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Keeper Enterprise Password Manager vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Keeper Enterprise Password ...
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Password Managers (8th)
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 (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Keeper Enterprise Password Manager and Symantec Siteminder aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Keeper Enterprise Password Manager is designed for Enterprise Password Managers and holds a mindshare of 5.0%, up 3.8% compared to last year.
Symantec Siteminder, on the other hand, focuses on Single Sign-On (SSO), holds 2.6% mindshare, down 2.9% since last year.
Enterprise Password Managers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Keeper Enterprise Password Manager5.0%
Azure Key Vault17.8%
AWS Secrets Manager16.5%
Other60.7%
Enterprise Password Managers
Single Sign-On (SSO) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Symantec Siteminder2.6%
Microsoft Entra ID11.3%
Okta Platform9.7%
Other76.4%
Single Sign-On (SSO)
 

Featured Reviews

AR
Technical Lead
Password manager has strengthened daily device security and has simplified secure sharing
While Keeper Enterprise Password Manager has a good interface for password management, I believe they can make the feature for Privileged Access Management a bit more user-friendly, as right now it is somewhat complicated to get a privileged access manager running in both development and production environments. Regarding improvements needed for the deployment of Keeper Enterprise Password Manager, I would like to see a simple way to install requirements on servers so they can easily be accessed through it and use Privileged Access Management. Right now the installation is somewhat complex as there is scripting to be done. It would be great for that setup to be more simple for operators.
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

"We can access our sign-ins and passwords on up to five devices per user. This means I can access a given site and my login and password for that site from my home and office computers as well as my phone and iPad."
"Time savings is enormous because all of our passwords are with us wherever we are."
"I can access my passwords from any Internet connected device."
"It is very easy to use, intuitive, and cost effective."
"Chrome extension and app."
"Enables IT department to force very complex passwords for certain users."
"The generator of complex passwords keeps me safe from being hacked."
"The chat support is quick. I have never encountered any problems. On the contrary, they have been very helpful and kind."
"Segregation duties is another great benefit. It has allowed us to automate the process of creating user accounts really well."
"Technical support has gotten a lot better."
"All of our applications get a point, click, and you are in, while we increase security at the same time."
"It allows us to get, again, both externally hosted and internally hosted web applications up and running using centralized credentials in short order."
"It provides us with authentications, authorizations, and basically providing the client with better secure services."
"Federation is valuable, for sure, because we have a lot of third-party vendors that we need to integrate with, and this is a turnkey solution in some ways."
"If you need the ability for just logging without buying an application and want good security, it’s an awesome solution."
"SiteMinder is an industry leading solution as everyone is using it."
 

Cons

"Export functionality."
"Maybe a sort of category organizer to help with organizing passwords for different things, such as banking, medical, shopping, and school."
"I would add a category for personal documents or photos of ID cards."
"The user experience and the mobile app could be improved."
"Possible offline access to passwords. Therefore, when internet access is unavailable, I can still access my vault."
"The technical support for this solution could be faster support and improved if they had a better understanding of my questions."
"Possible offline access to passwords. Therefore, when internet access is unavailable, I can still access my vault."
"It would be nice to see this great tool integrate with other tools out there."
"I would prefer to see their SAML integration be a more streamlined and easier interface."
"I think that one drawback to this product is that it's too big."
"The tech support has not been very good for us so we don't use them anymore. We have had some issues. Nobody is perfect."
"It's difficult to configure, and has a very old and challenging user interface."
"I think they need to integrate some of the newer types of authentication into the product. I'm not seeing the innovation when it comes to biometrics in the product."
"I've seen a lot of analytics capability being built in for a number of products. Obviously, I want to be able to use analytics on CA SSO as well."
"I'd like to see a rework of the user directory configuration."
"CA SSO does have stability issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We chose their optional annual subscription; I believe we paid monthly — I thought it was a good deal."
"It's definitely worth it and affordable. Their sales team can definitely help scale your needs on licensing and provide pricing options."
"The more users, the better the price. Always opt for the live support."
"Free works unless the paid is absolutely necessary."
"The pricing is available on the vendor's website."
"Its cost is relative to the value of the information stored in Keeper."
"ROI is hard to know, but it has to be several times the expense of the product."
"Just buy the yearly subscription."
"Symantec Siteminder is expensive; they could definitely do better on the price."
"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."
"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."
"I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."
"The solution's pricing is competitive."
"The licensing is fair for this solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Insurance Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise69
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Keeper?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been good. I am not particularly involved with that aspect, and the details were discussed during onboarding and managed by our accounts team.
What needs improvement with Keeper?
I think Keeper Enterprise Password Manager can be improved by ensuring that you do not have to sign in every day to the vault. It would be better if there was an option for an easy way to share the...
What is your primary use case for Keeper?
My main use case for Keeper Enterprise Password Manager is onboarding users and using it myself. A specific example of how I and my users typically use Keeper Enterprise Password Manager in our day...
What do you like most about Symantec Siteminder?
It's agent-based. It's convenient to deploy and integrate.
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 ...
 

Also Known As

Keeper Security
SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder
 

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Sample Customers

At&t, Wells Fargo, Disney, GM, Chase, Honeywell, Samsung, Dow
British Telecom, CoreBlox, DBS, HMS, Itera ASA and Simeo
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