Oracle Access Manager vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

Oracle and Broadcom are both solutions in the Access Management category. Oracle is ranked #12 with an average rating of 9.0, while Broadcom is ranked #11 with an average rating of 6.6. Oracle holds a 2.3% mindshare in AM, compared to Broadcom’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 76% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

Oracle Access Manager

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76% willing to recommend

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91% willing to recommend

Oracle Access Manager

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 11, 2024

Symantec Siteminder and Oracle Access Manager are leading access management solutions. Oracle Access Manager generally has the upper hand in features and deployment efficiency, while Symantec Siteminder is appreciated for its pricing and customer service.

Features: User reviews highlight the robust security, policy management, and cost-effectiveness of Symantec Siteminder. Oracle Access Manager is praised for its comprehensive integration capabilities, advanced authentication methods, and wider feature set.

Room for Improvement: Symantec Siteminder needs better documentation, a more intuitive configuration process, and enhanced scalability. Oracle Access Manager's complexity can be a barrier, and users suggest making the interface more user-friendly and improving performance under high loads.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Symantec Siteminder scores higher on deployment simplicity, with users finding the setup straightforward. Oracle Access Manager, while more complex to deploy, benefits from extensive customer support that mitigates deployment challenges.

Pricing and ROI: Symantec Siteminder is cost-effective with quick ROI and lower setup costs. Oracle Access Manager, despite higher initial expenses, offers better long-term value due to its advanced capabilities and integration options, justifying the higher cost with superior ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Access Manager

Ranking in Access Management

12th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Symantec Siteminder

Ranking in Access Management

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Single Sign-On (SSO) (12th), Web Access Management (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Access Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Access Manager is 2.3%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Siteminder is 3.7%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Access Management

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Upendar G

Senior Consultant at Wipro Limited

Efficiently manage applications with secure single sign-on and streamlined operations

Access Manager allows us to efficiently manage a broad spectrum of applications while ensuring secure, single-page application access. Its ability to consolidate applications on a single interface streamlines operations significantly. The product is highly secure and reliable, especially in managing user access across various platforms. Multi-factor authentication enhances security by requiring additional verification steps.

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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

"Overall, I rate Oracle Access Manager nine out of ten for its extensive capabilities."

"I rate Oracle Access Manager a nine out of ten."

"The most important functions of Oracle Access Manager are single sign-on and its integration capability with different applications."

"Excellent SSO solution for Oracle products."

"My company has used most features of Oracle Access Manager for various implementations, but the most helpful feature of the solution for the business and customers is single sign-on."

"From a technical perspective, the solution is very good we can operate and control the user by ourselves."

"The product was built to be scalable."

"The product allows customization via custom code."

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"As our identity model continues to mature, probably the Federation is most valueable."

"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."

"SAML is the best thing we're using right now because there is no need for creating an external account."

"Symantec Siteminder has simplified user access for our customers from user login to their web applications."

"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."

"The most valuable feature is the Federation part of Single Sign On, which is customizable and is easily integrated with any customer application or any third party application."

"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 is pretty easy to learn."

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Cons

"Sometimes if a session takes too long, you have to log in again."

"In other products, we can customize on the GUI end, whereas in Oracle, we need to take a backup of the JAR file and then customize it...and during this process, sometimes the WebLogic admin console will go down, which will impact the process."

"In the next release, they should focus more on use cases related to customer access management, customer identity, and access management."

"The technical support is not very good at all."

"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to the interface."

"The mobile access to the solution isn't ideal. They should work to improve its functionality."

"The solution's lifecycle management is troublesome. Also, another area of issue in the solution is the part involving documentation of certain features."

"The user interface is a bit complicated and could be made more lightweight. Simplifying the installation process, perhaps through a VDAR-based installation, would also be beneficial."

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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."

"They need to make configurations easier, and not have the engineer having to guess what will happen when he changes a particular setting."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"I would prefer to see their SAML integration be a more streamlined and easier interface."

"The Federation part of CA Single Sign On, it's a bit complex to implement because it involves the SSL certificates, exchange of certificates, and lot of technical details. The documentation misses some important parts of this, so that's the reason it took some time for us to go live."

"An area Siteminder could improve on is that there are a few limitations, in terms of new protocols for OpenID. If I want to have different scopes, the features are limited. They also do not have APIs exposed, which is a major drawback. API is a feature I would like to see included in the next release."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is affordable."

"On a scale where one is a high price, and ten is a low price, I rate the solution a one. Purchasing a license for the solution is very expensive now."

"I cannot comment on the exact pricing because Oracle has different licensing models for other clients, making it flexible."

"Can be expensive as a solution."

"The product is a little expensive."

"The price is really good and it is flexible because they have CPU licenses. The license is a one-time-only purchase."

"The price is quite comparable to the other enterprise-level solutions in that market."

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

"The licensing is fair for this solution."

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

"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."

"The solution's pricing is competitive."

"I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

35%

Insurance Company

13%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Access Manager?

The product supports customization.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Access Manager?

While Oracle Access Manager is considered expensive, it is competitive compared to products like Okta. Oracle Access Manager requires separate payments for each product, but it may not be suitable ...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Access Manager?

When integrating non-Oracle products with Oracle Access Manager, the process can be quite different and tricky compared to integrating Oracle applications. I suggest Oracle make the integration pro...

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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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Comparisons

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Compared 51% of the time

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Compared 21% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 31% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Also Known As

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SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder

Overview

Oracle Access Manager delivers risk-aware end-to-end user authentication, single sign-on, and authorization protection, enabling enterprises to secure access from mobile devices and seamlessly integrate social identities with applications.

Oracle

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.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

SekerBank, University of Melbourne

British Telecom, CoreBlox, DBS, HMS, Itera ASA and Simeo

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