Oracle Identity Governance vs SAP Identity Management comparison

Oracle and SAP are both solutions in the Identity Management (IM) category. Oracle is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.3, while SAP is ranked #14 with an average rating of 9.5. Oracle holds a 2.5% mindshare in IAM, compared to SAP’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of SAP users who would recommend it.

Oracle Identity Governance

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

SAP Identity Management and Oracle Identity Governance offer competitive identity and access management solutions. While SAP is praised for pricing and support, Oracle is regarded as more feature-rich, justifying its price.

Features: SAP Identity Management provides role management, integration with SAP ecosystems, and centralized policy enforcement. Oracle Identity Governance offers advanced risk detection, predictive analytics, and compliance support, making its features more advanced and adaptable.

Room for Improvement: SAP Identity Management could enhance integration with non-SAP systems, improve scalability, and offer a wider range of automated features. Oracle Identity Governance might benefit from simplifying its setup process, reducing high initial costs, and minimizing bugs to improve system reliability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP Identity Management integrates easily within SAP environments but may encounter challenges with non-SAP systems. Its customer service is noted for efficient support. Oracle Identity Governance, although complex to set up, provides a flexible deployment model, with strong support and comprehensive documentation enhancing the user experience.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Identity Management generally incurs lower setup costs and offers a quicker ROI for businesses using SAP products. Oracle Identity Governance involves higher initial expenses, but its extensive features can deliver significant long-term benefits, making it a worthwhile investment for comprehensive identity management strategies.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Identity Governance

Ranking in User Provisioning Software

6th

Ranking in Identity Management (IM)

13th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Mobile Identity (1st), Identity Governance Administration (IGA) (5th)

SAP Identity Management

Ranking in User Provisioning Software

7th

Ranking in Identity Management (IM)

14th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Identity Management (IM) category, the mindshare of Oracle Identity Governance is 2.5%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Identity Management is 2.6%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Identity Management (IM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Oracle Identity Governance	2.5%
SAP Identity Management	2.6%
Other	94.9%

Identity Management (IM)

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Ziad Khawam

Company Manager at cloudbreak

Identity workflows have delivered strong governance but remain complex to install and customize

I would describe the installation of Oracle Identity Governance on-premises as quite complex. Very complex. To install the product, it took us maybe three or four days to get it up and running just to go through the installation procedures. I repeated the same exercise in 2017 because I also migrated from 11c to 12c. That was the migration in 2017 that I managed. The migration took a long time. It took two to three years to be able to literally migrate all the code that I had. So it was quite complex. To summarize it quickly, I would describe the product as complete, very powerful, and very capable. However, it is extremely complex because Oracle relies on their own framework to customize and develop and fine-tune the functionalities. It is not Java, it is not some public framework. It is Java-based more or less, but it has their own Oracle framework for development and that makes the product quite complex to harness.

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Fabiano Marques

Sales Executive at Minsait

Identity management enhances connectivity and productivity with streamlined access and robust security, offering time-saving processes and facilitating seamless integration with other BI tools

One area that could be improved with SAP Identity Management, other than support, is user engagement from an implementation perspective. It would be beneficial for SAP to extend their events and workshops that are currently performed for partners to their final customers, as many customers want to know what's new and what else they can do without solely depending on the partners. For SAP support in Brazil, everything is in English, which poses a difficulty for many customers. The support could be improved for the specific needs in Brazil, as many customers have difficulty accessing the support center due to the language barrier. This feedback is specific to Brazil, though it's unclear if SAP receives similar feedback from other countries. It could certainly be enhanced with Portuguese documents, among other improvements.

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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

"It has improved my organization tremendously."

"Stability and scalability are very good."

"I can say that RBAC, or role-based access control is the most reliable feature."

"Oracle Identity Governance is a very complete product."

"I am able to request any access rights I need."

"Short term, it was great but longer term, it became an issue."

"Password management is a valuable feature."

"The organizational benefit is increased efficiency and simplicity so that we can manage the identity lifecycle faster and better, and so we can govern the access from a central place and make it easier."

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"The most valuable feature is the user experience for managing information."

