CA Identity Suite [EOL] vs ForgeRock comparison

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CA Identity Suite [EOL]

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CA Identity Suite [EOL]

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Categories and Ranking

CA Identity Suite [EOL]

Average Rating

8.2

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ForgeRock

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

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Identity Management (IM) (9th), Access Management (8th), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (4th)

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it_user732822

Technical Support Manager at Future systems

The identity manager, governance, and identity portal features are especially valuable and helpful

I found all of the features to be quite valuable, especially the identity manager, governance, and identity portal. All of the features are helpful The connectors for the identity and governance part could use some improvement, by way of adding more areas. They need more development to cover more…

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Shreya Reddy

Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Centralized access control has improved secure onboarding and supports strict compliance

I wish we had used ForgeRock's adaptive risk-based authentication, which allows dynamic adjustment of authentication requirements based on user behavior. This could have helped us further strengthen our security. Another hidden gem is the built-in support for custom authentication modules and scripting, which gives a great deal of flexibility to tailor authentication flows. The self-service capabilities for password resets and account recovery have been very helpful in reducing support overhead and improving user experience. Discovering and utilizing these features would have definitely made our integration even smoother and would have provided additional value for both our users and our security team. One area of improvement would be the user interface for policy and workflow configuration, which can become complex and sometimes unintuitive, especially for new administrators. A more streamlined and user-friendly UI would help reduce the learning curve. Enhanced out-of-the-box analytics and reporting would also be valuable, as our current options often require custom development or integration with external tools. While extensibility is a strength, documentation for advanced customizations and integrations could be more comprehensive and easier to follow. Improved support for seamless upgrades and backward compatibility would also help minimize downtime. In terms of performance, optimizing the platform for high concurrency environments would be beneficial, especially for organizations with large user bases or peak usage periods. Enhanced scalability features such as more granular or horizontal scaling options would provide better support for distributed deployments. For integrations, having more pre-built connectors and easy integration with modern cloud-native services would accelerate adoption. Improved monitoring and real-time health dashboards would help proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.

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Pros

"The most important thing with CA is that they go beyond their capability, beyond their commitments, to make the customer successful."

"Additionally, the CA Identity Suite was able to replace our old mainframe based identity suite with a newer generation, more rapid development tool, which helped us to achieve our roadmap and reach the destination which we were looking for."

"I found all of them quite valuable, especially the identity manager, governance, and identity portal. All the features are helpful."

"The most valuable feature is the speed of implementation. Now with the Virtual Appliance, it's much faster. In the past, to implement this kind of solution, it would take so many weeks. Now, it takes one day, or minutes, and we have the deployment ready."

"With the Virtual Appliance, combined with CA Identity Manager and GovernanceMinder as one solution, it eliminates having multiple infrastructure requirements, multiple products, and gives a holistic view of the access granting."

"Nowadays it is offered as a Virtual Appliance, and that saves considerable time for installing and controlling it."

"Easy and quick integration of CA Identity Suite with company systems improves security and provides a quicker ROI by decreasing the time we need to spend on these tasks."

"Technical support is quite efficient, and if we have a very critical issue, all we need to do is raise it."

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"We found this solution and we found someone who could create a proof of concept and we decided to change from Solaris IDM to this, as it has the same functionality."

"It works very well, especially in Identity and Access Management. It helps detect anomalies in user behavior patterns."

"Almost all the notes which are required for these journeys are out of the box, and if you want to enable biometrics, you can get these notes from ForgeRock marketplace, so most technologies are out of the box or require a minimum configuration."

"For our client, which we are deploying for, the solution seems to be offering them really great value."

"I like the way it is handling authentication and authorization."

"Even though we have very small business interests with them today, they see that we plan on growing drastically over the next two years. Therefore, we have excellent support and we are now at a point where we are not calling tech support. We pick up a phone and call the Account Manager and they'll get everything resolved for us. We don't have to queue along with everybody else and go through a long process."

"The solution's most valuable feature is the authentication for the consumers. The integration with other third-party applications is excellent."

"We create and define the permissions and configurations for the users."

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Cons

"However, although it's a lot easier than some other tools that we've worked with, we always want more training."

"The connectors for the identity and governance part could use some improvement, by way of adding more areas. They need more development to cover more target applications."

"If there was a seamless integration between portal and IdentityMinder, then that would help a bit, but I don't see many challenges yet."

"For Identity Manager, I’d give it 5/10 process wise it’s stable but they need to come up with better instructions on how to integrate it with different types of data sources."

"I think CA is too heavy and can't do some things out-of-the-box, so I can't tell you that I love Identity Suite, because right now I don't."

"If there was a seamless integration between portal and IdentityMinder, then that would help a bit."

