We use the solution for identity and access governance. It is an automation tool for onboarding and offboarding processes.
IAM Consultant at Investcorp Bank BSC
The product is reliable and user-friendly, but it is not affordable, and the quality of support must be improved
Pros and Cons
- "The tool is quite stable and user-friendly."
- "The product must improve its support."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
It has multiple good features. It provides us with the information we need for onboarding any user or application, provisioning, de-provisioning, and other business processes. The product is easy and convenient to use. It has good features. The tool is quite stable and user-friendly. We can easily customize the processes.
What needs improvement?
The product must improve its support.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for three years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The tool is reliable and stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have 1000 people using the solution in our organization. It is suitable for a small organization with less than 5000 employees.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is not cheap.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend the product to others. The solution is easy to deploy. We get a lot of applications out of the box. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Lead IAM manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The access certification feature is valuable but could include additional access levels
Pros and Cons
- "The access certification feature is valuable."
- "Certifications could include additional access levels or practices."
What is our primary use case?
Our company uses the solution to manage the life cycle and access control of users.
We implement for various clients in the banking or investment industries in the Middle East. We also have a couple of government customers. All customers use the solution for employee management.
What is most valuable?
The access certification feature is valuable.
The solution is very customizable.
What needs improvement?
Certifications could include additional access levels or practices.
On occasion, there are difficulties with the management control when you attempt to apply things in a certain manner.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for nine years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is pretty good because it is a very customizable solution. If you don't know how to customize or if you make mistakes, then the solution can become unstable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
If you have enough hardware to support the on-premises version, then the solution is scalable. You need enough hardware to support the number of identities you want to manage.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is efficient and very, very good. If you raise a concern, support is readily available with a solution. Responses are received in a very timely manner.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is very, very easy. Identity IQ is the on-premises software for the solution and it is easy to setup. There are modules to install so the only thing you need is time to complete them.
What about the implementation team?
We implement the solution for customers. First you install and connect the web server. Then you install the database on top of it. If you want additional modules, then you can import the LT module on top.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is based on the number of users and is reasonable.
What other advice do I have?
I highly recommend the solution and rate it a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Identity Management Consultant at a consultancy with self employed
Scales as per needs, and saves time with approval recommendations and automated approvals
Pros and Cons
- "The big one now is that they're adding AI and machine learning to figure out automated approvals and make recommendations to their reviewers. So, if I bring up Doug McPherson and it says he has access to this application, the system will make a review based on peer group analysis. That's one of the biggest new things. The problem used to be that people would get everything loaded on, and they created too much work for themselves. Now, they can use these policies and start to let the machine pick the less risky things."
- "It tends to be more expensive, but at the end of the day, it works."
What is our primary use case?
I'm a consultant. I work with companies to evaluate it and sometimes help them implement it as well.
I'm using the most recent version. It's somewhere around version 8.
What is most valuable?
The big one now is that they're adding AI and machine learning to figure out automated approvals and make recommendations to their reviewers. So, if I bring up Doug McPherson and it says he has access to this application, the system will make a review based on peer group analysis. That's one of the biggest new things. The problem used to be that people would get everything loaded on, and they created too much work for themselves. Now, they can use these policies and start to let the machine pick the less risky things. If it says it should be approved, then automatically approve it. It's definitely a time saver for a lot of people.
It has got a great user interface, and it just does the job.
What needs improvement?
It tends to be more expensive, but at the end of the day, it works.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it for probably 15 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Its stability is very good. It's running so well now. I'd rate it a nine out of ten in terms of stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Its scalability is awesome. They've got customers with over a million users, so it'll scale to what you need. It has a very scalable architecture.
I'm a consultant, and I implement it for clients. I've worked with clients from 5,000 users and up to about 400,000 users.
How are customer service and support?
I'd rate them really high. They have a group called Expert Services. They rely on third parties like me or the big four, like the Deloittes and the PWs, to do the implementation, but they maintain a group that they call their Expert Services. It has about a hundred people you can go to for the hardest things. If you were on the edge of performance issues and any other issues, you can bring in their experts. It's a really good team. It's more expensive than the other guys, but it's worth it.
