Microsoft Entra ID vs Saviynt Identity Cloud comparison

The compared Microsoft and Saviynt solutions aren't in the same category. Microsoft is ranked #1 in SSO , with an average rating of 8.6, and holds a 9.8% mindshare in the category. Saviynt is ranked #4 in IGA , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 17.7% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Saviynt users who would recommend it.

Microsoft Entra ID

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95% willing to recommend

Saviynt Identity Cloud

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80% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

Microsoft Entra ID and Saviynt compete in the identity and access management category. Microsoft Entra ID may have the advantage due to its seamless integration within the Microsoft ecosystem, while Saviynt is favored for its strong identity governance capabilities.

Features: Microsoft Entra ID offers seamless integration for single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and conditional access. It supports hybrid environments, enabling connection between on-premises and cloud resources. Saviynt excels in identity governance with role-based management and compliance certification. It integrates well with third-party applications and offers robust identity audits.

Room for Improvement: Microsoft Entra ID can enhance its documentation and provide more granular role-based access controls. Improvements in cross-tenant interactions and better visualization tools are also needed. Saviynt could improve customer service responsiveness and simplify workflow customization to make management more intuitive.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Entra ID is known for its ease of deployment, especially in Microsoft-centric environments, but customer support experiences vary. Saviynt offers straightforward deployment in cloud environments, although managing it can be complex due to a steeper learning curve, with customer service having room for growth.

Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Entra ID is competitively priced, particularly when bundled with Microsoft 365, offering a good ROI by reducing on-premises infrastructure maintenance. Saviynt, although more costly, is seen as a worthwhile investment for organizations prioritizing identity management and compliance, offering extensive governance capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Entra ID

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

276

Ranking in other categories

Single Sign-On (SSO) (1st), Authentication Systems (1st), Identity Management (IM) (2nd), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (1st), Access Management (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (2nd)

Saviynt Identity Cloud

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Privileged Access Management (PAM) (10th), Identity and Access Management (3rd), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (7th), Identity Security and Posture Management (ISPM) (1st), Identity Governance Administration (IGA) (4th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Identity and Access Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Microsoft Entra ID is designed for Single Sign-On (SSO) and holds a mindshare of 9.8%, down 26.9% compared to last year.
Saviynt Identity Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on Identity Governance Administration (IGA), holds 17.7% mindshare, down 20.9% since last year.

Single Sign-On (SSO) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Entra ID	9.8%
Okta Platform	10.4%
Auth0 Platform	6.1%
Other	73.69999999999999%

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Identity Governance Administration (IGA) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Saviynt Identity Cloud	17.7%
SailPoint Identity Security Cloud	29.6%
Omada Identity	12.1%
Other	40.6%

Identity Governance Administration (IGA)

Featured Reviews

Stafin Jacob

Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance Practice Lead at Invoke

Identity has become our central gatekeeper and has provided secure single sign-on for all users

Microsoft Entra ID can improve by focusing more on new passwordless methods and becoming a primary adopter. One feature we would like to see is the ability to have security questions for password resets. I know the current capability is phasing out, so we do not have an alternative method yet. Customers who already use security questions require a smoother transition for that capability to be available. My experience with the deployment has had some challenges, particularly around the Microsoft MFA campaigns. The hardest part is moving users from a different MFA provider to the Microsoft MFA provider, as it ultimately depends on user activity. In large enterprises with numerous users across various geographies, this transition takes time. If there are ways to exert more control around that process, it would improve the situation.

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reviewer2774067

Software Engineer at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees

Has reduced manual work and shortened project timelines through faster deployment and intuitive workflows

One of the challenges regarding Saviynt is the lack of material available on the web, as searching on Google or YouTube often yields little information. Advertising Saviynt is necessary because I was not aware of it a couple of months ago, and it is a very helpful product for many organizations. In India, IGA solutions are not widely recognized, and Saviynt can utilize this point by promoting itself in the cybersecurity field. A significant challenge is the lack of people discussing Saviynt in the open market, as the forums provide slower responses compared to platforms like Reddit. Advancements related to AI would be very helpful. Saviynt should provide pricing for their university certifications, which is currently not publicly available. Information about enrolling requires an ID that is not easily obtained, as it can only be acquired through an organization. Some small wishlist features are related to APIs. As I work on projects, I find certain features to be much needed, but at a glance, they may not seem necessary. As I continue working with Saviynt, these small API-related features become apparent and would greatly enhance the experience.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Being able to use Azure AD means that you can use some of the Azure AD security features like Advanced Password Protection. As well as querying your normal password requirements like lengths and complexity, Azure AD has a feature in which you can put specific words. It can be words to do with your company, words to do with your company location, or words that a lot of your employees would otherwise use. You can disallow them. It's very good at making more obvious passwords, ones they're not allowed to use anymore. That's a good feature."

"I really love the Conditional Access feature of Microsoft Entra ID because it provides the security controls that we have sorely needed."

"The best feature is the single sign-on provision for the various type of users."

