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Symantec Siteminder vs Transmit Security 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

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)
Transmit Security
Ranking in Access Management
22nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (28th), Identity Management (IM) (24th), Passwordless Authentication (5th), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Access Management category, the mindshare of Symantec Siteminder is 3.6%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Transmit Security is 1.2%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Access Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Symantec Siteminder3.6%
Transmit Security1.2%
Other95.2%
Access Management
 

Featured Reviews

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.
reviewer2804310 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Journey orchestration has improved fraud prevention but still needs shared rules and better usability
The main improvement needed is that with the tool, you have to build rules for each and every application. There is no common place where you can write the rules and use that rule for all your applications, which is missing. This is a big feature that is missing compared to the other products in the market. Additionally, the SDKs, Journey Player, and other components are not business-friendly, so you really have to be technical to get into it and do those things. A non-technical person would find it really hard to implement and learn things inside Transmit Security. Even though it requires less coding, you still have to have some technical people in your team to really write the rules and integrate those rules into your application.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Security to protect digital assets is most valuable to us."
"It provides end users with SSO to our applications – they log in once and they can access all of our applications."
"That seamless integration significantly improves user experience and efficiency."
"It really improved the speed to market from account creation through provisioning and onboarding, and as users move from system to system, their account access follows them so you don't need to create new credentials every time."
"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 is reliable."
"Extraordinary product; extraordinary flexibility to explore and meet the requirements of the customer."
"The feature that I mostly valued is the ease of installation on different systems, especially on Windows."
"Transmit interface is flexible and user-friendly, which is important for our workload. Switching from one authentication code to multiple exposure or two-factor authentication (MFA) is seamless."
"Transmit Security has positively impacted my organization by improving the development of workflows in order to help the user experience."
"Transmit Security has impacted my organization positively because it is reassuring to know that we are building on top of a trusted tool, and we do not rely on developers that could make mistakes, and because it is an authentication platform, that could be detrimental."
"Transmit Security has played a major role for our organization, especially in the authentication areas."
 

Cons

"The problem is we need the support, but they don't know anything about the product."
"We installed one version and there is a bug in it; from a customer perspective I would want that particular issue to be fixed rather than getting an answer that the bug will be fixed in the next version."
"The technical support could be better."
"I think that one drawback to this product is that it's too big."
"All the problems that we reported actually have never been resolved. We could not capture enough information for CA to be able to debug the problem."
"The performance could be better. The support could be faster."
"We go by agents for authentication; anything relating to agent configuration could be improved, or even agentless security."
"Symantec Siteminder needs to have adaptive authentication and multi-factor authentication as integrated features."
"The customer support varies, but overall, we are satisfied."
"The main improvement needed is that with the tool, you have to build rules for each and every application."
"The scalability of Transmit Security is a little bit tricky. It is not easy to scale and depends on the complexity of my workflows and how many users I am going to support."
"Pricing is an area where Transmit Security could improve. The pricing needs to be more competitive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"CA solutions are generally expensive but for the customer the ROI is big."
"I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."
"The licensing is fair for this solution."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The solution's pricing is competitive."
"Symantec Siteminder is expensive; they could definitely do better on the price."
"The price is quite comparable to the other enterprise-level solutions in that market."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Construction Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
30%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise69
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

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 ...
What is your primary use case for Symantec Siteminder?
I deploy and support Symantec Siteminder ( /products/symantec-siteminder-reviews ). I have been a partner and reseller.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Transmit Security?
I have heard that pricing, setup costs, and licensing for Transmit Security are a little bit expensive, but I am not in charge of the budget in my team, so I cannot answer that with complete certai...
What needs improvement with Transmit Security?
I think Transmit Security can be improved by creating features that would allow the replacing of other companies such as Onfido. For example, if it would allow you to sign in by taking a selfie and...
What is your primary use case for Transmit Security?
My main use case for Transmit Security is access management and identity journey coordination. A specific example of how I use Transmit Security for access management and identity journey coordinat...
 

Also Known As

SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder
BindID, FlexID, WorkID
 

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Sample Customers

British Telecom, CoreBlox, DBS, HMS, Itera ASA and Simeo
Mitgate, Telepass, Metro Bank, Santander
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