Okta Platform vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

Okta and Broadcom are both solutions in the Single Sign-On (SSO) category. Okta is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.7, while Broadcom is ranked #13 with an average rating of 6.8. Okta holds a 9.1% mindshare in SSO, compared to Broadcom’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Okta users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2025

Symantec Siteminder and Okta Platform are competing products in the identity and access management industry. Okta Platform has the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set that makes it an attractive choice for many organizations.

Features: Symantec Siteminder offers strong policy-based access control, seamless integration capabilities, and supports diverse user environments. Okta Platform provides advanced multi-factor authentication, extensive integration options with various cloud applications, and superior feature flexibility highlighting its more modern and scalable approach.

Room for Improvement: Symantec Siteminder could improve its deployment process and reduce its complex architecture. It may also benefit from modernizing its support for newer applications and environments. Okta Platform could enhance its pricing transparency and continue to expand its integration capabilities. It could also provide more detailed documentation and resources for onboarding new users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Okta's streamlined deployment process and intuitive administration tools simplify the setup and management of the platform. In contrast, Symantec Siteminder's complex architecture can pose initial setup challenges. While Symantec provides strong customer support, Okta's responsive service and extensive resources offer a more user-friendly experience.

Pricing and ROI: Symantec Siteminder often presents a lower initial setup cost, making it attractive for organizations with budget constraints. However, Okta's higher price point is justified by its richer feature set and minimal maintenance requirements, providing a stronger ROI over time. Okta's investment in ongoing updates and integrations further enhances its value proposition compared to Symantec.

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Categories and Ranking

Okta Platform

Ranking in Single Sign-On (SSO)

2nd

Ranking in Access Management

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Authentication Systems (5th), Privileged Access Management (PAM) (5th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (2nd), ZTNA as a Service (3rd), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (1st), AI IT Support (2nd)

Symantec Siteminder

Ranking in Single Sign-On (SSO)

13th

Ranking in Access Management

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Web Access Management (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Single Sign-On (SSO) category, the mindshare of Okta Platform is 9.1%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Siteminder is 2.6%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Single Sign-On (SSO) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Okta Platform	9.1%
Symantec Siteminder	2.6%
Other	88.3%

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Featured Reviews

SumitMundik

Lead Admin Systems at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Authentication process improves security with quick and intuitive user interface

The best feature is the speed and execution of Okta Workforce Identity. The moment you click on single sign-on, you immediately get the notification on your mobile phone, then you do the authentication and within a second you get authenticated. The entire customer experience is very good. The user interface is pretty simple, straightforward, and really good. Multi-factor authentication in Okta Workforce Identity is very useful so people who do not have access or are trying to access using just a user ID and password will be completely blocked because of this two-factor authentication. You will get the code, and as your device is authorized in the system, only that device can be used for the authentication purpose. A third person trying to access or hack your data will not be able to do that anymore. Additionally, you don't have to remember your passwords going forward. Previously, every 60 days or 90 days, passwords kept changing. With the two-factor authentication or single sign-on option in Okta Workforce Identity, you don't have to remember it anymore or write down passwords in plain text. If something goes wrong, we have the IAM team which can unlock your account immediately if you have issues.

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Muzi Lubisi

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.

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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

"Okta Workforce Identity is easy to use and has a lot of components."

"Okta Workforce Identity is reliable, and its user experience and user interface are great."

"Other than Okta being an easy and awesome integration tool, one of the best features it has is the provisioning and deprovisioning, which makes management way easier. You don't need to be too technical to understand how it works."

"The main benefits Okta Customer Identity provides to users include single point of login for all applications and single authentication, which saves time and reduces frustration."

"This solution has a lot of capabilities and features."

"Workforce Identity's best features include its user-friendliness and easy setup."

"The feature that is most valuable to me is the automated user provisioning that we set up using Okta as a major part of that process."

"A solution that's easy to use, stable, and reliable."

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

"It is reliable."

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

"We almost never have outages nor see slowdowns."

"Siteminder allows us to manage identity and portability control efficiently."

"It has the ability to authenticate and authorize users. It is the main feature for our security."

"The feature that I mostly valued is the ease of installation on different systems, especially on Windows."

"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."

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Cons

"It would be great if there were a way to save even my social media passwords and other passwords through Okta Platform and single sign-on through Okta Platform in the future."

"The initial setup could be easier to do."

"If the organization is big, I can say Okta Platform is affordable; however, for small-scale industries, I would not recommend it, but for medium and enterprise organizations, it is good."

"Some limitations in scalability. Each application we work with can be completely different, resulting in highly variable implementation processes."

"In my country, there's a lot of stealing of mobile phones, and mobile phones are the authentication device through the Okta application. If someone should steal my mobile phone, which is very common in my country, he or she might have access to my company account. That's my concern."

