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    Microsoft Entra External ID

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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.

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    per month per active users

    Zoho Directory

    N/AN/AAn IDaaS platform for workforce identity and access management used to authenticate employees, authorize them to access cloud apps & devices, and manage their interactions. It enables employees to safely login, and it allows IT administrators to ensure employees have access to the correct apps.N/A
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    Microsoft Entra External IDZoho Directory
    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
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    Microsoft Entra External IDZoho Directory
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    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.15% discount for annual pricing.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Entra External IDZoho Directory
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Entra External IDZoho Directory
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    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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    Zoho
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Troubleshooting diagnostic logs effectively requires VS Code
    • Group and role management requires additional effort
    • The programming model (XML) could use some developer experience love
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    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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    Zoho
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    I really enjoy how simple it is to connect this Active Directory with other Microsoft Products to collaborate with colleagues and clients.
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    Zoho
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
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