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Entrust GetAccess [EOL] vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Entrust GetAccess [EOL]
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Symantec Siteminder
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (13th), Web Access Management (1st), Access Management (12th)
 

Featured Reviews

Tareq Elqadah - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Sales Manager at Cyber Knight Technologies FZ LLC
A scalable solution that can be used for hardware-based authentication
Entrust GetAccess is used for hardware-based authentication, mainly for users The most valuable feature of Entrust GetAccess is its performance. Entrust GetAccess is a very expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved. I have been using Entrust GetAccess for two years. Entrust…
Muzi Lubisi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior technical Consultant at CA Africa
Improved user experience with seamless integration and easy installation
The feature that I mostly valued is the ease of installation on different systems, especially on Windows. Additionally, it is very beneficial for deploying single sign-on sessions between different windows on a web browser, provided I am connected to the right identity provider. That seamless integration significantly improves user experience and efficiency.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Entrust GetAccess is its performance."
"It will definitely help any company achieve their single sign on goal."
"Ease of use is very good, for administrating it."
"It has the ability to authenticate and authorize users. It is the main feature for our security."
"It provides single sign on for our company’s intranet, so when you log in, you don't need to enter your name and a password, providing simple, secure access to company intranet sites."
"The Directory is secure. It's our user store, and it's important to keep our members safe. The product does well with that."
"We have three single sign-on products in our office and I believe that the CA product offers the best product of the three."
"The solution has features that allow you to easily distinguish between protected and unprotected resources."
"It restricts cookie replacement and provides enhanced ones, so the applications are safer, helping keep our data secure in a much better way without affecting user experience."
 

Cons

"Entrust GetAccess is a very expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved."
"The GUIs are not very clear, especially when integrating with other products from CA."
"To add more value to this solution it needs to be more user-friendly."
"One of the features that needs improvement is the capability of implementing single sign-on in cloud."
"An area Siteminder could improve on is that there are a few limitations, in terms of new protocols for OpenID."
"I would like to see a move towards the newer technologies, which is what we are doing right now."
"As we are moving in to the mobility space, this is where we really see SiteMinder and their other product really come together to provide a solution base to a different area where the IoT is coming, the different business communications are happening. All of those things require authentication and we really want to see this product grow into that role."
"To add more value to this solution it needs to be more user-friendly."
"The technical support could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We need to pay a yearly licensing fee for Entrust GetAccess, which is very expensive."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"CA solutions are generally expensive but for the customer the ROI is big."
"The solution's pricing is competitive."
"Symantec Siteminder is expensive; they could definitely do better on the price."
"I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."
"The price is quite comparable to the other enterprise-level solutions in that market."
"The licensing is fair for this solution."
"Siteminder is a little costly. You pay for licensing, and they offer packages, so if you have less users, then you have to buy different products at different prices. If you have more of a user base, then the package is different. They also include other features—for example, if you have a database and you're using Siteminder, then it's good to use a Semantic-specific database, but if you are using less, then you have to purchase the database separately. Whereas if you are going for a bigger license, then it comes within the package. It depends on which plan you are using."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
24%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Insurance Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

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Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise69
 

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What needs improvement with Symantec Siteminder?
Symantec Siteminder needs to have adaptive authentication and multi-factor authentication as integrated features. Currently, multi-factor authentication is available as a separate solution, and it ...
What is your primary use case for Symantec Siteminder?
I deploy and support Symantec Siteminder ( /products/symantec-siteminder-reviews ). I have been a partner and reseller.
 

Also Known As

GetAccess
SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder
 

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