"The solution has some great features, such as identity governance, and user self-service. The Outlook application is very good and is used by a lot of people even if they are using Google services."

"The features of Microsoft Entra ID have benefited my organization because we're just more secure; we have less identity theft and no identity compromises since we have MFA now, whereas before, we didn't have MFA."

"Active Directory itself is the best feature it has. It also gives us a single pane of glass for managing user access."

"Entra's conditional access policies allow us to fine-tune how we allow people into the environments and secure them."

"It is very simple. The Active Directory functions are very easy for us. Its integration with anything is very easy. We can easily do third-party multifactor authentication."

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"Saviynt has better integration with enterprise systems like SAP, Microsoft, Adobe, and AWS."

"Considering the initial cost and the basic features, this is a good solution that provides integration with both on-premise and cloud applications."

"The most valuable features of Saviynt are database utility and report generation. These two features have a major impact, particularly when you are trying to create a report because, in other systems, you need to use a third-party utility such as a BI tool or any other reporting tool to fetch the data and send out the report to a third party team. In Saviynt, it's a system within a system, so you don't have to use any third-party tool because you can directly do your query and write that code on Saviynt and then send that report to the team."

"It's a highly functional system and a very well rounded solution."

"The first valuable feature is the approach to solving the identity problem, where access risk is the focus of solving any problem, and the second is their deeper integration with enterprise systems like SAP, Microsoft, Adobe, and AWS, which gives Saviynt an edge."

"The dedicated Freshdesk platform is a user community and a step in the right direction for offering learning resources."

"It's a highly functional system and a very well rounded solution. The onboarding of applications is solid. Their user access reviews are very good. Their role-based model and their identity life cycle stuff are solid. It's a very well rounded, strong product."

"Saviynt has positively impacted my organization by significantly reducing the time for a project where we previously used a spreadsheet for manual work to keep the data."

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Cons

"Reading documentation could be simplified. Technical support could also be faster."

"The Azure AD Application Proxy, which helps you publish applications in a secure way, has room for improvement. We are moving from another solution into the Application Proxy and it's quite detailed. Depending on the role you're signing in as, you can end up at different websites, which wasn't an issue with our old solution."

"The automation aspects of Entra ID could be improved, particularly when automating through different providers and SDKs. It's somewhat clunky to automate ID management, but it's great once it's set up. I would also like to see better Terraform support."

"The thing that is a bit annoying is the inability to nest groups."

"The areas where Microsoft Entra ID could improve include the fact that it is a de facto standard but not a real standard, leading to strong vendor lock-in, which sometimes makes us avoid Microsoft Entra ID for certain purposes."

"Its area of improvement is more about the synchronization of accounts and the intervals for that. Sometimes, there are customers with other network challenges, and it takes a while for synchronization to happen to the cloud."

"I want to see new functionalities for the active directory."

"The quality of support has declined in recent years."

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"We sometimes have performance issues when the solution fails to process the data between two different applications."

"The customer support and implementation services need to be improved."

"The product can improve the customer support offered to users since it is an area with shortcomings."

"The solution does not work very well as the number of users increases."

"It should support more customizations. In SailPoint, we can do many customizations, but we are not able to do that in Saviynt. For workflows and other things, we can only use what is already in place. Saviynt has a lot of scope for improvement on the customization part."

"We sometimes experience performance issues when the solution fails to process the data between two different applications."

"It should support more customizations. In SailPoint, we can do many customizations, but we are not able to do that in Saviynt."

"The UI doesn’t enhance the user experience."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I'm not totally aware of the pricing and licensing, but I do know that the pricing and licensing must be quite balanced. We are a pretty old client of Microsoft, and MSA is just one of the services we use from Microsoft. There's a whole Microsoft 365 suite that's implemented as well. I'm sure it is something that is acceptable to both parties."

"We make sure that we only enable the licenses that are needed for the users, rather than enabling licenses in a blanket fashion."

"Its price is per user. It is also based on the type of user that you're synchronizing up there."

"We have various levels of their licensing, which includes users on different levels of their enterprise offering."

"The product is relatively affordable, especially compared to Okta, a pricey solution."

"Microsoft Entra ID's pricing is reasonable."

"The solution costs us 60,000 Rupees annually, just over $700, and there are no additional costs."

"The price of the solution's license is good."

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"The product is less expensive than one of the competitors."

"The price of the license for this product is quite expensive."

"If you are investing in securing your data and avoiding any non-compliance issues, then yes, it is certainly recommended. To put it plainly, if you're willing to pay fines and aren't concerned about the misuse of data, then there might not be a problem. However, if you intend to safeguard the data of your employees, vendors, and customers, it becomes crucial. In this context, managing data security requires preventive and detective measures, such as enforcing segregation of duties and regularly reviewing permissions. Throughout an individual's life cycle within an organization or customer life cycle, various access permissions are granted. Without taking action on these permissions, there is a risk of exposure later on. If individuals retain access after leaving the organization, it poses a serious security threat. Implementing solutions like Saviynt can address these challenges, ensuring continuous access review, generating reports, alerts, and identifying potential risks."

