Microsoft Entra External ID vs. OCI Identity and Access Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Entra External ID
Score 9.9 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
OCI Identity and Access Management
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management is a solution to manage user access and entitlements for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and across a wide range of cloud and on-premises applications using a cloud native, identity as a service (IDaaS) platform.
$0.02
per month per user
Pricing
Microsoft Entra External IDOCI Identity and Access Management
Editions & Modules
Premium P1 (for More than 50,000 MAU)
$0.00325
per month per active users
Premium P2 (for More than 50,000 MAU)
$0.01625
per month per active users
OCI IAM External Users
$0.016
per month per user
OCI IAM Oracle Apps Premium
$0.25
per month per user
OCI IAM Premium
$3.20
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Entra External IDOCI Identity and Access Management
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA flat fee of $0.03 is billed for each SMS/Phone-based multi-factor authentication attempt.
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Community Pulse
Microsoft Entra External IDOCI Identity and Access Management
Features
Microsoft Entra External IDOCI Identity and Access Management
Identity Management
Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Entra External ID
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Ratings
OCI Identity and Access Management
8.0
Ratings
1% below category average
ID-Management Access Control00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Password Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Account Provisioning and De-provisioning00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
ID Management Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
ID Risk Management00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
User Ratings
Microsoft Entra External IDOCI Identity and Access Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Entra External IDOCI Identity and Access Management
Likelihood to Recommend
It is not easy to calculate the actual ROI due to the difficult quantification of all factors, but it certainly contributed a lot in protecting, monitoring and controlling access to our system. It also made it much easier to detect vulnerable external users with simple and "easy to hack" passwords they use on multiple apps.
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We are using this for our resident facing applications. Areas they need to improve is building in more of the OIG functionality into their cloud service. This hinders us for managing identities that require multi-value attributes.
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Pros
  • One of the things that Microsoft Entra External ID does really well is creating user logins, accounts and profile. It is very easy to create them, manage them and delete them. It is fast and reliant.
  • Limit access or authorization feature. We can allow different levels of authorization and access. So that not all the employees would have access to all the data. Only some relaible employees would have access and power to change anything.
  • Mutli factor authentication feature is also a really good feature to secure data. Even overseas vendors need MFS to login which gives double protection to our data.
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  • OIM was working for us for several years, but we had a lot of custom code we had to write to use it effectively.
  • OIA was able to help us perform role and access reviews periodically, in a scheduled fashion.
  • The product had an OK user interface.
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Cons
  • Troubleshooting diagnostic logs effectively requires VS Code
  • Group and role management requires additional effort
  • The programming model (XML) could use some developer experience love
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  • Auto switch to DR (Very key and not yet been experienced or implemented well)
  • Ability to connect with other legacy systems
  • Mobile friendly
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Usability
I find it easy to use. The usability is great. Every department uses it for different purposes. Everyone access information relevant to them. Since we've started to use this we have seen less security incidents.
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If users are trained properly, they can fully utilize the solution. We have only contacted customer care 2-3 times in the last 3 years. Once everything got set up according to DJSIR regulations that's it, Oracle Identity Cloud Service works flawlessly. We are currently managing 3 IDCS stripes for different teams and the ease of management is very noticeable.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
The support for Oracle Identity Cloud Service is generally good. Nevertheless, it can take some time to get a response from the support team which creates initial frustration, and the customer will have to wait till the SR gets assigned to a support person.
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Alternatives Considered
The best selling points for Azure Active Directory B2C that stand out from the competition are:
  • Pricing, both at small and very large scale (and in between), is hard to beat
  • The seamless integration with Azure should make Azure Active Directory B2C the first choice of CIAM platform for anyone building on Azure
  • Full compatibility with Azure AD's audit log format means Azure Active Directory B2C can be easily integrated into your SIEM tooling
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Oracle IDCS is a true enterprise-level cloud solution to our organization's needs. Everything is so intuitive that is much easy to follow and learn. The Oracle support and documentation feature is excellent and makes our work easy to do. I see a bright future for this product and continue to see improvements in the product.
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Return on Investment
  • Having monthly active users billing was cost-effective.
  • Helped with the IT support that was already managing the Azure platform of the company; this helped to manage the costs better and optimize them.
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  • Oracle Identity Management is a great product, catering to the business needs.
  • Not all features of the OIM suite are applicable to all companies, thus having an impact on ROI.
  • Overall it is a great product that handles a large company's identity management requirements like a pro.
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