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IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] vs OneLogin comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Access Manager [...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.8
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OneLogin
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (6th), User Provisioning Software (5th), Identity Management (IM) (6th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (5th), Access Management (6th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user711612 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Reverse proxy provides central control over authentication and authorization.
It is a single product that caters for all the business needs throughout the organization. It provides a seamless integration that in turn encourages most of the applications to use the SSO features Reverse proxy is the most valuable feature as it provides central control over authentication and…
Amit Rathod - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst - IDAM at Toll Holdings Limited
Unified sign-in has simplified access control and has supported end-to-end identity lifecycle
The authentication process is good, but sometimes the responsiveness to requests for enhancement is very slow. I sometimes face issues with platform stability, flexibility in configuration, and limited API availability. I experience downtimes two to three times per year. OneLogin's support team is sometimes very slow to respond. There is a feature limitation with mapping, as OneLogin does not provide one-to-all mapping. For client deployment, we need to create separate mappings for each request, and we cannot use the same mapping for multiple requests. Other areas that have room for improvement are related to API limitations. If a client requires more APIs, such as 5,000 or 6,000, OneLogin charges more. The API rate limits by default or the standard limit should provide more than 5,000. Additionally, OneLogin could provide more flexibility in configuration. These are the main limitations I have identified with OneLogin.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Provided more secure computing."
"It is a simple-to-deploy solution, with many features that are supported out-of-the-box without complicated setup."
"It has helped them to improve and control web and mobile application security."
"OAuth 2 is now the de facto standard for API protection and scoped authorized delegation. IBM TAM now supports OAuth 2 and can act as fully compliant OAuth 2 authorization server."
"SAML 2.0."
"This product is highly recommended to meet access management and web single sign-on requirements."
"Flexibility to connect with different environments and product stability are the best features."
"We have managed to automate the creation of all employees, and the company's clients and then assign the accounts/accesses according to business need."
"The most valuable thing about OneLogin is the user interface, it is very simple and very clear for users to understand, and not only technical persons can work with it, non-technical persons can also use it because the user interface is very simple and we did not have to write a lot of lines of code while making any configurations."
"This product has removed barriers for users to log into multiple services, so it provides a better user experience."
"The best features of OneLogin are probably the multi-region capabilities because for multinational companies that have offices around the world in different countries with different languages, OneLogin has native capabilities to help integrate all of that."
"OneLogin is a great password management solution that adds security to all our business applications and consolidates password management, saving time and costs."
"The solution's ability to save and manage of all my passwords is great."
"The single sign-on feature of OneLogin is the most valuable and useful for me, as it allows one-click access to all apps, eliminating password juggling and frustration while providing centralized access control."
"We have been able to save sixty-five to seventy percent of time, and we have also seen enhanced security overall."
"The best feature that OneLogin offers in my experience is how much time it saves everyone, not just IT but every single employee in the organization."
 

Cons

"You must be skilled to use Tivoli Access Manager."
"It was complex for us as we have multiple domains."
"An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for the newer appliance versions for hosting the virtual appliances on AWS will help."
"The self-service portal needs improvement."
"What I don’t particularly like is the flow duration."
"Installation and configuration. If you don’t know the requirements of the supporting components, it could be complicated to install and this has been improved in the later versions that are renamed to IBM Tivoli Security Access Manager."
"Older TAM versions are not compatible for connecting to a DB."
"This product is also available in the appliance offering which has not yet matured and has many issues."
"Customer support is very poor."
"The solution keeps going down for many hours, which impacts the entire company. You can't access any applications. OneLogin Desktop has a huge problem where it locks your computers and you need to reset the whole computer, which is pretty insane."
"OneLogin offers a Virtual LDAP feature that we utilize, although it differs slightly from traditional LDAP servers."
"I believe the audit trail could be improved, and more solution integrators need to be established."
"OneLogin should provide better documentation on configuring policies and roles and ensure that customer support is available 24/7 with experienced staff to improve the complexity of the deployment process."
"Performance is lacking sometimes and having a RESTful implementation instead of RPC would have been more desirable."
"However, if there were multiple documentations about the technical points and what each tab on the GUI is used for, it would be very helpful for others who want to learn, because I did not find a lot of resources about it on the internet."
"having a RESTful implementation instead of RPC would have been more desirable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The IBM prices are, as ever, extortionate, even with a business partnership, and high levels of discounts."
"The pricing for OneLogin seems to be okay. The pricing and licensing are affordable. If you'd consider OneLogin to be expensive, it's worth it."
"The pricing and licensing are reasonable. It is much cheaper than other products."
"The price of the licensing is fine."
"OneLogin's pricing, from the perspective of the education sector, seems quite reasonable for the value it delivers."
"We were happy with the price we got when we signed up, but I don't know what will happen when the time comes to renew because it is a different company now. We haven't seen any pricing models or had that discussion yet. My renewal is a year and a half away. It's worth what we're paying for it. There's no way we could provide the level of service for cheaper or try to do the same in-house."
"While I wish OneLogin's pricing was more affordable, their licensing model, which is based on per user, is acceptable."
"Surprisingly expensive given the price of on-premise solutions."
"It was cheap in the beginning, and then it became very expensive. We were initially charged $2 per user per month, which was fine, but by the second year, they increased it to $5 per user. That became very expensive for us because we had about 1,500 users. At $2 per user, it comes out to be $3,000 a month, which is $36,000 a year. If we move to $5 per user, it comes out to be $7,500 a month. That made its cost so high. That is why we removed the product because the cost was high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
18%
Marketing Services Firm
16%
Performing Arts
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
University
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business44
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise34
 

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Also Known As

Tivoli Access Manager, IBM Security Access Manager
OneLogin Workforce Identity
 

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