Ping Identity Platform vs Red Hat Single Sign On comparison

Ping Identity Platform vs. Red Hat Single Sign On

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Categories and Ranking

Ping Identity Platform

Ranking in Single Sign-On (SSO)

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Authentication Systems (5th), Data Governance (8th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (6th), Access Management (2nd), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (2nd), Directory Servers (1st)

Red Hat Single Sign On

Ranking in Single Sign-On (SSO)

11th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Single Sign-On (SSO) category, the mindshare of Ping Identity Platform is 7.7%, down from 10.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Single Sign On is 2.2%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Featured Reviews

MAHESHKUMAR7

Cyber Security Engineer at TECHMINDZ DIGITAL CONSULTING PRIVATE LIMITED

Offers multi-factor authentication and application support side of PingFederate but application only supports specific protocols

A lot of teams work with technical support, but I work with it for user issues only. You might need support with things like application swaps, application names, and application URLs. I didn't know where to find those in Ping Identity, so I contacted technical support for those issues. The support team is very clever and active. They provide end-to-end support once an issue is created. I have worked with most of the support team. I also work with the support team because I work with the operations team. I provide 24/7 support to production and non-production environments. I coordinate with application and network teams to troubleshoot critical tickets and issues related to Ping Identity solutions.

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Giovanni Baruzzi

Owner at Syntlogo GmbH

A stable and flexible solution with some basic capabilities

I set up Red Hat Single Sign-On in half an hour. I had to install a single sign-on solution for a customer. I reviewed a list of all available products, which were no more than fifty, and analyzed them. I chose it because it was convincing, modern, and based on technology from 2015. I put my trust in this product, and after nine years, I feel confident in my decision. Deploying this solution usually takes half an hour. You need an operating system running, then deploy the packages and prepare the interfaces. I rate the initial setup a ten out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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's pretty stable as a product."

"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."

"Setting up the infrastructure with Ping Identity Platform is very easy compared to other IAM products."

"I like the self-service feature. The 502 and UBP systems are also excellent. PingID's ability to authenticate with SSH, RDP, and Windows login is pretty handy. It covers the entire spectrum of use."

"The mobile biometric authentication option improved user experience. It's always about security because, with two-factor authentication, it's always a separate device verifying the actual user logging in."

"I find the auto-discovery feature the most valuable. It helps us automate a lot of things using a single password across applications."

"It gets a mobility portal in place in conjunction with Office 365. It provides very good possibilities and it's much better than other technology that we have used before which was unstable and slower."

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"Red Hat SSO has a lot of very concise, well laid out documentation, which is available in the free edition as well."

"The solution is flexible and has the same basic capabilities right out of the box. The most important feature of this product is that it is a Red double-sided product. One side is a well-known open-source project; the other is a Red Hat commercial product. The commercial product benefits from all the experience and contributions of the community, making it a very well-developed product."

"Good support for single sign-on protocols."

"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to assign only one password for the user at a false value."

"It is very easy to scale and use as you want."

"Red Hat SSO integrates well with our other solutions. Using OIDC protocols and ITL integration, employees can authenticate with Red Hat SSO and access our microservices."

Cons

"One significant challenge was ensuring smooth user migration during system upgrades in Ping."

"They could enhance the product's device tracking for better zero-trust security would be beneficial. Currently, it tracks IPs well but lacks detailed device information, which is crucial from a security standpoint."

"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."

"The timing of the token validity, if it could be extended, would be great. I'm not sure if there is even an option to configure these types of settings."

"PingID should put a little more effort into making a pretty self-explanatory deck about their tech features and the services they offer."

"PingAccess can only have one token provider, and you cannot enable two different token providers simultaneously."

"The product is not customizable."

"PingID's device management portal should be more easily accessible via a link. They provide no link to the portal like they do for the service. The passwordless functionality could be more comprehensive. You can't filter based on hardware devices. Having that filtering option would be great. Device authentication would be a great feature."

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"The product’s technical support services could be better."

"They could provide more checks and balances to find out if there have been any security lapses, e.g., if somebody is trying to break into the system. Some other products have these detection mechanisms in case someone is trying to hack into the system or find out a user's passwords."

"Red Hat SSO's architecture could be updated."

"Red Hat publishes much more and communicates its actions and plans. They could provide words, maps, and other resources."

"Security could be improved."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to some SaaS-based solutions, the platform is relatively cost-effective."

"The platform's value justifies the pricing, especially considering its security features and scalability."

"Ping Identity Platform is not an expensive solution."

"The product is costly."

"PingID pricing is a ten out of ten because it's a little bit cheaper than other tools, such as Okta and ForgeRock, and supports multiple tools."

"The tool is quite affordable."

"The pricing is neither too expensive nor too cheap."

"Ping offers flexible pricing that's not standardized."

More Ping Identity Platform pricing and cost advice

"If you want support, that is when you use the paid version. There are different support categories that you can pay for, which provide different support levels. E.g., there is a quick response if you pay a higher amount, where the response time is within a few hours."

"It is a low cost product. This product can be used by non-profit organizations or universities, when they don't want to invest a lot of money."

"Red Hat Single Sign On is expensive."

"The license is around $8000 USD."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

26%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Government

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about PingID?

The mobile biometric authentication option improved user experience. It's always about security because, with two-factor authentication, it's always a separate device verifying the actual user logg...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PingID?

The pricing is neither too expensive nor too cheap.

What needs improvement with PingID?

The management console needs to be improved. PingID should revise it.

What do you like most about Red Hat Single Sign On?

The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to assign only one password for the user at a false value.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Red Hat Single Sign On?

I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.

What needs improvement with Red Hat Single Sign On?

Red Hat publishes much more and communicates its actions and plans. They could provide words, maps, and other resources. Scalability could be improved, too. It could provide more documentation.

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Also Known As

Ping Identity (ID), PingFederate, PingAccess, PingOne, PingDataGovernance, PingDirectory, OpenDJ

Red Hat Single Sign-On, Red Hat SSO, RH SSO, RH-SSO

Overview

IDENTITY DEFINED SECURITY PLATFORM delivers a unified, standards-based platform that can be deployed as SaaS, software or both and can scale to handle millions of identities. From multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to access security, directory and data governance, our capabilities work together to give employees, partners and customers secure access to cloud, mobile and enterprise applications, securing and streamlined everything from sign-on to sign-off and everywhere in between.

Ping Identity

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Sample Customers

Equinix, Land O'Lakes, CDPHP, Box, International SOS, Opower, VSP, Chevron, Truist, Academy of Art University, Northern Air Cargo, Repsol

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Ping Identity Platform vs. Red Hat Single Sign On