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OpenText Identity Governance vs RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 29, 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

OpenText Identity Governance
Ranking in Identity Management (IM)
26th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
RSA Identity Governance and...
Ranking in Identity Management (IM)
20th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Identity Management (IM) category, the mindshare of OpenText Identity Governance is 1.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle is 1.1%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Identity Management (IM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle1.1%
OpenText Identity Governance1.4%
Other97.5%
Identity Management (IM)
 

Featured Reviews

GA
IDM Consultant at GCA Consultoria de Informática Ltda
Helps to run reports and verify user access but improvement is needed in integration
You can run reports and verify the access each user has. There is a process that runs automatically for access review. It sends an email to the manager and provides a task for the manager to review the users and access. The manager can approve or reject, and then it goes to the application owner for further review. This feature is especially important in large customer environments, as manual review can be challenging. The product allows you to check if a user has two accesses that should not be granted simultaneously. There's an approval process for this scenario. Primarily, it provides information for governance data.
Harshul Nayak - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Streamline identity lifecycle management with intuitive interfaces and robust policy features
The functions of RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle, especially the IGA, are quite strong with their custom forms and workflows integrated. The user interface is very friendly and easy to use, making it a good product overall. However, it still has to be on-premise and the cloud version is not easily accessible, as dedicated instances are required and machines cannot be shared as multi-tenant for various customers. The advanced policy features of RSA definitely help in defining certain policies such as segregation of duties. That's particularly useful along with creating different access reviews. Regarding access control in simplifying access management, RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle has strong foundations of groups and roles, which help in defining all policies very easily. This makes it very easy to integrate with other access management tools or privileged access management tools.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"NetIQ Identity Governance helps to prepare audits and to be audit ready every time."
"I really like the separation of the duties. It is the most ambitious model in the server because you have to create all the different rules, especially business rules. You have to check with the client and set different policies and rules, and then, you to have refine them. You will notice what is bad in the company and where the real problem is."
"All three functionalities, access certification, the configuration of duties, and role mining - especially role mining - are very advanced compared with the competition."
"It automated and completed the user's Life Cycle management (which was manual in many cases), while validation of user's access is being performed for any of his Access Requests."
"When doing a review you can either make manual or automatic fulfillment to immediately apply the manager's decision to the system, like removing or adding new permissions to the user account."
"This solution has been around for a long time. It has had lots of successful deployments and releases."
"I like the queries and find the catalog to be comparatively powerful."
"You can run reports and verify the access each user has. There is a process that runs automatically for access review. It sends an email to the manager and provides a task for the manager to review the users and access. The manager can approve or reject, and then it goes to the application owner for further review. This feature is especially important in large customer environments, as manual review can be challenging."
"The data collection is excellent and easy to do. It does not require a lot of configuration nor does it require rules to be written like other competitors do."
"Never - one thing I can say about RSA is that the boxes are stable and solid."
"RSA Identity Governance and lifecycles are good for the access certification and auditing sections."
"All of the features in this product are good and this is a product that I recommend."
"The user interface is very friendly and easy to use, making it a good product overall."
"Roles, connectors for provisioning and re-accreditation or reviews help greatly to govern user access."
"Customer service was always exceptional and if we needed to call the regular customer support number for administrative tasks on the account, they were always helpful and resolved our cases within a few days."
"It improved security."
 

Cons

"The product could use more advanced features related to Identity Intelligence."
"Some out-of-the-box connectors are still missing. We need more connectors to cloud applications like AWS."
"They haven't really evolved the product to the cloud, so they don't have a cloud solution."
"With NetIQ, you have to install two or more products. It would be better if we could install one product and have one server and one dashboard."
"NetIQ Identity Governance is not flexible. Sometimes, filtering information to provide users with options, such as selecting the application to which they want to request access, can be challenging. It needs to improve application integration as well."
"The installation process can be improved. The Workflow Designer interface can be improved as well."
"The solution should provide more connectors in future releases. The solution also should offer more monitoring."
"The initial setup has room for improvement."
"It could be a little more flexible with the installation of the product."
"It was expensive initially, but day to day costs are minimal."
"Technical support in Pakistan can be improved."
"The stability of RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle could improve; it has some bugs that need to be fixed."
"We were excited that the self-provision feature was now built into the box but disappointed at the implementation."
"If you use the appliance version then it won't handle a huge database volume."
"Every connector that you have in the product needs to be custom-built, so there are not a lot of standard connectors available in the product, because of which there are a lot of hidden consultancy costs."
"The user interface and workflow need improvement, and more connectors would help."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's expensive relative to the cloud solutions that are out there."
"In terms of pricing, the tool seems a bit cheaper compared to other SaaS solutions."
"I give the cost a nine out of ten."
"We are using the cloud platform, but we don't find it compatible to be served as a multi-tenant platform. This is a large drawback. It becomes expensive because it is then an all-dedicated solution. You have to have a separate tenant for each client, which increases the cost. The overall unit pricing can be less expensive than how it is right now."
"I rate the product's price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"Pricing varies based on user count/number of modules you need."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Educational Organization
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle?
There is room for improvement with RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle. As the size becomes larger, the collections and unifications of the IDs process become quite slow, which can be improved fu...
What is your primary use case for RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle?
We provide RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle as a service, mainly to oversee the digital identity lifecycle, from the initiation to the off-boarding at the end of that digital identity. Our cli...
What advice do you have for others considering RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle?
Overall, I would rate RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle at an eight out of ten.
 

Also Known As

NetIQ Access Governance Suite, Novell Access Governance Suite
SecurID
 

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Sample Customers

Western & Southern Financial Group
NTT Com Asia, Virgin Blue, Bank of Uganda, EMEA Telecommunications Company, LAit (Lazio Innovazione Tecnologica), NyNet, OTP Bank, Red Bull Racing, Rupert House School, Signify, UK Local Authority, Bancolombia, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (BPPR), TIVIT, Array Services, International Computerware, KPMG LLP, Moffitt Cancer Center
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