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IBM Cloud App ID

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53 Reviews and Ratings

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What is IBM Cloud App ID?

IBM Cloud App ID helps developers who are not security experts to add authentication to their apps, and protect their APIs and app back-ends running on IBM Cloud.

Developers can add a variety of login-in types:
  • Email or username and password
  • Enterprise
  • Social
App ID includes a cloud user repository to on-board new users, so they can log-in with email/username & passwords, with pre-built self-service workflows (password reset, email validation etc.) App ID also manages user specific data that developers can use to build personalized app experiences.

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Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features IBM Cloud App ID has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 53 ratings of IBM Cloud App ID's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Multi-Factor Authentication

    Using multiple, independent components to gain access

    Category average: 8.5

  • ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)

    The ability to login to the system once, gaining access to all systems without the need for logging in again

    Category average: 9

  • Password Management

    Self-help capabilities the help users recover forgotten passwords, etc.

    Category average: 8.6

Areas for Improvement

  • ID Management Workflow Automation

    Automated sequence of tasks to simplify processes

    Category average: 8

  • ID Risk Management

    Identification, evaluation, and prioritization of risks with procedures to minimize, impacts of unplanned consequences

    Category average: 8.3

  • ID-Management Access Control

    Authorization or restriction of access to information depending on role

    Category average: 8.8

Reviews

What users are saying about IBM Cloud App ID.
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Superb initiative to introduce SSO.

Incentivized
Devesh Sharma
Account Manager in Research & Development at EY (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Completely one stop solution for interacting with IBM services using code and other important means.

Pros

  • Interaction with IBM Services
  • Helps enable authentication
  • Best for web and mobile/tab apps

Cons

  • Interaction with on premise systems which are less popular than existing solutions provider

Return on Investment

  • Positives are the flexibility to use existing authentication mechanism

Alternatives Considered

Active Navigation Discovery Center

Other Software Used

3Com Firewall (Discontinued), Clip Studio Paint, IBM Watson Assistant

Great product

Incentivized
Allen LazarView profile
Founder & CEO at SC Capital (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM Cloud App ID for multiple reasons, with our use case being to identify resources being used (with service IDs).

Pros

  • Identifying
  • Monitoring
  • Security

Cons

  • Missing features that link service IDs to App ID

Return on Investment

  • IBM Cloud ID brought a 400% ROI

Alternatives Considered

modmed Telehealth, Podman.io and Scalaxi Low Code Application Platform (DevOps-as-a-Service)

IBM Cloud App ID Review

Mark VIllanueva
DevOps in Information Technology at Self Employed (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have used the IBM Cloud App ID during my training in IBM Full Stack Course in Coursera. I was able to navigate and explore the tools of IBM Cloud including this IBM Cloud App ID. So far, I was able to successfully use the IBM Cloud App ID as part of my task in the Coursera Training in IBM Cloud, and was able to utilize the service or app.

Pros

  • I have used the IBM Cloud for logging in
  • I have used the IBM Cloud for integrating my ID in other services
  • I have used the IBM Cloud for verification of ID

Cons

  • Requires more options for the use in logging in
  • Requires more options for the use in accessing the other IBM cloud services

Return on Investment

  • Positive is that, IBM cloud offers unique type of cloud services
  • Negative, needs more improvements in the options for signing in
  • Negative, needs more improvements in the options for accessing other service
  • Negative, needs more improvements for multifactor verifications

Alternatives Considered

Google Cloud Key Management and AWS Key Management Service

Other Software Used

IBM Cloud App ID, IBM Cloud Container Registry, IBM Cloud Automation Manager

IBM Cloud App ID, worth every penny!

Incentivized
BENAOUN MahdiView profile
Software Developer in Engineering at Primatec Engineering (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My company use IBM Cloud App ID for authentication of our clients. Its simplicity is what interests us as we don't want to invest much resources/effort for integration.

Pros

  • Authentication
  • Simplicity
  • Usability

Cons

  • Pricing
  • RSA integration

Return on Investment

  • Less effort needed
  • Efficiency
  • Trustworthy

Alternatives Considered

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)

Other Software Used

IBM Watson Discovery, Azure Backup, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)

Saved a lot of time avoiding reinventing the wheel

Incentivized
Devesh SharmaView profile
Associate Manager in Engineering at EY (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have used IBM Cloud App ID to add authentication to our EY web app and the mobile version. We have used the social login option. It was used by our practice to tackle a typical business problem of EAD.

Pros

  • It has enhanced the end user experience and it was clearly reflected in our quarterly reviews.
  • It has enabled us to leverage the serverless back end.
  • Application security is now no problem for us.

Return on Investment

  • It has given a good response on the investment made.

Alternatives Considered

IBM Watson Discovery