SailPoint IdentityIQ is used for reporting and identity, account, and access management.
Implementation Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Useful reports, customizable workflows, and feature rich
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of SailPoint IdentityIQ are the reporting because it is better than other solutions. The workflows can be customized to our requirements and the overall features are good."
- "My advice to others is if you are new to the identity access management world, and you are starting with SailPoint IdentityIQ, you have the best tool in your hand to start with."
- "If you compare Saviynt and Okta Workforce Identity versus SailPoint IdentityIQ, SailPoint IdentityIQ needs to improve its UI."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of SailPoint IdentityIQ are the reporting because it is better than other solutions. The workflows can be customized to our requirements and the overall features are good.
What needs improvement?
If you compare Saviynt and Okta Workforce Identity versus SailPoint IdentityIQ, SailPoint IdentityIQ needs to improve its UI.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using SailPoint IdentityIQ for approximately four years.
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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
When using SailPoint IdentityIQ you need to tell them the capacity you want, and they will provide the solution with the appropriate license. For example, you have to tell them initially that you will have 50,000 users using the solution then they will tell you how much service you will need to deploy.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is not very good but it is good. They can improve.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have previously used Saviynt and Okta Workforce Identity.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of SailPoint IdentityIQ is easy. The time of deployment can take approximately two days.
What about the implementation team?
We did the implementation of SailPoint IdentityIQ in-house.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others is if you are new to the identity access management world, and you are starting with SailPoint IdentityIQ, you have the best tool in your hand to start with. You can receive complete exposure to all the types of operations or workflows.
I rate SailPoint IdentityIQ a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Reseller
Identity and access management system that offers stability and scalability
Pros and Cons
- "This solution is easy to configure."
- "The initial setup is straightforward."
- "The mover process for this solution could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution predominantly for the leaver process.
What is most valuable?
This solution is easy to configure.
What needs improvement?
The mover process for this solution could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have used this solution for six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. This took one week.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We have a monthly subscription for this solution.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Security Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Offers file access control with many integration capabilities
Pros and Cons
- "This solution is great for providing control access across your environment."
- "I would like for the next release to have a more user-friendly interface."
What is our primary use case?
We have a central server and use SailPoint to provide us access to all user/admin accounts/files. There are a lot of integration options that we have not taken advantage of yet - it is possible that in the future, a customer will want to integrate their HR system with SailPoint.
What is most valuable?
This solution is great for providing control access across your environment.
What needs improvement?
I would like for the next release to have a more user-friendly interface.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution that is widely used because it is dominant within the industry.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution can be expanded so I would say that it is scalable. The solution can accommodate thousands of users, there are maybe sixty of seventy thousand users within my organization.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is good.
How was the initial setup?
This solution takes a long tome to deploy, but it is not complex to setup. A medium-scale deployment will take you about one year.
The system requires about ten to fifteen people to maintain from various teams i.e. active directory, access management, security etc.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
You are able to get discounts if you plan to use the tool for the long-term i.e. discounts for 5+ years of usage.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to anyone looking into it and would rate it an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Product Development Lead at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Identity Access Management tool that allows our company to ensure the right team members have access to the right platforms at the right time
Pros and Cons
- "SailPoint has allowed us to ensure the right people have the right access and to the rights things."
- "The UI of the solution could be more customizable so we could change the workflows to suit our needs."
What is our primary use case?
We use Identity IQ for user onboarding, offboarding, profile management and to manage user access across various platforms in our organization.
What is most valuable?
SailPoint has allowed us to ensure the right people have the right access and to the rights things.
What needs improvement?
The prices could be slightly reduced to match other products in the market.
The UI of the solution could be more customizable so we could change the workflows to suit our needs. There is not much customization offered in SailPoint connectors. We had to customize the out-of-the-box connector to meet our needs and keep track of this customization for future upgrades.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution.
How was the initial setup?
We moved from Oracle Identity Manager to SailPoint and the initial setup was not straightforward. It took two to three days and was done is small steps.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented the solution in-house but received assistance leading up to the implementation from a third party company for three months.
What other advice do I have?
From the backend perspective, when we have needed certain functionality and it has not been possible within the solution, we have reached out to SailPoint for assistance.
I would rate it an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Director - Cyber Security at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I like the granular attachment management and certification customization features
Pros and Cons
- "I like IdentityIQ's granular attachment management and certification customization features."
- "IdentityIQ is pretty stable compared to our previous solution, and we're satisfied with the performance."
- "The price of IdentityIQ could be lower. There are additional costs when you buy the licenses, and they force the customers to pay for them."
What is our primary use case?