"The solution’s policies are difficult to understand due to the policy methods. They use authentication. The solution’s workflow is also difficult and not very active. They need to have proper documentation on it. In the next release, I would like to see the workflows being more digestible."

"Its pricing needs improvement."

"Okta Customer Identity analytics and reporting tools do not help much to improve customer engagement strategies."

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"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."

"The initial setup was complex, painful. But that is to be expected of any new setup. When you're a big bank like us, any kind of migration to a new product is hard. I expect it to be painful, and it was painful. But it's not something that you can avoid."

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

"To add more value to this solution it needs to be more user-friendly."

"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."

"The support could be faster."

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

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It could be a bit too pricey for small companies. Okta Workforce Identity can add a lot of benefits, but smaller companies may not have a lot of applications that need to be managed by Okta Workforce Identity. In larger organizations, there are more departments, applications, and users to manage. Okta Workforce Identity adds a bit more value to those bigger organizations. In addition to standard licensing fees, there are also additional costs for things"

"License is around US$20,000 annually."

"The solution's pricing model could be better for SMBs."

"Pricing might be high, but it comes down when the number of people using the product goes up."

"The solution is not the cheapest but not the most expensive. They are in the middle rating."

"Price-wise, Okta Workforce Identity is a cheap solution. The overall cost depends on the license since you can negotiate with Okta or any of Okta's partners only if you opt for many licenses."

"Okta's pricing is right where it needs to be and right in the middle of the market."

"Though I don't know about the licensing model of the product, I wouldn't be surprised if Okta offers a per user license subscription model."

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

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

"The licensing is fair for this solution."

"The solution's pricing is competitive."

"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 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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

25%

Insurance Company

Marketing Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	40
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	44

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	69

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Okta Workforce Identity?

Okta has introduced the Universal Directory. It has custom attribute capability and user permissions to read/write on their profiles or hide them. Profile sources and identity profile sourcing are ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Okta Workforce Identity?

Pricing for Okta is reasonably not that much, however, I don't have access to the commercial aspect.

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What needs improvement with Okta Workforce Identity?

Currently, in Okta Workforce Identity we get the two-digit authentication code. Instead of getting the two-digit authentication code, if we had an option to do fingerprint verification, that would ...

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What do you like most about Symantec Siteminder?

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

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Siteminder?

My experience with pricing is that it is all good.

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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 ...

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Also Known As

Okta Customer Identity, Workforce Identity

SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder

Overview

Okta Platform provides comprehensive identity and access management, featuring Active Directory Sync, user management, and app auto-provisioning. It ensures security through single sign-on and adaptive multi-factor authentication.

Okta Platform offers advanced integration capabilities, allowing seamless connection with in-house and cloud applications. Security features are robust, incorporating multi-factor authentication and SSO to prevent unauthorized access. Users benefit from its ease of use and the ability to integrate and manage numerous applications effectively. While generally praised, users note areas for improvement, such as high costs and complex setups. Better integrations with on-premises systems and third-party tools are desired along with enhanced error logging and reporting features.

What are Okta's key features?

Active Directory Sync: Simplifies app management by synchronizing user directories.
Single Sign-On: Provides desktop SSO for easier access to multiple apps.
Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication: Offers robust security options for different scenarios.
Universal Directory: Supports flexible identity management and configuration.
Integration Capability: Enables connections with both in-house and SaaS applications.

What benefits do organizations find in Okta?

Enhanced Security: Multi-layered authentication to prevent unauthorized access.
Improved Efficiency: Streamlines user provisioning and app assignments.
Increased Compliance: Ensures secure access management aligning with IT policies.
Seamless Integration: Facilitates connections with various applications enhancing operational workflows.

Companies across industries implement Okta to secure user authentication and streamline onboarding processes. It supports access management for both on-premises and cloud applications, synchronizing directories and facilitating SaaS services. Organizations benefit from reduced credential management complexity and improved IT infrastructure compliance.

Okta

Symantec® SiteMinder is designed to secure the modern enterprise through a unified access management platform that applies the appropriate authentication mechanism to positively identify users; provides single sign-on and identity federation for seamless access to any application; enforces granular security policies to stop unauthorized access to sensitive resources; and monitors and manages the entire user session to prevent session hijacking. Finally, Symantec SiteMinder is battle-tested and has been deployed in the largest IT environments in the world.

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Sample Customers

FedEx, Zoom, Takeda, Lululemon Athletica, GrunHub, jetBlue, McKensson, Bain & Company, Engie, Peloton, Sonos, T-Mobile, Hewlett Packard, MGM Resorts, Ally Financial, Priceline, Albertsons, Itercom, Classy, FICO, Kensho, Live Nation, Drata, Rotary, and others.

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