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Solution architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
A powerful solution with high-customization capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "The most powerful feature of the solution is its platform-based approach. Unlike other solutions, this tool offers a high level of customization. It is an open and flexible platform, allowing users to tailor it to their needs. This ability to customize and adapt the solution to individual requirements makes the solution stand out as a powerful product."
  • "There is a need for further enhancements, specifically in the multifactor authentication capabilities."

What is our primary use case?

I'm working on the implementation. I have encountered various use cases for the solution. Among the most common are clients using life cycle management, role-based access control, policy evaluation, and risk scores. Clients have widely utilized password reset functionality. Recently, contractor onboarding directly from IdentityIQ has emerged as a use case.

Additionally, clients have used the platform for access management tasks such as requesting new access, adding or removing accesses, and creating accounts. Furthermore, integrations with ServiceNow have become viable.

What is most valuable?

The most powerful feature of the solution is its platform-based approach. Unlike other solutions, this tool offers a high level of customization. It is an open and flexible platform, allowing users to tailor it to their needs. This ability to customize and adapt the solution to individual requirements makes the solution stand out as a powerful product.

What needs improvement?

There is a need for further enhancements, specifically in the multifactor authentication capabilities.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for the past five years. I’m using the most recent version.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is highly stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable and super flexible. I have 50,000 users for the product. I rate it a ten out of ten.

What was our ROI?

There has been a return on investment.

What other advice do I have?

The success of the implementation depends on customers knowing exactly what is needed from the solution. Assuming that the consultant or the product will handle everything is not the right approach. The customers should know what they need. Overall, I rate the solution a nine 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
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
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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Governance Specialist Tl at CarePlus
Real User
Automated and integrates well with other platforms
Pros and Cons
  • "A feature of SailPoint IdentityIQ that I like best is that it has good integration with other platforms. My company is using ADP here in Brazil, and SailPoint IdentityIQ works very, very well with it. My company is also using the solution for governance evaluation, segregation, and other access tests. For my company, SailPoint IdentityIQ is a very important solution, especially because it's automated, and there's a huge audit and risk issue here in Brazil."
  • "In the past, we had a lot of problems with SailPoint IdentityIQ, particularly in providing access and provisioning. There were some gaps in the operation of the solution because they were manual rather than automated, and the users and administrators were given access directly via Active Directory, and it wasn't appropriate for us at the time to use. In terms of integration, we could provide a more automated solution after a minimum number of years, but not in the SailPoint IdentityIQ platform, but there were problems in the registration, for example, with putting information inside ADP, but in general, we were able to solve those problems, and after implementing SailPoint IdentityIQ we had increased evaluations."

What is our primary use case?

We're using SailPoint IdentityIQ for these purposes: user access, authentication, and governance review access.

How has it helped my organization?

SailPoint IdentityIQ has improved my organization as it's used mainly to provide access to first-time users and also for other actions around managing access.

What is most valuable?

A feature of SailPoint IdentityIQ that I like best is that it has good integration with other platforms. My company is using ADP here in Brazil, and SailPoint IdentityIQ works very, very well with it. My company is also using the solution for governance evaluation, segregation, and other access tests. For my company, SailPoint IdentityIQ is a very important solution, especially because it's automated, and there's a huge audit and risk issue here in Brazil.

What needs improvement?

In the past, we had a lot of problems with SailPoint IdentityIQ, particularly in providing access and provisioning. There were some gaps in the operation of the solution because they were manual rather than automated, and the users and administrators were given access directly via Active Directory, and it wasn't appropriate for us at the time to use.

In terms of integration, we could provide a more automated solution after a minimum number of years, but not in the SailPoint IdentityIQ platform, but there were problems in the registration, for example, with putting information inside ADP, but in general, we were able to solve those problems, and after implementing SailPoint IdentityIQ  we had increased evaluations.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using SailPoint IdentityIQ for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

SailPoint IdentityIQ is a stable solution.

How are customer service and support?

We didn't have contact with the technical support for SailPoint IdentityIQ because we're using a third party for support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Ten of our administrators used Append to control executive activities prior to using SailPoint IdentityIQ, but in general, we found SailPoint IdentityIQ to be more useful in maintaining information, access roles, and permissions. The solution does exactly what we needed it to do.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup for SailPoint IdentityIQ was straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We used a third party to implement SailPoint IdentityIQ, particularly in the beginning, but nowadays, we can implement the solution on our own. In the beginning, we had a problem with the rules inside the platform, but the third party helped us in solving the problem and installed and configured SailPoint IdentityIQ appropriately.

What was our ROI?