We used it to manage our complete lifecycle completely. We migrated from CA Integrated Manager to SailPoint in my previous firm. Typical use cases include onboarding contractors, lifecycle management, and employee lifecycle management for user certification. Other use cases include password reset and any application group-level provisioning.
What is most valuable?
I like IdentityIQ's granular attachment management and certification customization features.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used IdentityIQ for the last year and a half.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
IdentityIQ is pretty stable compared to our previous solution, and we're satisfied with the performance.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We haven't had any issues with scalability. What we built earlier matched our requirements, so Identity IQ was scalable as per our need when we added more users or applications. We have about 100,000 users.
How are customer service and support?
We've used their engagement and peer services team since the beginning.
How was the initial setup?
It was a standard installation. It wasn't too complicated or easy. It is a typical out-of-the-box installation. We could do it all ourselves with our in-house engineering capability. We need at least one engineer for deployment and maintenance and 10 people for support. It's a multi-year project for us split into three phases. I was there for phase one and part of the second phase. The third phase is ongoing.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of IdentityIQ could be lower. There are additional costs when you buy the licenses, and they force the customers to pay for them. Overall, enterprise pricing should be more transparent. It's a yearly license.
What other advice do I have?
I rate IdentityIQ 7.5 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Product Manager, Consultor at Assertiva
A comprehensive solution with great access and provisioning features
Pros and Cons
- "Access certification and provisioning are two of the solutions most valuable features."
- "I find the solution to be comprehensive."
- "When it comes to queries and analysis, I find the reporting module to be very low, very simple."
What is our primary use case?
We have made use of versions six, seven and eight and are currently using 8.2, the latest.
We use the solution to create connectors, such as those involving Active Directory and GDVC for Oracle. We implement the solution towards this end.
What is most valuable?
Access certification and provisioning are two of the solutions most valuable features.
What needs improvement?
While the setup is very easy, the real difficulty lies in creating the connectors for work service.
When it comes to queries and analysis, I find the reporting module to be very low, very simple.
The solution could have better graphical features, in respect of ADDQ, when it comes to diagrams and pictures. The results for reporting use graphical layout. There should be better graphics for the interface in respect of reporting.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been SailPoint IdentityIQ partners with America for one year and currently make use of the solution, same as IdentityNow, which we do with batch one or two.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support and community for SailPoint is great.
How was the initial setup?
While the setup is very easy, the real difficulty lies in creating the connectors for work service.
The deployment time varies with the project and client and can last anywhere from three months to a year or two. We have a smaller project involving 100 employees and a larger, more difficult, one involving 10,000. The latter requires a longer deployment period and more connectors.
What other advice do I have?
The solution is mainly geared toward SaaS, cloud-based services, which is the proper way to use it. I cannot think of a better use for it.
We have hands on experience with SailPoint IdentityIQ. We work together with the SailPoint service professional and are in daily contact with their employees.
I find the solution to be comprehensive.
I would advise others to first create the connectors and provision in Active Directory or the the EHR system, human resource systems. One should implement the solution and the basic connectors, such as those concerning human resource applications or directory applications such as Active Directory.
I rate SailPoint IdentityIQ as a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Commercial and Technical Professional Manager at Evolution Technologies Group
Invaluable identity data warehouse, easy to configure, and straightforward to implement
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature for our customers and for us is the identity data warehouse."
- "This solution has made my client's customers' journeys a lot better."
- "The report functionality and dashboard of the access manager could be improved."
- "The customer support process is slow at times because they do not have proper language support for my clients in Latin America speaking Spanish."
What is our primary use case?
Less than half of my customers use the solution within the government for certification, identity process, and optimization of the roles and requirements for other areas. For the rest of my other customers, they are using the solution for their core systems. For example, they are doing vertical financial analytics.
How has it helped my organization?
This solution has made my client's customers' journeys a lot better.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature for our customers and for us is the identity data warehouse. For financial analytics, this is the way to make the clusters better.
What needs improvement?
The report functionality and dashboard of the access manager could be improved.
In the future, there should be improvements integrating into cloud ecosystems, such as AWS or Azure. At the moment we have to purchase many different solutions to have a fully operational intelligent identity package. There are some features lacking in identity and the DevOps solutions.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We did not have an issue with scaling the solution. My customers range from medium to large scale businesses using this solution.
How are customer service and technical support?
The customer support process is slow at times because they do not have proper language support for my clients in Latin America speaking Spanish. There is good support for English but not Spanish.
How was the initial setup?
The solution was easy to install for me but might not be for someone who is not used to the
methodology.
What about the implementation team?