How was the initial setup?
IdentityIQ is difficult to begin with, but compared to its competitors, it'd be an eight out of ten in terms of ease of setup.
The deployment duration varies. They've got examples of people being up and running in a month. For massive companies with hundreds or thousands of employees, it takes a couple of years to get fully implemented, but they've got ways where you can implement it almost by a business unit, so you can be up and running and then slowly, you add the rest of the company to the implementation.
In terms of the number of people required, the actual SailPoint team would be three to four people, and then they use the business analysts in the company to help onboard the application. That's a really nice methodology where I can spread the workload over a bunch of people instead of having to rely on one person and get those backlogs and lineups form. For example, I can have a business analyst from the business units I'm working with help me onboard applications. That really speeds it up.
In terms of the deployment model, they have a SaaS version, but you can do it on-prem, and you can also do it with the hybrid model.
What was our ROI?
It depends on your company, but I've seen ROIs in 14 to 18 months. So, it's great.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It's all competitive. Initially, the prices look a bit higher, but once it gets into a competitive situation, they meet the market. I'd rate it an eight out of ten in terms of pricing. It tends to be more expensive, but it works.
What other advice do I have?
They've got such a big lead in the market from a capabilities point of view. They're going after the cloud, so they're doing a lot in the cloud management area and making that easier for clients to implement it for managing the applications in the cloud space or all their SaaS applications. That's one of the big areas. They just did the acquisition of SecZetta, which provides management for third parties. For partners and third parties you work with, it can help automate the management of access to those people.
I'd rate it a nine out of ten because what it does is hard. The work that they implement isn't simple because the companies are so big. It works and does the job. It's not the product that causes problems; it's generally working with the company and its processes, but the product is bulletproof.
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Assistant Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Stable, simple to use, and easy to configure and deploy
Pros and Cons
- "What I like most about SailPoint IdentityIQ is that it's simple to use and easy to configure and deploy."
- "If there's a price reduction for SailPoint IdentityIQ, that would be helpful. Another area for improvement in the product is the technical support, which needs to be more friendly to customers."
What is our primary use case?
SailPoint IdentityIQ is for identity and access management.
What is most valuable?
What I like most about SailPoint IdentityIQ is that it's simple to use and easy to configure and deploy.
What needs improvement?
The pricing for SailPoint IdentityIQ has room for improvement because it's more expensive than other products in the market. If there's a price reduction, that would be helpful.
Another area for improvement in the product is the technical support, which needs to be more friendly to customers.
I want custom form building and custom workflow features added to SailPoint IdentityIQ in its next release.
For how long have I used the solution?
I started using SailPoint IdentityIQ in 2015, so I have almost eight years of experience with it.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
SailPoint IdentityIQ is a very stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
SailPoint IdentityIQ is a scalable product.
How are customer service and support?
The SailPoint IdentityIQ technical support can be a bit irritating when doing system inspections. When you have an issue and ask for help, support will tell you that you need professional support, not just regular support.
The technical support team could be more friendly.
I'd give SailPoint IdentityIQ support a three on a scale of one to five.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I've tried Saviynt but compared to SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt isn't stable. It also has fewer features compared to what you get from SailPoint IdentityIQ. For me, SailPoint IdentityIQ is better because of its stability, and it offers many features. However, cost-wise, Saviynt is cheaper.
How was the initial setup?
SailPoint IdentityIQ has a straightforward setup. I'd rate its setup a five out of five.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
SailPoint is expensive compared to its competitors. It's one of the most expensive products, so I'd rate it as one out of five, cost-wise.
What other advice do I have?
I'm using SailPoint IdentityIQ, SailPoint IdentityNow, and Auth0.
My rating for SailPoint IdentityIQ is eight out of ten.
My company is a SailPoint partner.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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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
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A stable and reliable workforce identity and access management solution
Pros and Cons
- "The most selling modules for SailPoint are the compliance manager and the life cycle manager."