"The documentation can be improved because sometimes we have some technical issues that were not documented and we have to rely on support to solve them."

"The key feature I would like to see is close loop remediation, which is in conjunction with CA Identity Governance today."

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"It should be a little bit easier to implement. It is user-friendly, but there is always scope for improvement."

"I don't think ForgeRock directly supports integrations with Slack, making it an area where improvements are required."

"ForgeRock is extremely flexible, but the learning curve can be steep."

"I find that it's quite expensive for just an open-source system. Support is quite expensive."

"Automatic Deployment needs improvement. it could be made easier."

"It's hard to speak with ForgeRock. It's very expensive."

"We raised tickets asking for improvements, but sometimes we don't get the proper solution. They are responding, but the ticket is open for weeks and weeks. For some issues, we don't get a satisfactory solution or the solution doesn't work."

"Initial setup was complex because of the customizations needed."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing of the solution is fair but I do not have the full details."

"It's a bit pricey and could be more competitive."

"The license is purchased annually per user. However, you can negotiate if you are signing for a longer period of time. When comparing this solution to others on the market it is priced fair, it is not at the top of the price range or at the bottom end."

"We have multiple clients we are looking at right now. We are at a very small number, however, the idea and the goal is to grow. We are looking at about $100,000 and $50,000 a minimum a month cost. That'd be minimum maybe in a couple of years."

"ForgeRock is an expensive solution."

"Its licensing is on a yearly basis, but it also depends on the contract that you have with the vendor. They have multiple types of contracts. There are additional costs to the standard licensing fees. If you need some of the features, you have to pay more."

"Its price is comparable to other products in the market."

"ForgeRock's pricing is more competitive than other products."

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Financial Services Firm

20%

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Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

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Midsize Enterprise

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Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	8

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Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	18

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ForgeRock?

The pricing, setup cost, and licensing are very straightforward, which is a good success. I appreciate that it is very straightforward and helpful.

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There are some areas I want ForgeRock to improve. These areas include policy configuration, documentation clarity, UI complexity, and debugging token flow. I want ForgeRock to improve in documentat...

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I am using ForgeRock for standard support, policy configurations, and documentation clarity. The pricing, setup cost, and licensing are very straightforward, which is a good success. I appreciate t...

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Also Known As

IdMLogic SIGMA

ForgeRock Identity Platform, ForgeRock OpenIDM

Overview

The CA Identity Suite provides comprehensive identity management and governance capabilities with a simple, intuitive user experience. This user experience can dramatically simplify processes such as user access requests and access certifications, resulting in improved productivity and user satisfaction. In addition, the CA Identity Suite performs risk analysis and certification and enables remediation actions in real-time during the access provisioning steps, thereby improving audit performance and risk posture with preventive policy enforcement.

While providing these business and governance-centric capabilities for business users, the CA Identity Suite also delivers core enterprise-grade identity management and governance capabilities, including broad provisioning support for on-premise and cloud apps, extensibility and flexibility to integrate with other IT systems and consumer-grade scale. This means organizations are not forced to choose between usability and performance. With the CA Identity Suite, they can have both.

Broadcom

ForgeRock offers robust integration, customization, and identity management with support for SAML, OAuth 2.0, and DevOps readiness, ensuring enhanced security and scalability.

ForgeRock stands out in identity and access management featuring flexible authentication flows, risk-based authentication, centralized policy management, and comprehensive data protection. Its open-source foundation and cloud capabilities allow versatility and ease of use. While it provides excellent user path orchestration through the Journey feature, challenges exist in integration support and user-friendly customization. Improved documentation and streamlined interfaces are necessary to overcome deployment complexities. Additionally, the cost and support model may be burdensome for smaller organizations.

What are the key features?

Flexible Authentication Flows: Personalizes user login experiences.
Risk-Based Authentication: Adjusts security measures based on user behavior.
Identity Management: Manages digital identities efficiently.
Policy Configuration: Automates access control policies.
DevOps Readiness: Integrates seamlessly with DevOps workflows.

What benefits should users expect?

Enhanced Security: Protects data and user identities.
Scalability: Supports growing business needs.
Developer-Friendly: Simplifies deployment and management processes.
Centralized Management: Streamlines access control and policy enforcement.
Versatile Cloud Offerings: Facilitates deployment across cloud environments.

ForgeRock is widely utilized in industries like telecommunications, insurance, and open banking for secure user authentication and access management. It supports microservice authentications, customer identity management, single sign-on, and multi-factor authentication, integrating effectively with existing infrastructures to enhance security and user experience.

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Sample Customers

Acciona, Comcast

Geico, Thomson Reuters, Salesforce, McKesson, Trinet, SKY, BNP Paribas, Deloitte, Capgemini, North Western University

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