We have three implementation consultants, one project manager, and two engineers as part of our deployment team. The number of people sent to a project depends on the environment in which the solution is being implemented. For example, The relation is one person per three systems, if you need to make more than 20 in three months, we will have to supply more people. The implementation took approximately six months.
For the ordinary maintenance activities for administration solutions, we provide normally one person to support four customers.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of the solution could improve, it is not priced well for smaller businesses to afford. We have one customer that has 2,000 identities and another one with 8,000.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We have evaluated Oracle, IBM, and Micro Trend solutions.
The methodology is very important, the methodology guides me and the customer to obtain the goal. Between all these solutions, this is the biggest difference. Additionally, the facility to build the data warehouse identity in order to have real identity governance is important. More specifically, the facility to create integration with the system and the way to make the governance of the data connectors are important because in other solutions you have to develop the code for the connectors. This includes low-level coding and business rules that have to be put in the DAT code, it takes a lot of time to have the functionality that you desire.
This is a mature solution, you can easily configure the connectors using a GUI interface. It makes the process a lot simpler. The business rules are model-specific and governed to reach the goals. This solution is straightforward to implement than another technology.
What other advice do I have?
I have my doubts about what is the best way to set up this solution. It is not only an issue with this solution but for others as well. We have two flavors of the solutions, software-as-a-service(SaaS) and on-premise. None of our customers is ready to choose one of those because if you are on-premise, generally, it is fully featured. It is easier to integrate with another system but it is not going to satisfy the customers that want a solution on the Cloud.
On the other hand, SaaS or Cloud solution may be better for you but you might have a lot of legacy systems that are not ready to work perfectly with a SaaS solution. At this point, the main issue is to figure out what solution is best at the present time, on-premise or SaaS. This decision can be very difficult.
You need to be careful with the decisions you make because if you choose an on-premise solution right now you most likely are going to be on the cloud in three years. You need to keep this in mind. The industry is going in that direction.
I rate SailPoint IdentityIQ a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Senior Manager at ENH isecure Pvt ltd
Great features with many large-scale connectors; very good flexibility
Pros and Cons
- "Good life cycle management, segregation of duties, and analytics features."
- "One needs to understand that SailPoint is into full-fledged IAM practice with a long-term vision, and customers will get a quick ROI with best practices implementation."
What is our primary use case?
The use case is different for each client but most companies are generally looking for compliance, password management and user life cycle management. We have a partnership with SailPoint and implement this solution for our customers. I'm a senior manager.
What is most valuable?
I like the life cycle management, segregation of duties, and analytics features. They have very good, large-scale connectors. The solution enables a high level of flexibility in customization. SailPoint is a leader in its field and has a long-term product development view.
What needs improvement?
The product is very good and doesn't have many limitations and is very easy to deploy. You will need an SME Team for Deployment and to bring an ROI.
One needs to understand that SailPoint is into full-fledged IAM practice with a long-term vision, and customers will get a quick ROI with best practices implementation.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been implementing these solutions since 2015 and SailPoint is a wonderful product, it covers all the features required and the best part is it has both on-prem and SaaS models available. Our customers are very happy and have gained an ROI.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable, the majority of our customers are enterprise-size companies.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is wonderful.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very easy. There are no challenges with the implementation. The deployment strategy depends upon the kind of applications you want to integrate. Implementation time is based purely on your number of connectors, the kinds of applications, and the user environment.
What other advice do I have?
It's important to look at the product and its functionalities. Technology is a continuous journey, and if you want to have an identity management program, then SailPoint is a good option. They have a long-term vision that a company like Microsoft does not have. If somebody wants to have a good product for the long term then IdentityIQ provides that.
I rate this product 10 out of 10.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Senior Architect at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
A simple and easy-to-implement tool with good technical support
Pros and Cons
- "It is simple and easy to implement."
- "Depending on the requirements, SailPoint IdentityIQ provides a lot of functionality that can suit any enterprise's requirements."
- "It is not readily available and cannot be downloaded from the net."
What is our primary use case?
It is used on provisioning accounts, all the crude operations and enterprise resources. So an enterprise may have a different resource like SuccessFactor, Oracle or Microsoft. SailPoint IdentityIQ does the provisioning operation for all the users, which onboards it into the company enterprise. It also does the de-provisioning operations for all the users who leave the organization.
In between, it manages and maintains the accounts. Depending on the requirements, SailPoint IIQ provides a lot of functionality that can suit any enterprise's requirements.
What is most valuable?
It is simple and easy to implement.
What needs improvement?