- "SailPoint IdentityIQ has a primitive AI engine."
What is our primary use case?
We use SailPoint IdentityIQ mainly for employees. It's not a customer identity and access management tool. It's mainly for the workforce. All my clients choose SailPoint IdentityIQ because they need some tool that will govern and do the compliance at their end. We are mainly integrating all the applications for the organization, just like their HR, to do the governance in just one place, namely in SailPoint IdentityIQ. We're using SailPoint IdentityIQ for provisioning, granting access, taking access, automatic onboarding, and off-boarding. We also use SailPoint IdentityIQ for employees' joiner, mover, and leaver workflow. We use SailPoint IdentityIQ for automatically reprovisioning all the roles and accesses.
What is most valuable?
The most selling modules for SailPoint are the compliance manager and the life cycle manager. In addition, the password manager module is replacing the call center for any organization by doing self-service password services, resetting passwords, and unlocking accounts.
What needs improvement?
SailPoint IdentityIQ has a primitive AI engine. It doesn't compare to the autonomous engine that uses machine learning and deep learning in ForgeRock.
It would be great to have an autonomous engine that uses machine learning and deep learning to find orphan accounts, accesses not used by employees and extra accesses.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been doing a SailPoint IdentityIQ pre sales presentation for two years and a real product implementation for six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
SailPoint IdentityIQ is a stable solution, and I rate it a nine out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate SailPoint IdentityIQ less than five out of ten for scalability. To increase scalability, you need to increase servers, which is not easy.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support in the Middle East is being done through partners. SailPoint IdentityIQ has no physical presence in the Middle East except through its partners and distributors. However, SailPoint IdentityIQ's remote support is always available. SailPoint IdentityIQ's technical support is good because they are always available when the partners or the implementation team face any issues.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of SailPoint IdentityIQ was very easy, and I rate it a ten out of ten. We have an automatic deployment engine, so the deployment takes around an hour, not long.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
SailPoint IdentityIQ is highly-priced, and I rate it an eight out of ten for pricing.
What other advice do I have?
Our clients using SailPoint IdentityIQ are mainly in the banking sector, and the others are part of the Saudi Arabia government and ministry. For 12 years, SailPoint IdentityIQ twelve has been the leader of Gartner Magic Quadrant. All the market reports suggest SailPoint IdentityIQ when you're doing governance and compliance for your workforce. SailPoint IdentityIQ is even replacing other solutions like IBM and ServiceNow.
SailPoint IdentityIQ is a stable and reliable workforce identity and access management solution. If you're looking for a solution for the workforce, you should opt for SailPoint IdentityIQ, and if you're looking for a solution for the customer base, you should choose ForgeRock.
Overall, I rate SailPoint IdentityIQ a ten out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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."
- "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.
Identity Management Consultant at Novozymes
Good security and hassle-free user experience
Pros and Cons
- "IdentityIQ's best features are the hassle-free user experience and security."
- "IdentityIQ's best features are the hassle-free user experience and security."
- "There are various functions that don't work in IdentityIQ, including the access request reminder, which doesn't go to the approvals in the proper format, so it's hard for users to read."
- "There are various functions that don't work in IdentityIQ, including the access request reminder, which doesn't go to the approvals in the proper format, so it's hard for users to read."
What is our primary use case?
IdentityIQ is connected to all our target systems to manage access to various applications.
What is most valuable?
IdentityIQ's best features are the hassle-free user experience and security.
What needs improvement?
There are various functions that don't work in IdentityIQ, including the access request reminder, which doesn't go to the approvals in the proper format, so it's hard for users to read. In the next release, IdentityIQ should enable emails and reports through the UI instead of the code.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using IdentityIQ for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
IdentityIQ is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
IdentityIQ is scalable manually and automatedly.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was easy, and the implementation was completed within four months.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate IdentityIQ nine out of ten because the UI is really easy for end users to understand and use.
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.
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