"The solution has a pay-as-you-go licensing model, and you can subscribe monthly or yearly."

"The pricing is comparable to Azure Entra ID. Kind of the same"

"Saviynt's pricing is acceptable and licensing costs are yearly."

"Saviynt's pricing is reasonable."

"We are not into the licensing part. The clients take care of the licensing part."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	90
Midsize Enterprise	41
Large Enterprise	161

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	15

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Active Directory?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that going through and being able to use these things is always part of delivering an M365 bundle, so I don't think the experience is great ...

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What needs improvement with Azure Active Directory?

Microsoft Entra ID can be improved by open-sourcing it. You already have Windows Subsystem for Linux, which is open-source Linux in Microsoft. One major shift for Microsoft would be using the commo...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Saviynt?

Saviynt is very affordable compared to its competitors. It is cloud-based, making it significantly cheaper than on-premises solutions. This cost-effectiveness aligns well with the Saudi market, whe...

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What is your primary use case for Saviynt?

My main use case for Saviynt is deploying IGA solutions to our customers. For deploying IT solutions to our customers using Saviynt, one of our recent projects was to develop an IGA solution for a ...

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Also Known As

Azure AD, Azure Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Authenticator

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Overview

Microsoft Entra ID is an advanced identity and access management service offering seamless single sign-on, multifactor authentication, and centralized user access across applications, enhancing security and efficiency for organizations transitioning to cloud-based environments.

Recognized for its centralized management, Microsoft Entra ID significantly boosts organizational security by integrating features such as conditional access and identity protection. It supports a wide array of applications, facilitating a secure transition from on-premises to scalable cloud environments. By adopting robust security measures and flexible identity management, organizations can streamline operations and ensure consistent user experiences. However, challenges like confusing licensing costs, outdated documentation, and limited integration with non-Microsoft applications persist. Enhancements in technical support, interface design, and more granular permissions are needed to address these issues effectively.

What are the key features of Microsoft Entra ID?

Seamless Single Sign-On: Allows users to access multiple applications with one set of credentials.
Multifactor Authentication: Adds an extra layer of security by requiring multiple forms of verification.
Conditional Access: Provides adaptive policies to ensure the right access under the right conditions.
Identity Protection: Detects and responds to potential vulnerabilities and threats.
Privileged Identity Management: Controls and monitors access to critical resources.

What benefits should users expect when evaluating Microsoft Entra ID?

Enhanced Security: Protects against unauthorized access and data breaches.
Operational Efficiency: Centralizes identity management to reduce administrative tasks.
Scalability: Supports growth by accommodating evolving IT environments.
Cost Management: Facilitates cost control through centralized systems and automated processes.

In healthcare, Microsoft Entra ID facilitates secure patient record access and compliance with industry regulations. Financial institutions rely on it for robust security measures in safeguarding client data. In the education sector, it streamlines access to online resources for students and faculty. Global enterprises benefit from its ability to manage complex identity frameworks across multiple regions, ensuring reliable security amidst increasing cyber threats.

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Saviynt Identity Cloud provides effective identity management with seamless enterprise integration, simplifying self-service requests, workflows, and access management tasks.

Saviynt Identity Cloud is renowned for its robust identity governance and lifecycle management capabilities, facilitating user authentication, access provisioning, and certification. Its intuitive design supports integration within enterprise workflows, aiding reporting, attestation, and auditing processes. This cloud platform enhances risk management through an analytics-driven approach, offering flexibility and scalability to serve industries such as finance and healthcare. Despite its strengths, it requires enhancements in interface customization, training resources, and better-performing high-volume tasks.

What key features does Saviynt Identity Cloud offer?

Identity Management: Centralized control over identities and access privileges.
Seamless Integration: Compatible with enterprise systems, ensuring smooth deployment.
Role-Based Models: Simplifies assignment and management of user roles.
Risk Management: AI-driven analytics to enhance security measures.
Customization: Supports diverse business needs through flexible configuration.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Cost-Effectiveness: Optimizes investment with flexible pricing plans.
Scalability: Accommodates growing business demands without additional complexity.
Efficiency: Streamlines processes for user onboarding and offboarding.
Comprehensive Reporting: Detailed insights for improved decision-making.

Industries such as government, finance, and education implement Saviynt Identity Cloud for identity management across enterprise applications. Its flexibility allows handling external identities and managing workflows, particularly for sectors needing robust security and compliance. Larger enterprises benefit from its ability to integrate well into existing systems, ensuring seamless onboarding and offboarding processes.

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Sample Customers

Microsoft Entre ID is trusted by companies of all sizes and industries including Walmart, Zscaler, Uniper, Amtrak, monday.com, and more.

Shell, McKesson, Kimberly-Clark, Ingram Micro, Intermountain Health Care, Forterra, CoreLogic

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