Right now, I'm not sure if there's ROI from SailPoint IdentityIQ, but within a few months or so, there will be.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

In terms of pricing, SailPoint IdentityIQ is affordable. It's not cheap, and it's not expensive, so the solution is in the middle, price-wise. It also didn't have additional costs, even if my company had different teams that took care of auditing and provisioning and projects that used SailPoint IdentityIQ.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated other solutions, but SailPoint IdentityIQ proved to be more adequate for us to use, and we found that not a single solution or tool was exactly better than SailPoint IdentityIQ.

What other advice do I have?

I'm not sure about the version of SailPoint IdentityIQ my company is using, but it's probably the newest version.

My company has ten administrators of SailPoint IdentityIQ and around one thousand users. Ten technicians maintain the solution. My company maintains the solution and always keeps it updated, so integrating other solutions to SailPoint IdentityIQ won't be a problem.

In terms of rating SailPoint IdentityIQ, nine is a good score for me. My company is very happy with the solution.

My company is a customer of SailPoint IdentityIQ.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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IAM Consultant at Investcorp Bank BSC
MSP
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?

We use the solution for identity and access governance. It is an automation tool for onboarding and offboarding processes.

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.

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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Product Manager, Consultor at Assertiva
Real User
A comprehensive solution with great access and provisioning features
Pros and Cons
  • "Access certification and provisioning are two of the solutions most valuable features."
  • "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
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Security Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Reseller
Easy to use, scalable, and stable
Pros and Cons
  • "Deployment takes a bit of time, however, once it's done properly, everything becomes very organized and easy to use."
  • "The solution, in general, is quite expensive."

What is our primary use case?

The solution is primarily used for governance. Clients also use it for single sign-on, to consolidate the access for B2C or B2B cases. Those are the main use cases that we've seen.

What is most valuable?

The ease of use is very good.

It's nice that everything comes out of the box in SailPoint. 

Deployment takes a bit of time, however, once it's done properly, everything becomes very organized and easy to use.

The solution is completely stable. It's one of the best solutions on the market.

The solution can scale. 

What needs improvement?

While you can scale the solution, it is expensive to do so. The solution, in general, is quite expensive. If the pricing was better, the adoption rate would be much higher. 

Deployment can take a while.

At least in the UAE, they need more presence on the ground. It would be good to have more people to assist us to help us adopt this technology and become certified on it. The bigger the channel here is, in the UAE, the more people will start to train on it, and the cost of the deployment will become cheaper when there is competition. Right now, there's some kind of monopoly. If you have two experts in the entire UAE, they're going to raise their prices so that the cost is very high. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for two years at this point. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of the solution is excellent. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. It's a very reliable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable, however, companies need to be mindful of the extra costs involved.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support does not have a presence here in UAE. There's only one person that I was in contact with all the time. He's like the manager and a technical guy. He's a one-man show. That said, he's very good and very supportive. The company itself, however, does not have a presence here and they don't have an office. This one person just is mobile and is traveling most of the time.

How was the initial setup?

The deployment requires someone specialized in the solution. It can be expensive to set up, however, once it's deployed and properly up and running, it's very easy to use. 

That said, the initial setup is not straightforward. Any IAM project takes some expertise to deploy, as it's not an easy technology to get going. it's the same as a SIEM solution. You need to have a good understanding of the technology and spend some time with the customer in order to completely understand his requirements. After that, you will be able to do a proper deployment.

The amount of personnel you need depends on the size of the environment, however, the bigger the environment, the more technical team you need. You need at least one expert on the site to handle the project, just one expert, who will put in the guidelines. After that, you can have, two or three junior people to do the repetitive tasks.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The license is expensive and the deployment is expensive. This is due to the fact that the experts in that field who know how to do a proper deployment are very rare, and their cost is really high. Usually, the cost of deploying about 5,000 licenses or 5,000 users, would be the equivalent to the cost of the license, which would be reaching up to around $90,000.

Users can sign up for a one-year or three-year contract.

What other advice do I have?

I'm not a direct customer. I am a reseller of the product.

Usually, for this type of solution, everyone requests it to be on-prem, especially in the Gulf area. They prefer not to opt for the cloud solution. There's still some resistance in that area.

As a technology, I would rate it at a nine out of ten. It's very good. That said, in terms of pricing, I would rate it very low, at maybe a three to four. It's also making our lives very hard as system integrators. To sell it, due to the price tag, is very, very hard.

I would recommend it to other users and companies. Overall, the product is sound.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Commercial and Technical Professional Manager at Evolution Technologies Group
Real User
Top 20
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."
  • "The report functionality and dashboard of the access manager could be improved."

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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Sailpoint implementation Engineer at Starlink Ukraine
Reseller
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.
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