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SecureAuth Identity Platform vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 11, 2024

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

SecureAuth Identity Platform
Ranking in Access Management
23rd
Average Rating
5.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
User Provisioning Software (18th), Identity Management (IM) (26th), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (14th)
Symantec Siteminder
Ranking in Access Management
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (13th), Web Access Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Access Management category, the mindshare of SecureAuth Identity Platform is 2.4%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Siteminder is 3.6%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Access Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Symantec Siteminder3.6%
SecureAuth Identity Platform2.4%
Other94.0%
Access Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user710517 - PeerSpot reviewer
Identity and Access Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Valuable features include access request and certification. Application integration, reporting, and certification could be improved.
Valuable features include access request, certification, and password management Provide centralised identity-access management Application integration, reporting, and certification could be improved More than three years The product is only as good as the data you use Moving from v7.x to v8.x…
Muzi Lubisi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior technical Consultant at CA Africa
Improved user experience with seamless integration and easy installation
The feature that I mostly valued is the ease of installation on different systems, especially on Windows. Additionally, it is very beneficial for deploying single sign-on sessions between different windows on a web browser, provided I am connected to the right identity provider. That seamless integration significantly improves user experience and efficiency.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"For v8.4, you can work easily if you stick to OOTB, however, should you require customization, then the tool is very flexible using SQL/VB knowledge to extend."
"The self-service functionality for password/access management reduced our need for manual intervention."
"As our identity model continues to mature, probably the Federation is most valueable."
"CA Single Sign-on has helped us a lot; the user only needs to use credentials once and then they can single sign-on into other websites which are already integrated into the CA Single Sign-on product."
"It allows us to get, again, both externally hosted and internally hosted web applications up and running using centralized credentials in short order."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of this product to integrate with any third-party components and platforms."
"Whatever you're considering, this is a good solution."
"It has performed very well, it does what we need it to do, it's reliable, and it doesn't impose any overhead on the user or on the platform."
"Once we have our authentication and authorization policies set, they are easy to duplicate across all our applications instead of trying to develop them into each application individually."
"I really like the robust functionality that this solution offers, such as federation, OAuth, security, and multi-tenancy, just to name a few."
 

Cons

"Moving from v7.x to v8.x is not easy. You need Courion expertise and skills to upgrade and migrate the data."
"Stability was a constant concern. The application was plagued with memory leak issues from initial installation and through multiple major/minor version upgrades."
"The look and feel was not good in the earlier product."
"The problem is we need the support, but they don't know anything about the product."
"Although the policy server has sometimes spontaneously restarted, it’s mostly good."
"The Federation part of CA Single Sign On, it's a bit complex to implement because it involves the SSL certificates, exchange of certificates, and lot of technical details. The documentation misses some important parts of this, so that's the reason it took some time for us to go live."
"It's a hit and miss thing, like all support organizations. For the most part, for simple problems they can get to a resolution fairly quickly, but if the problem is a little more complicated, they really struggle with getting us a solution."
"It’s really difficult to initially configure, but once you know where the traps are, it’s not a big deal."
"Some of the features need to be improved. For example, the Federation feature."
"The technical support could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."
"Siteminder is a little costly. You pay for licensing, and they offer packages, so if you have less users, then you have to buy different products at different prices. If you have more of a user base, then the package is different. They also include other features—for example, if you have a database and you're using Siteminder, then it's good to use a Semantic-specific database, but if you are using less, then you have to purchase the database separately. Whereas if you are going for a bigger license, then it comes within the package. It depends on which plan you are using."
"The solution's pricing is competitive."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"CA solutions are generally expensive but for the customer the ROI is big."
"The licensing is fair for this solution."
"The price is quite comparable to the other enterprise-level solutions in that market."
"Symantec Siteminder is expensive; they could definitely do better on the price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Construction Company
12%
Retailer
9%
Educational Organization
8%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Construction Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise69
 

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What needs improvement with Symantec Siteminder?
Symantec Siteminder needs to have adaptive authentication and multi-factor authentication as integrated features. Currently, multi-factor authentication is available as a separate solution, and it ...
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I deploy and support Symantec Siteminder ( /products/symantec-siteminder-reviews ). I have been a partner and reseller.
 

Also Known As

SecureAuth Identity Governance, Core Access Assurance Suite, Courion Access Assurance Suite
SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder
 

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Sample Customers

Alegent Health, Associated Materials, Brookdale Senior Living, NV Energy, Woodforest Bank, Wellspan Health
British Telecom, CoreBlox, DBS, HMS, Itera ASA and Simeo
Find out what your peers are saying about SecureAuth Identity Platform vs. Symantec Siteminder and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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