IBM Verify vs. SAP Identity Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Verify
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
IBM Verify, formerly known as IBM Cloud Identity, is an identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) offering that aggregates dynamic user, device and environmental context to automate risk protection and continuously authenticate any user to any resource.
$1.71
per month per user
SAP NW Identity Management
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
SAP NetWeaver Identity Management is the software acquired by SAP from MaXware for identity management (IdM).N/A
Pricing
IBM VerifySAP Identity Management
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM VerifySAP NW Identity Management
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsSample Pricing Breakdown (NOTE: for competitive pricing per contract, please consult with your IBM Security Account Rep) Users: 5,000 SSO* -- USD 1.71 per user per month MFA* -- USD 1.71 per user per month Adaptive Access* -- USD 1.71 per user per month Lifecycle and provisioning** -- USD 2.01 per user per month Identity analytics** -- USD 2.13 per user per month * Single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication (MFA) and adaptive access pricing based on total active monthly users per use case. Costs decrease if users are active less than once per month. ** Lifecycle and provisioning and identity analytics pricing based on total users per use case.
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Community Pulse
IBM VerifySAP Identity Management
Features
IBM VerifySAP Identity Management
Identity Management
Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Verify
8.0
38 Ratings
1% below category average
SAP Identity Management
8.9
1 Ratings
9% above category average
ID-Management Access Control8.233 Ratings9.01 Ratings
ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)8.035 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication8.434 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Password Management8.933 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Account Provisioning and De-provisioning7.131 Ratings10.01 Ratings
ID Management Workflow Automation7.033 Ratings7.01 Ratings
ID Risk Management8.232 Ratings8.01 Ratings
User Ratings
IBM VerifySAP Identity Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(39 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.4
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.9
(15 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
8.4
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.3
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM VerifySAP Identity Management
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
It is brilliant for use as an identity and access management tool and ensures the safeguarding of our systems and upholds data integrity as a consequence. It was very easy to set up and apart from a straightforward installation, we have found customisation and configuration easy. It was easy to deploy in the cloud after using it previously on premises.
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SAP
SAP Identity Management manages organization identities centrally with a great amount of flexibility and efficiency. Compared to the conventional SAP solution of central user administration (CUA), SAP IDM (version 7.2/8.0) delivers a great number of benefits like: 1. Availability of connectors for non-SAP application identity management,
2. Modular/granular access management in the form of context-based business role definition.
3. It can be integrated with the SAP HR system for making entire user identity management automatic.
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Pros
IBM
  • IBM Security Verify provides comprehensive identity and access management (IAM) capabilities.
  • IBM Security Verify provides multi-factor authentication (MFA) capabilities.
  • IBM Security Verify provides robust identity and access governance capabilities.
  • IBM Security Verify provides comprehensive auditing capabilities.
  • IBM Security Verify provides a comprehensive platform for managing and protecting privileged accounts.
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SAP
  • In my previous organization, to achieve the granularity of access based on organization restrictions, we implemented enabler role-based security roles. Provisioning the enabler roles through the SAP GRC was a great challenge (realistically improbable). Here came the SAP IDM to our rescue. It has a peculiar feature of context-based business role provisioning feature.
  • Customized context & its association with security roles & user HR attributes, give us unique ability to achieve granularity of access provisioning.
  • SAP IDM integrates with the SAP HR system and identity management becomes automatic.
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Cons
IBM
  • The mobile app can be a bit buggy at times if it gets fixed it would be great.
  • UI seems a bit old compared to modern tools out there.
  • There is a bit of a learning curve; if the developers can make it more intuitive it would be awesome.
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SAP
  • SAP Identity management should come up with connectors for almost all not SAP applications, which will enable the use of SAP IDM as a one-stop solution for organizations' identity management.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
It works flawlessly, i have never faced any major issues with this. It has all the features such as Iam and security management. I think its a good investment and the benefits we reap from this software are worth the price.
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SAP
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Usability
IBM
While setup and implementation takes work and time, the flexibility and possibilities make up for that in the long run. This is not a product you can just install and run, but if you design and implement your ruleset well, it will save you a lot of work afterwards. Just make sure that the systems you want to use it for have an existing and proven connector.
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SAP
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Reliability and Availability
IBM
Throughout the system testing we conducted, we never encountered an issue that wasn't easily solvable. We did find some of the documentation confusing at times, but we overcame this quickly with some speedy support assistance. Implementation into production was a lot smoother following the testing we conducted.
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SAP
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Support Rating
IBM
The support team has always been the primary consultation base when we are faced by performance problems. From the deployment stage the team has managed to monitor the operation lifecycle and give best insights based on their observation. It works 24/7 to enhance productive service delivery to clients. The IBM Security Verify Support team has been the main player in the successful performance of this software.
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SAP
As IDM heavily relies on JAVA/SQL as a development language, finding skills resources sometimes becomes challenging. But SAP has strong support available for this product which makes it reliable for long term use within an organization.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
We conducted a comparison study between IBM Verify and Okta as well as Duo Security before making our selection. IBM Verify emerged as the perfect fit because its superior capability to integrate with our current system environment surpassed competitor security solutions. IBM Verify demonstrated superior reliability through its enterprise-class scalability and fully transparent auditing mechanisms.
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SAP
SAP IDM offers a great deal of benefits/features compared to conventional access provisioning with SAP.
1. Conventional SAP user administration solution like CUA has great limitations. e.g. only SAP systems can be managed. Low-performance issues, unreliable access provisioning, and risk analysis were missing.
2. SAP IDM integrates with SAP GRC solution to perform the reliable risk analysis before access provisioning. Its context feature allows granular access provisioning.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
IBM
The licensing terms were favourable due to their flexibility based on the size and purpose of implementation. The billing frequency is done on quarterly basis. The vendor team has enacted best user policies that gives the company the full control of this platform. It is cost-effective as compared to most security verification tools in the market.
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SAP
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Professional Services
IBM
In the case of adjustments, we were often able to carry them out completely on our own and only used professional services for new requirements. Particularly in the case of access management, it is very positive that we usually needed IBM for a task in less than an hour and then developed the solution further on our own.
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SAP
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • It has allowed us to securely store and access data which is hard to put a price on, but is of tremendous value.
  • It has performed well and we did not have to upgrade any of the current equipment that we had.
  • It has allowed us to branch out slightly and offer more mobile solutions both internally and externally.
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SAP
  • SAP IDM has the huge potential to minimize risks arising out of disorganized identity management within an organization. As all identities are managed centrally, there is very little room for manipulation of an identity.
  • As this solution has the ability to integrate with SAP GRC, risk analysis becomes mandatory before any access provisioning takes place.
  • As the solution is automatic, hiring to employee exits is managed with a minimal margin of error.
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