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OneLogin by One Identity vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 20, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

OneLogin by One Identity
Ranking in Single Sign-On (SSO)
3rd
Ranking in Access Management
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
108
Ranking in other categories
User Provisioning Software (4th), Identity Management (IM) (4th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (3rd)
Symantec Siteminder
Ranking in Single Sign-On (SSO)
14th
Ranking in Access Management
16th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
Web Access Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Single Sign-On (SSO) category, the mindshare of OneLogin by One Identity is 4.4%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Siteminder is 3.4%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Single Sign-On (SSO) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OneLogin by One Identity4.4%
Symantec Siteminder3.4%
Other92.2%
Single Sign-On (SSO)
 

Featured Reviews

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.
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

"OneLogin is user-friendly, and any administrator can handle it easily."
"From a user perspective, with the right amount of training and documentation, OneLogin by One Identity provides a very seamless end-user experience for signing in and authenticating to needed applications."
"One of the biggest positive impacts of OneLogin by One Identity has been the reduction of administrative workload while improving security through automated provisioning for new employees and removing access during offboarding."
"OneLogin has positively impacted my organization by centralizing identity management and enforcing strong authentication policies such as MFA."
"OneLogin is incredible and easy to use and provides robust security features that simplify our login processes."
"OneLogin has impacted our organization by making work efficient for people by granting them easy access and logins."
"OneLogin has positively impacted my organization by improving both security and user convenience."
"OneLogin has strengthened my security posture, streamlined user onboarding and offboarding, and provided a seamless experience for employees accessing multiple applications."
"We're able to have one single centralized way of logging in when you have shared sessions across all applications."
"Ease of use is very good, for administrating it. It's very well known."
"Obviously, the most valuable feature is the flexibility of the solution, it being able to be integrated with a number of applications and solutions, and also the configurability of the solution."
"I liked the debugging part. There are only two files (trace file and log file) that you need to look into while performing debugging, and the logs give you the exact info on where and what needs to be fixed."
"The most valuable feature is that it meets the requirements of the customer. You have a lot of features in the product. Every product has them, but the question is, are these products going to meet the requirement of the customer?"
"It provides us with authentications, authorizations, and basically providing the client with better secure services."
"A valuable feature of Siteminder is the way it handles bulk traffic. The features it has, in terms of routing the traffic and load balancing, are good."
"It provides end users with SSO to our applications – they log in once and they can access all of our applications."
 

Cons

"The learning curve of OneLogin is a bit tricky, requiring around two to three days of training to use it."
"Customer support is very poor."
"Reliability can be an issue in data science and AI."
"OneLogin could be improved with more flexible reporting and analytic options, especially for detailed access monitoring and compliance tracking."
"The solution keeps going down for many hours, which impacts the entire company."
"The mobile app is not best and it could be improved."
"OneLogin by One Identity can be improved by addressing the responsiveness time for requests, which is a bit slow, as well as the limited API limitation."
"I think OneLogin is good, but it would be better if it could provide a mobile app that includes specific features, for example, to check logs or compliance."
"I would like to see a move towards the newer technologies, which is what we are doing right now. I think that's in the roadmap that's coming, in the 12.8 and 14 releases, but we would like to have it sooner than later."
"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."
"While I have some integration with a few major providers, support for more would be advantageous."
"The OpenID Connect piece, we would like to see the new technologies baked into the product, as opposed to going out and using a different product to accomplish the same thing."
"We're currently unable to find information about if the solution can do a full implementation with SQL. Some better and more accessible documentation for new users or those curious about the product would be helpful."
"Better documentation. I went through some sessions on single sign-on for version 12.7."
"I would like to see more usability; more customer usability."
"I'd like to see a rework of the user directory configuration."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"OneLogin's pricing, from the perspective of the education sector, seems quite reasonable for the value it delivers."
"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."
"While I wish OneLogin's pricing was more affordable, their licensing model, which is based on per user, is acceptable."
"The price of the licensing is fine."
"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."
"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."
"The licensing is fair for this solution."
"I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"Symantec Siteminder is expensive; they could definitely do better on the price."
"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."
"The solution's pricing is competitive."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
20%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business139
Midsize Enterprise41
Large Enterprise73
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise69
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with OneLogin by One Identity?
Overall, the experience with OneLogin by One Identity has been very good, but I feel there are some improvements that can be made, particularly regarding how the integrations happen and providing m...
What is your primary use case for OneLogin by One Identity?
OneLogin by One Identity is used to manage user identities and single sign-ons, as well as manage access to individual applications used in our organization. A specific example of how OneLogin by O...
What advice do you have for others considering OneLogin by One Identity?
Regarding OneLogin by One Identity's AI capabilities, I find its accuracy and reliability of output to be very good so far, but it definitely needs verification from a human. My advice for others l...
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 ...
What is your primary use case for Symantec Siteminder?
I deploy and support Symantec Siteminder ( /products/symantec-siteminder-reviews ). I have been a partner and reseller.
 

Also Known As

OneLogin Workforce Identity
SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

OneLogin has thousands of customers across multiple industries and from around the globe such as Uber, Airbnb, Noom, Petco, Sony, Lucky Brand, Tesco, Airbus, Japan Airlines, Aetna, Compass, Kaplan, Susan G. Komen, AAA and PennyMac.
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