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Azure Resource Manager vs Idira Identity comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 2, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Resource Manager
Ranking in Cloud Resource Access Management
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.0
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Idira Identity
Ranking in Cloud Resource Access Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Authentication Systems (8th), Identity Management (IM) (8th), Authorization Software (2nd), Enterprise Password Managers (10th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (9th), Access Management (6th), Active Directory Management (6th), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud Resource Access Management category, the mindshare of Azure Resource Manager is 20.1%, up from 18.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Idira Identity is 17.1%, up from 8.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Resource Access Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Resource Manager20.1%
Idira Identity17.1%
Other62.8%
Cloud Resource Access Management
 

Featured Reviews

MohammedAbdulAleem - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Enterprise Architect at Integrated Telecom
Provides unified resource visibility and supports compliance requirements
Azure Resource Manager can be improved in several ways. It should support heterogeneous cloud integration. For example, if I have a cloud management portal from a private cloud provider such as Morpheus from HPE or other private cloud portals, and Azure Resource Manager could integrate with other clouds to give us unified resource utilization or management, that would be really good. Currently, it supports only Microsoft to Microsoft backend and does not support heterogeneous environments; it only supports homogeneous ones. Looking towards the future, I would like to see additional features or improvements in Azure Resource Manager because nowadays companies are going with a multi-cloud model. I am looking for unification of other clouds inside Azure Resource Manager.
Radosław Szyszko - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Consultant at Clico
Modern access controls have streamlined daily MFA use and support complex privileged workflows
The area that is missing much is about the reporting part. I would rate Idira Identity in general about eight. It has a good set of features compared to other identity security platforms. It's well-composed on different layers but requires platformization to go further to make it easier to use. You can do many things in it, but you need a lot of knowledge about dependencies of many things, so it requires time and big knowledge, and for the customer, it's a tough task now. It was very bad in the past. Now it's going better, and I expect that this platformization transition will help in succeeding more in the future.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Azure Resource Manager is extremely user-friendly and easy to deploy and understand."
"Azure Resource Manager's Role-Based Access Control and ARM tagging features are excellent; Azure Stack Hub is very compliant with CSA, Q-Cert, 27107, and 27018, which is fantastic when it comes to data sovereignty and private cloud offering."
"My experience with Azure Resource Manager is fantastic; it provides me with a complete landscape of Azure Stack Hub, giving me complete visibility into compute, network, storage, security, and consumed IPs, all of which I can visualize."
"Azure Resource Manager's Role-Based Access Control and ARM tagging features are excellent."
"The features for managing the subscriptions and assigning a group of resources to a project team are the most valuable."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy, as the documentation and information were very good."
"ARM templates make parameterizing and using variables in your DevOps pipeline easy."
"The most valuable feature is the vast resources available online."
"CyberArk Identity is at the top."
"The support of CyberArk Identity is really good."
"The initial setup is straightforward, and it takes me up to an hour and a half."
"I had one machine that I could not use due to an invalid token. They resolved the problem immediately after I reported it, on the same day, within one hour. It is a very good experience."
"The features that I personally find most effective in terms of security stem from the fact that it is easy to integrate and also the adoption is faster."
"As soon as it is implemented, it fundamentally changes how users access systems, providing immediate security benefits."
"The setup, via cloud, is simple."
"The straight-through approach of CyberArk Identity is very easy to start with; after you start with it, you can very easily onboard your privileged accounts, and from there on, you can advance further and make it more and more secure."
 

Cons

"I'm not at all happy with their support. Over the years, whenever we raised an issue, we never got clear and understandable support."
"They have created multiple roles, but I would rather they simplify the roles they already have. The main goal is to work with efficient data. Their support could also be better."
"Compared to ARM templates, Terraform is often preferred because it is more versatile and user-friendly. With Terraform, you can create a single, generic script that works across multiple cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and even Oracle Cloud. This eliminates the need to write separate scripts for each platform."
"Lacks a common line within the user interface for automating or scaling a reserve deployment."
"At a group level, if I apply a policy, it gets cascaded to all the resources underneath it, but it is not possible when it comes to tags. When I apply tags at a group level, it should go to the resource under it."
"They can maybe improve the interface."
"Unlike Terraform, Azure Resource Manager is hard to maintain and modularize and has room for improvement."
"The latency has room for improvement."
"It was pretty complex to implement CyberArk Identity. We had some help from a partner, and that helped a lot. But even for the partner, it was really difficult to streamline the process of implementing."
"The solution could be easier to use and I found it to be very complex involving many steps."
"I'm not sure what needs improvement. It is a good platform."
"The reporting functionality is somewhat complicated."
"Some areas experience slowness based on the workload. There's a need to enhance network performance despite the good user experience with access management."
"They can include the Mobile Device Management (MDM) feature."
"Room for improvement for CyberArk Identity might be on the support side, as they constantly improve with new features and remove redundant ones, integrating multiple steps into a single one for easier use; however, this is not just CyberArk Identity, as many vendors start with basic troubleshooting services without recognizing that knowledgeable users often reach out after exhausting those options."
"The user interface could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay $15,000 to $20,000 a month for the service and it is worth the cost."
"The solution is open-source."
"In terms of pricing, BeyondTrust and CyberArk tend to be more expensive, with CyberArk receiving an eight out of ten, in this regard."
"I think it is a fairly priced tool. I rate the tool between six and seven on a scale of one to ten where one is expensive, and ten is cheap."
"The solution is cheap and I rate its pricing an eight out of ten."
"CyberArk Identity is an expensive solution."
"There could be some additional costs apart from the licensing costs of the solution when you want to develop connectors in CyberArk Identity."
"Their pricing is obviously a lot higher than many vendors in the marketplace but their service is also unmatched."
"The pricing of CyberArk Identity is competitive."
"It's not that affordable compared to Delinea or other products. They're less expensive and allow more customization. For the cost, it is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
17%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Resource Manager?
About the pricing, it is expensive. Maintaining Azure Stack Hub is not easy because it is expensive, though it depends on customer to customer. If the customer is looking for a secure, compliant cl...
What needs improvement with Azure Resource Manager?
Azure Resource Manager can be improved in several ways. It should support heterogeneous cloud integration. For example, if I have a cloud management portal from a private cloud provider such as Mor...
What is your primary use case for Azure Resource Manager?
In dealing with something like Site Recovery or Azure Bastion or Azure AI Foundry, we are having a very minimal type of implementation that is only four nodes. Microsoft Azure Resource Manager is b...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CyberArk Identity?
I am not certain about CyberArk Identity's exact pricing model. For comparison, Okta was around five dollars per user. CyberArk Identity offers good discounts to some clients, which influences thei...
What needs improvement with CyberArk Identity?
The area that is missing much is about the reporting part. I would rate Idira Identity in general about eight. It has a good set of features compared to other identity security platforms. It's well...
What is your primary use case for CyberArk Identity?
I'm working with on-premises solutions. Back in the time there were no other options. I use multi-factor authentication with Idira Identity. I sell it, I deploy it, so it's something that is really...
 

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MLB, Citi, Pfizer, SulAmerica, GE Capital, Shiseido
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