We performed a comparison between PingFederate and PingID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Authentication Systems solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."PingFederate gives you granular control over the settings. There are many options for fine-tuning policies."
"The most valuable feature is multifactor authentication."
"PingFederate is very flexible. We can do many customizations, and it also provides an SDK to tailor it to our specific requirements. There are also numerous plugins available. I've worked with tools like ForgeRock and Okta, but I find PingFederate to be the most customizable."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It provides ease of connecting all our devices."
"We use the product to run different reports."
"The solution has a smooth and configurable user interface for single sign-on capabilities."
"I find the auto-discovery feature the most valuable. It helps us automate a lot of things using a single password across applications."
"It is a scalable solution...It is a stable solution."
"What I like best about PingID is that it's very user-friendly. PingID is well-built as a developer tool and regularly upgrades and updates via patches. I also like that PingID has clear documents that will help you integrate it with other solutions."
"The soundness of the solution is its most valuable feature. For example, if you are in our corporate network, you can log on without any traffic interfering."
"The only feature we were looking for in PingID was SSO integration with our existing web app."
"It requires some expertise to set up and manage."
"Currently, the main integration is SAML-based, but other integration methodologies need to be supported."
"Notifications and monitoring are two areas with shortcomings in the solution that need improvement."
"PingFederate's UI could be streamlined. They have recently made several improvements, but it's still too complex. It's a common complaint. The configuration should be simplified because the learning curve is too steep."
"I think that the connection with like Microsoft Word, especially for Office 365, is a weak point that could be improved."
"PingID should put a little more effort into making a pretty self-explanatory deck about their tech features and the services they offer."
"The product is not customizable."
"In the beginning, the initial setup was very complex."
"If the solution is going to compete with Microsoft, they need to offer more unique functionality to keep their current user base."
"They could use some bio-certification. It's just more user-friendly and more convenient than entering the one time passes. That would be an improvement."
"PingID classifies the type of environment into internal and external, which is an area for improvement because you need to take additional steps to trust internal and external users."
"We have encountered instances where it is not easy to do authentication."
PingFederate is ranked 13th in Authentication Systems with 4 reviews while PingID is ranked 7th in Authentication Systems with 14 reviews. PingFederate is rated 8.2, while PingID is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of PingFederate writes " A highly stable tool offering extremely helpful technical support to its users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PingID writes " A robust cloud-based multi-factor solution with a good customer support team". PingFederate is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Symantec Siteminder, Microsoft Active Directory, CyberArk Identity and Auth0, whereas PingID is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, ForgeRock, SailPoint IdentityIQ, RSA SecurID and Symantec Siteminder. See our PingFederate vs. PingID report.
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