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RSA Aveksa [EOL] vs Symantec Identity Governance and Administration comparison

RSA and Broadcom are both solutions in the User Provisioning Software category. Additionally, 100% of RSA users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 81% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.
RSA Aveksa [EOL]
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    81% willing to recommend
     

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    Categories and Ranking

    RSA Aveksa [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.0
    Number of Reviews
    4
    Ranking in other categories
    No ranking in other categories
    Symantec Identity Governanc...
    Average Rating
    7.6
    Reviews Sentiment
    6.7
    Number of Reviews
    66
    Ranking in other categories
    User Provisioning Software (8th), Identity Management (IM) (19th), Identity Governance Administration (IGA) (8th)
     

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    Amit Dewangan
    Technology Lead at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
    Configuration based tool that requires less coding compared to other IAM products.
    * The Access Provisioning process needs to be improved. Compared to other IAM tool the architecture of provisioning process is not up to the mark. * Tutorial and solution examples are lacking in RSA community center. * Customization flexibility is also minimal due to this sometimes not able to fulfill the organization's complex requirements.
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    reviewer2183661 - PeerSpot reviewer
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    Managing Director at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
    Has an easy initial setup process, but its technical support services need improvement
    The product's technical support could be better. The integration project requires a lot of technical details, so we need to find it quickly and easily. There was a large community of knowledge in the past. We kept it together and got the results. The community that works around the particular technical issue is shrinking. It used to be a specialized community that would help with the process. These particular areas need improvement. Broadcom is still using a hybrid cloud model, with some workloads on-premises and some in the cloud. They must start with the cloud adoption and move as many workloads to the cloud as possible. The on-premises environment is becoming stable. They need to rebuild that cost and the software. The product's pre-sales, technical support, and installation could also improve.
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    Pros

    "I am still amazed what this tool can do."
    "Violations are highlighted almost real-time and can be managed much more effectively -and this reduces risk exposure of sensitive applications"
    "After implementing RSA Aveksa, all the above mentioned issues have been resolved."
    "After IMG most of the tasks happen automatically, but also offer manual provisioning from a single GUI for all applications."
    "It is easy to use, and does not requires an extensive programming or development background."
    "We started off with 10,000 customers on system, it looked good, now we have about 1.6 million customers on the system, no problems at all."
    "It has good endpoint support and endpoint connectivity to different versioning endpoints."
    "All processes around user accounts are simplified, and assets and business modeling are improved."
    "Enabled enhanced delegated control to application owners and third party support reducing overhead cost to support desk and directory services teams"
    "The product’s most valuable feature is flexibility. It can be customized as per the customer’s requirements."
    "The solution is user-friendly and easy to use, the initial setup is pretty simple, the stability is good, and the scalability potential is there if a company needs to expand."
    "I've used it to manage users, create and update, delete users, change passwords, and assign and change rules."
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    Cons

    "In the older versions, there were sometimes instances where memory would get used up and the application would need a restart."
    "The Access Provisioning process needs to be improved. Compared to other IAM tool the architecture of provisioning process is not up to the mark."
    "There are some crucial adapters missing for SAP CUA and for some Legacy applications."
    "When running big collections/connections for the first time, we encountered some performance issues."
    "The technical support for this particular product is really poor and needs a lot of work."
    "The interfaces need to be revamped. They are too antiquated."
    "A better information display for the approvals within the workflow would give them more information and the ability to comment back on a request as to why they're rejecting it. We've been telling them we'd like this improvement, and we hope to see it."
    "Lack of a comprehensive attestation component/product and easy to use workflow that supports both attestation and provisioning."
    "Personally, I don't think the technical support is very good. The technicians don't seem to have enough training and knowledge surrounding the solution — they don't have in-depth knowledge."
    "The support from Symantec Identity Governance and Administration could improve."
    "The drawback with the CA Identity Manager is they don't have a connector to HR systems like SAP, or PeopleSoft, or Workday."
    "Stability needs some work. There are some issues with the back-end infrastructure."
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    "The price is flexible for our existing customers."
    "Compared to other options, CA products are not that expensive."
    "The connector is free, and bundled with the product."
    "Pricing and licensing models are adequate and reasonable."
    "Symantec keeps increasing the price. I rate its pricing a seven on a scale of ten."
    "The product has a good price in competition with another product with the same solution."
    "I do not recall the approximate prices or licensing models, although I do so that it was priced per user number."
    "The price is based on the number of users."
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    Top Industries

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    Financial Services Firm
    12%
    Construction Company
    12%
    Marketing Services Firm
    10%
    Manufacturing Company
    10%
     

    Company Size

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    Small Business23
    Midsize Enterprise9
    Large Enterprise45
     

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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
    The pricing has been very reasonable, but licensing costs vary based on the customer. It follows a user-based licensing model.
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    What needs improvement with Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
    Symantec should develop a SaaS solution for cloud environments to make the solution available in various marketplaces for easy deployment. It should also offer bundle installation instead of one by...
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    What is your primary use case for Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
    I am a consultant and we consult for identity and network management. We work with Symantec, which is owned by Broadcom, and also with Microsoft and Oracle. Additionally, we work with open-source s...
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    Also Known As

    Aveksa
    CA Identity Suite, Symantec IGA, Layer7 Identity Suite, CA Identity Manager (CA IDM), CA Identity Minder, CA IAM, CA Identity Manager (CA IDM), CA Identity Governance
     

    Overview

    Aveksa enables enterprises to understand who has access to what applications and data resources in order to make more intelligent access decisions based on identity context.
    RSA

    The Symantec Identity Governance and Administration (formerly CA Identity Suite) provides comprehensive identity management and governance capabilities with a simple, intuitive user experience. This user experience can dramatically simplify processes such as user access requests and access certifications, resulting in improved productivity and user satisfaction. In addition, the Symantec Identity Governance and Administration performs risk analysis and certification and enables remediation actions in real-time during the access provisioning steps, thereby improving audit performance and risk posture with preventive policy enforcement.

    While providing these business and governance-centric capabilities for business users, the Symantec Identity Governance and Administration also delivers core enterprise-grade identity management and governance capabilities, including broad provisioning support for on-premise and cloud apps, extensibility and flexibility to integrate with other IT systems and consumer-grade scale. This means organizations are not forced to choose between usability and performance. With the Symantec Identity Governance and Administration, they can have both.

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