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Oracle Identity Governance pros and cons

Vendor: Oracle

3.7 out of 5

71 reviews
80% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

Oracle Identity Governance offers valuable features such as OIM Connector framework, Single Sign-On, scalability, and RBAC, enhancing provisioning and automation for large organizations. Integration with non-Oracle products boosts adaptability. However, deployment complexity, Active Directory integration issues, and a limited connector list pose challenges. The architecture requires modernization and non-Java coding options. Comprehensive reporting enhances accountability, but improvements in application integration and infrastructure demands are necessary to compete effectively with tools like SailPoint.

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Prominent pros & cons

PROS

Oracle Identity Governance offers a robust single sign-on solution, role-based provisioning, and automated provisioning of accounts to target systems.

The system's scalability and flexibility stand out, allowing for extensive customization and integration with non-Oracle products.

User lifecycle management, including provisioning and de-provisioning, is highly effective, providing efficient resource management.

Comprehensive reporting and auditing capabilities enhance transparency and security, tracking user activities precisely.

Role-based access control (RBAC) and granular access restrictions improve security and compliance, adapting to evolving organizational needs.

CONS

OIA needs to improve its governance features, and the automation of validation exercises is necessary.

The development and administration sides are complex and less intuitive compared to other enterprise environments.

The implementation process for Oracle Identity Governance is more complex than with competitor products.

Pricing for Oracle Identity Governance could be improved, and the initial setup phase is difficult.

Documentation and technical support for Oracle Identity Governance need enhancement, and more connectors are necessary for integration.

Oracle Identity Governance Pros review quotes

Senior Architect at Cognizant

Sep 3, 2024

I can say that RBAC, or role-based access control is the most reliable feature.

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IT Architecture Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Nov 29, 2020

Understanding what a customer is using, what they are looking for, and allowing permissions is a challenge. We use the information we get in order to understand the behavior of the customer beyond the security and to understand what they have been doing in the last month. It's a nice way to understand what is attracting the customer and what they are clicking. That could be implemented by using this kind of application.

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Solution Architect at Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited

Mar 9, 2023

Scalability-wise, I rate this solution a nine out of ten. Oracle Identity Governance is a scalable solution, without a doubt.

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ICT Service Delivery Manager at Christelijke Mutualiteit (CM) / Mutualité chrétienne (MC)

Sep 5, 2019

It has a very good response time.

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Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Oct 15, 2025

It is able to save time and money as everything is automated: user access provisioning, password policy management, and reporting.

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Software Engineer at IDX One

Oct 11, 2022

The most valuable feature of Oracle Identity Governance is user lifecycle management. Certification is also a valuable feature of the solution. Oracle Identity Governance allows you to assign who has access to what, which is its basic feature.

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General Manager Technical at Techaccess Pakistan

Jun 27, 2025

The best features in Oracle Identity Governance product include comprehensive reporting, as we can track exactly what person did what because of the auditing policies that can be enforced in it, and at what time what was done.

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Senior Consultant at CapGemini

Aug 11, 2022

The most valuable feature is the user manager certification that approves or removes user access.

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Partner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Dec 15, 2021

The one thing that stands out was is the automatic sign-out when an employee goes on vacation. Identity Governance can monitor when an employee goes on vacation and returns. We use this feature to automatically disable all the employee's accounts when they go on vacation, and they're automatically enabled when they come back.

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Technology Program Manager at Evosys

Oct 5, 2022

What I found most useful in Oracle Identity Governance, feature-wise, are provisioning, de-provisioning, and termination. Those features are very good. Oracle Identity Governance can also be easily integrated with non-Oracle products, which I find valuable.

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Oracle Identity Governance Cons review quotes

Senior Architect at Cognizant

Sep 3, 2024

The product's initial setup phase is difficult compared to other tools.

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IT Architecture Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Nov 29, 2020

Our issues with the solution have to do with the integration with different applications. It's not easy to connect ICAO to this kind of product. It would be better to work on the extensions of the adapters for this kind of identity management solution in order to not put in the code in the product.

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Solution Architect at Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited

Mar 9, 2023

The user-friendliness of Oracle Identity Governance can be improved compared to other products.

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ICT Service Delivery Manager at Christelijke Mutualiteit (CM) / Mutualité chrétienne (MC)

Sep 5, 2019

It responds fast but because of the bugs we have already had some major incidents and complete unavailability.

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Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Oct 15, 2025

Oracle Identity Governance is a thick, heavy application and has fewer application connectors compared to SailPoint, which offers a large number of out-of-box connectors, making integration easier.

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Software Engineer at IDX One

Oct 11, 2022

Oracle Identity Governance, particularly version 12c, can handle multiple scenarios, but for a regular user, I found the use cases not that extensive, so this is an area for improvement. The implementation process for Oracle Identity Governance is also a bit more complex than how you implement competitor products, and this is another area for improvement in the solution. Technical support for Oracle Identity Governance also needs some improvement. Another area for improvement in Oracle Identity Governance is its documentation. Currently, it's lacking when compared to SailPoint. What I'd like to see in the next release of Oracle Identity Governance is a bit more scope for AI-based Identity governance. If the solution has built-in intelligence, that will give it more leverage. Another feature I'd like to see in Oracle Identity Governance in the future is the option for managers to provide access to others via mobile devices or phones.

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General Manager Technical at Techaccess Pakistan

Jun 27, 2025

It would be beneficial if there were more connectors available from Oracle, as there is a long list of connectors, and they can be developed over time.

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Senior Consultant at CapGemini

Aug 11, 2022

The solution should be easy to implement with components combined in one file and built-in features to integrate target applications without having to install additional connectors.

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FL

Partner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Dec 15, 2021

Identity Governance is a difficult tool to work with. You have to input many models to understand what is happening with the logins. The user interface is not so good. And a lot of the features we use aren't available out of the box.

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Technology Program Manager at Evosys

Oct 5, 2022

An area for improvement in Oracle Identity Governance is that it isn't refreshed or updated as much. The only area that changed on it in the last five years was the GUI. The solution still has the same installation, troubleshooting, and configuration. Oracle Identity Governance is still very complicated when compared to other solutions. It seems that Oracle doesn't focus too much on Oracle Identity Governance in terms of making some improvements to it.

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