Entrust GetAccess vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

"The most valuable feature of Entrust GetAccess is its performance."

"All of our applications get a point, click, and you are in, while we increase security at the same time."

"The solution has features that allow you to easily distinguish between protected and unprotected resources."

"It has considerably reduced the amount of time that new users would take to join into the organization. Previously, it was a lengthy, manual process because it's a very secure environment, where they need to verify the user before they can actually grant him a user-ID and password. Integrating with the built-in custom application, and exposing CA Single Sign On to the internet, we were able to get the employees onboard. The time that we gained was: previously it would generally take from four to eight weeks for each employee, we brought it to one to two days."

"That seamless integration significantly improves user experience and efficiency."

"As our identity model continues to mature, probably the Federation is most valueable."

"Ease of use is very good, for administrating it. It's very well known."

"Symantec Siteminder Is both scalable and stable."

"It's agent-based. It's convenient to deploy and integrate."

"Entrust GetAccess is a very expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved."

"Some of the new protocols, like OAuth 2.0, could be improved."

"The initial setup of Symantec SiteMinder was a bit tricky. I would rate it a seven on a scale of one to ten, where ten indicates an easy setup."

"Better documentation. I went through some sessions on single sign-on for version 12.7."

"In future releases, I would like to see maybe more capabilities with some more modern authentication."

"The maintenance cost has increased significantly, and we are concerned about this."

"They need to make configurations easier, and not have the engineer having to guess what will happen when he changes a particular setting."

"If the reporting feature can be integrated into SSO itself that will be an icing on the cake."

"Siteminder needs to improve its user experience."

"We need to pay a yearly licensing fee for Entrust GetAccess, which is very expensive."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"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."

"I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."

"CA solutions are generally expensive but for the customer the ROI is big."

"The price is quite comparable to the other enterprise-level solutions in that market."

"The solution's pricing is competitive."

"Symantec Siteminder is expensive; they could definitely do better on the price."

"The licensing is fair for this solution."