Microsoft Entra External ID vs. Microsoft Identity Manager
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Microsoft Entra External ID | Score9.9 out of 10 | N/A | Microsoft Entra External ID (formerly Azure Active Directory B2C, or alternately, Azure Active Directory External Identities) provides business-to-customer identity as a service. Customers can use their preferred social, enterprise, or local account identities to get single sign-on access to applications and APIs. | $0 per month per active users |
Microsoft Identity Manager | Score7.1 out of 10 | N/A | Microsoft Identity Manager replaces Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) as Microsoft's cloud-based IAM. It supports synchronizing identities between directories, databases and apps, self-service password, group and certificate management and increases admin security with policies, privileged access and roles. | N/A |
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
| Additional Details | A flat fee of $0.03 is billed for each SMS/Phone-based multi-factor authentication attempt. | — | ||||||||||||||
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.9 | - |
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