The product is a little expensive."
"The price is really good and it is flexible because they have CPU licenses. The license is a one-time-only purchase."
"The tool is affordable."
"I cannot comment on the exact pricing because Oracle has different licensing models for other clients, making it flexible."
"They should bring in some good pricing models to host the marketplace."
"I have found the solutions license is priced competitively compared to others."
"I rate the product price an eight out of ten. There is a need to pay more for the extra features provided by the solution."
"We have to take their support, but that is a minimal charge if I'm comparing it to other identity managers."
"At this time we are working with the open-source version."
"WSO2 Identity Server is not an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
14%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Transportation Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Access Manager?
I am currently not exposed to the pricing issue, but I think Oracle Access Manager is more expensive than other products. I have not dealt with the setup cost concern as we have a team responsible ...
What needs improvement with Oracle Access Manager?
For scalability, Oracle Access Manager demonstrates a high level due to high availability and scalability with redundant nodes to load balance across multiple nodes for Oracle Access Manager and Or...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Access Manager?
My main use cases for Oracle Access Manager involve using it as an authentication server integrated with Oracle Internet Directory as LDAP, which contains the user store for authentication. We have...
What do you like most about WSO2 Identity Server?
The product provides easy integration between API manager and IT server components.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WSO2 Identity Server?
The pricing is currently the same as the API Manager, so it's not surprising. Since we used it primarily for SSO and the self portal, there were no additional pricing concerns.
What needs improvement with WSO2 Identity Server?
Currently, all required features are supported. If new use cases for artificial intelligence arise, it could be beneficial to incorporate those. However, for our current projects, WSO2 Identity Ser...
 

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Sample Customers

SekerBank, University of Melbourne
Nutanix, ELM, AlmavivA, BDigital, StubHub, M-creations, MedVision360
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