Oracle Access Manager vs WSO2 Identity Server comparison

The compared Oracle and WSO2 solutions aren't in the same category. Oracle is ranked #8 in AM , with an average rating of 9.3, and holds a 2.0% mindshare in the category. WSO2 is ranked #11 in CIaA , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 3.1% mindshare. Additionally, 76% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of WSO2 users who would recommend it.

Oracle Access Manager

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76% willing to recommend

WSO2 Identity Server

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Oracle Access Manager and WSO2 Identity Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Access Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Oracle Access Manager vs. WSO2 Identity Server

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Access Manager

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Access Management (8th)

WSO2 Identity Server

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (11th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Identity and Access Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Oracle Access Manager is designed for Access Management and holds a mindshare of 2.0%, up 2.0% compared to last year.
WSO2 Identity Server, on the other hand, focuses on Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM), holds 3.1% mindshare, up 2.7% since last year.

Access Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle Access Manager	2.0%
Microsoft Entra ID	15.8%
Okta Platform	10.2%
Other	72.0%

Access Management

Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
WSO2 Identity Server	3.1%
Okta Platform	14.8%
Auth0 Platform	14.6%
Other	67.5%

Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)

Featured Reviews

SurajShah

Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Offers strong support and consistent updates improve security features

It is a heavyweight application. The product deployment and installation takes time, and the environment details are complex. ForgeRock is very quick to deploy on Tomcat, but Oracle Access Manager must be deployed on WebLogic, a heavyweight server. You cannot deploy Oracle Access Manager on Tomcat. If an organization has sufficient budget to spend on servers, then it is useful. For organizations that do not want to spend too much money on Oracle Access Manager, maintenance and upgrades take time, whereas with ForgeRock, that is the opposite as fewer resources are required. Being a heavyweight application, it will take more time for deployment and installation compared to ForgeRock or Okta. Okta is cloud-based, so it does not take much time. ForgeRock on-premise only needs deployment on a Tomcat server, making it less complex as it is a lightweight application.

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Ritesh_Shah

Senior Solution Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Utilizing key management and seamless single sign-on integration for enhanced user profile management

WSO2 Identity Server's key management feature stands out as a particularly impactful feature for enhancing security. Additionally, from a user perspective, the self-user portal and user profile management capabilities are highly valuable. It allows users to manage their profiles, change passwords, and offers a self-care portal type of functionality. The single sign-on capability integrates seamlessly with various platforms, including Google, Facebook, LDAP, and Active Directory, which supports rapid product launches.

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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

"The solution is able to save time and resources for my clients."

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

"The product was built to be scalable."

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

"The product allows customization via custom code."

"I find the authentication module, authentication scheme, and security policy most useful in Oracle Access Manager."

"The scalability of the solution is good. We haven't felt we've been restricted from expanding as necessary and we haven't heard of any issues from our clients."

"In general, the customization that is offered is very good. The company that I am working with currently is using this feature quite extensively."

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"We use the solution for customer identity management, authenticating customers coming in through a web portal."

"I am completely satisfied with WSO2 Identity Server and would definitely recommend it to other companies."

"It's very easy to implement everything."

"Comprehensive ecosystem."

"I would rate the solution's stability eight or nine out of ten."

"The product's initial setup phase is easy."

"Some of the valuable features of the solution are the easy integration with processes, such as Single Sign-On. Overall WSO2 is straightforward and does not need customization."

"The keystore feature has been most valuable for us."

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Cons

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

"May not integrate easily with non-Oracle products."

"Installation and deployment take time, but implementation is straightforward and easy, and they have very good support."

"The pricing of the solution is in need of improvement. Oracle products are very expensive."

"There are problems with stability."

"Although Oracle Access Manager is generally stable, we experienced issues with multi-domain configurations and web agent settings."

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

"The product is complicated and difficult to install and configure."

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"The solution could improve its development from a user perspective."

"This solution requires extensive knowledge to be used effectively as certain areas of its use are not user friendly."

"This solution does not have BPM workflows already integrated, we had to integrate the BPM module externally. They do not provide full-featured auditing and certification modules out of the box."

"The high availability architecture has to be improved."

"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"There needs to be a good support model and easy-to-understand documentation."

"The solution's licensing model could be more flexible, and pricing could be improved."

"I found the initial setup to be very complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is a little expensive."

"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."

"The tool is affordable."

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

"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."

"WSO2 Identity Server is not an expensive solution."

"I have found the solutions license is priced competitively compared to others."

"At this time we are working with the open-source version."

"They should bring in some good pricing models to host the marketplace."

"I rate the product price an eight out of ten. There is a need to pay more for the extra features provided by the solution."

"We have to take their support, but that is a minimal charge if I'm comparing it to other identity managers."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Government

12%

Manufacturing Company

Marketing Services Firm

Financial Services Firm

10%

Transportation Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Media Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	5

Questions from the Community

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

I am currently not exposed to the pricing issue, but I think Oracle Access Manager is more expensive than other products. I have not dealt with the setup cost concern as we have a team responsible ...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Access Manager?

For scalability, Oracle Access Manager demonstrates a high level due to high availability and scalability with redundant nodes to load balance across multiple nodes for Oracle Access Manager and Or...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Access Manager?

My main use cases for Oracle Access Manager involve using it as an authentication server integrated with Oracle Internet Directory as LDAP, which contains the user store for authentication. We have...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WSO2 Identity Server?

The pricing is currently the same as the API Manager, so it's not surprising. Since we used it primarily for SSO and the self portal, there were no additional pricing concerns.

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What needs improvement with WSO2 Identity Server?

Currently, all required features are supported. If new use cases for artificial intelligence arise, it could be beneficial to incorporate those. However, for our current projects, WSO2 Identity Ser...

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What is your primary use case for WSO2 Identity Server?

We deployed WSO2 Identity Server to fulfill our single sign-on (SSO) requirements. Whenever we implement the API Manager, instead of using the API Manager's inbuilt key manager, we use WSO2 Identit...

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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

WSO2 Identity Server can be used to simplify identity and access management (IAM) related activities in the enterprise. The product is based on open standards and open source principles. WSO2 Identity Server comes with seamless, easy to use integration capabilities that help connect applications, user stores, directories and identity management systems.

WSO2

Sample Customers

SekerBank, University of Melbourne

Nutanix, ELM, AlmavivA, BDigital, StubHub, M-creations, MedVision360

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