Several resources and applications are entering the cybersecurity market, so if SailPoint IdentityIQ can provide a connector or a way to integrate all those resources, it would be good. For example, there is a connector in CyberArk, but it is not a direct connector. They go via Skim Server, and latency is experienced.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this solution for more than ten years. We are using version 8.3, and it is deployed on-premises.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. We have more than 50 people using this solution.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is good.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. The deployment time depends on the customer's requirements. If we are using our maximum resources, it takes about ten days.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is a licensed product, but I am unsure of the exact cost.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution an eight out of ten because it is simple and easy to implement and develop. Regarding advice, it is not readily available and cannot be downloaded from the net. If they get a corporate account, they can create the account via corporate email ID only. Therefore, I would recommend focusing on implementation. In addition, choosing the latest release minus one is good because it is always a stable product because clients have already tested and implemented it in their environment. So instead of taking additional risks, it can be tested by other clients first.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Architect(IAM) at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Great user and account management and reduces our user lifecycle time
Pros and Cons
- "SailPoint IdentityIQ has more enriched out-of-box connectors than the others."
- "Our user lifecycle takes less time with SailPoint IdentityIQ, as previously it would take around one day to get all the users access, and now it is an automatic process with a good authentication authorization mechanism."
- "There's a lot of customization required to improve the user experience."
What is our primary use case?
We have different use cases depending on the project. For example, we use it for user management, account management, user lifecycle, certifications, reporting, SODs, and governance. We use everything that SailPoint IdentityIQ provides.
How has it helped my organization?
Our user lifecycle takes less time with SailPoint IdentityIQ. Previously, it would take around one day to get all the users access, and now it is an automatic process with a good authentication authorization mechanism.
What is most valuable?
When deployed on-premises, it gives us a lot of areas to customize and provides many out-of-box features. For example, it offers different out-of-box connectors where we can connect with multiple forest configurations. There are also out-of-box connectors for CyberArk, Okta, and other applications, but SailPoint IdentityIQ has more enriched out-of-box connectors than the others.
What needs improvement?
There's a lot of customization required to improve the user experience. It would also be helpful if there were some out-of-box options for filtering.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this solution for seven years. We are currently using version 8.2 or 8.3. We have also used versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 6. 3. It is deployed on-premises and on cloud.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability and performance are very good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is good, but if the number of users significantly increases, it requires different web servers and becomes difficult to manage. In addition, SailPoint IdentityIQ doesn't provide any SIM tool, so we have to implement it if required. Without it, we have to work locally, going into the logs for eServers by ourselves, and there isn't a central log factory where we can see all the logs for the SailPoint IdentityIQ.
The number of users depends on the project. There are projects with millions of users and others with 100,000 or 300,000 users. Also, the number of people required for deployment depends on the number of servers and users. However, if I were to estimate, it requires an average of three people, but if the server and the UI server increase, it becomes challenging to look at the logs.
Compared to SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt provides a way to select servers. From the UI, you can choose different servers and see the logs.
SailPoint IdentityIQ is being used at full capacity, and I am currently working as an architect for both Saviynt and SailPoint IdentityIQ. If I were to compare solutions, there is no comparison with SailPoint in the market right now, and SailPoint is way ahead. Solutions like Saviynt and Omada have features such as logs, clarity of the risk and SODs that are not as good in SailPoint IdentityIQ.
How are customer service and support?
We have not used technical support directly, but our clients use them, and we have not heard of any problems.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously worked with IBM IM products like ISIM and Oracle IM, and we switched to SailPoint IdentityIQ because it is an enhancing product. SailPoint IdentityIQ is the best in feature enhancement.
How was the initial setup?
It was straightforward to implement, which is an advantage with products deployed on-premises. However, there is minimal documentation around the firewall on SailPoint community sites. For example, sometimes, we want to configure SailPoint IdentityIQ for our developers in a development version, and we don't want it to connect inside a company's firewall. But that is not addressed in the architectural documents. The documentation covers areas like check configuration or DR configuration but does not mention options for different networking structures between a web server and a product and how it works. Deployment is dependent on the project. Sometimes we complete it ourselves, and other times it's done by a third party.
What was our ROI?
There is an ROI. I have worked in this domain for 12 years on different continents and have not heard of people replacing SailPoint IdentityIQ on-premise with other solutions.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the price a six out of ten, with one being least expensive and ten being most expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution an eight out of ten. If deployment is done on-premises, SailPoint IdentityIQ is best, but Saviynt or Omada is better if it is cloud.
Regarding advice, SailPoint IdentityIQ is the most customizable product. However, it is good to minimize customization and use more out-of-box functionality because it becomes a hassle in the long term to manage customization in the IM product. In addition, it will be good if there is better log management in future releases.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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