"The most valuable features of SAP Identity Management are business roles and automated user provisioning."

"With SAP IDM we have stopped manually managing all changes in user accounts after his/her transferring between organizational units."

"What I found most valuable in SAP Identity Management is process automation. The solution also gives transparency about what is happening and why which I find beneficial. Another feature I found valuable in SAP Identity Management is integration. It has very good integration."

"The most valuable feature is the user experience for managing information."

"What's most valuable in SAP Identity Management is that it's easily an out-of-the-box solution for connectivity with SAP applications. We do not have to do any customizations, and this makes the solution very compatible with most SAP applications. SAP Identity Management is also very user-friendly."

"The setup process is straightforward."

"I find it an excellent tool for data synchronization and cleansing."

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Cons

"I have yet to see its full functionality exercised in my organization."

"The solution should be easy to implement with components combined in one file and built-in features to integrate target applications without having to install additional connectors."

"Very complex due to the different sub-components."

"Oracle Identity Governance is complex and heavy from an implementation perspective."

"The product's initial setup phase is difficult compared to other tools."

"Pricing for Oracle Identity Governance could be improved. The setup process for the tool could also be faster."

"I did not give it 10 out of 10 because of the time it takes for new versions to mature before they are bug free. The product is excessively resource intensive (i.e., hardware requirements) especially in the later versions."

"The user-friendliness of Oracle Identity Governance can be improved compared to other products."

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"For SAP support in Brazil, everything is in English, which poses a difficulty for many customers."

"I find SAP Identity Management complicated to use. Maintaining it is also complex."

"Research and marketing need to be improved."

"I believe they could make a lot of improvements on SAP IDM. There is also a lack of startup connectors to different systems, and they could have better cloud integration connectors for SAP IDM."

"It needs to have the SSO for the HANA modules that SAP is releasing."

"SAP Identity Management can improve risk analysis and authority checks."

"The standard one is not friendly and very time-consuming for elementary operation."

"I have encountered issues with the host authentication feature."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I do not know specific pricing but the product is expensive when compared to other OIM products."

"Oracle licenses are expensive. I suggest making pricing and licensing decisions that align with architectural requirements and the project's budget."

"Price-wise, the tool is a little bit costly."

"The licensing is expensive."

"Oracle Identity Governance is an expensive solution."

"The price of the implementation of Oracle Identity Governance is more of a concern than the cost of the solution. The effort that you have to do to put the solution in place is higher than the license cost."

"I can't say much about the pricing for Oracle Identity Governance because it's different from one geography to another. In India, the license price costs less than in other geographies."

"Oracle Identity Governance is expensive."

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"I rate the solution's pricing a four out of ten."

"The licensing cost varies depending on the specific requirements and deployment size."

"When evaluating the price of any product, I first look at how it meets my business requirements and if it meets requirements adequately and predictively. Currently, I don't see this from SAP Identity Management, so pricing for it is expensive, in my opinion."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Marketing Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

14%

Energy/Utilities Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	46

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Identity Governance?

Whether Oracle Identity Governance is affordable or slightly expensive depends on the category. For a small-scale company or organization, I don't think it will be useful, but for a large-scale ent...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Identity Governance?

I see areas for improvement, as they need to introduce more connectors; they have around 20 plus connectors currently but can improve in that area. The only thing bothering me is the connectors, as...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Identity Governance?

The major use case for Oracle Identity Governance is user onboarding, the whole user lifecycle management, joiners, movers, leavers process, provisioning, the implementation of segregation of dutie...

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What do you like most about SAP Identity Management?

The tool's most valuable features are its access control and approval of access requests. The self-service password reset feature is efficient. Role management capabilities streamline user access b...

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What needs improvement with SAP Identity Management?

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What is your primary use case for SAP Identity Management?

The use cases for SAP Identity Management include the logistics company, and we also have a beverage company that is using SAP Identity Management. We did not make the migration for them, but we im...

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Also Known As

Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle IAM, Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite

SAP NetWeaver Identity Management, NetWeaver Identity Management

Overview

Oracle Identity Governance (OIG) is a very versatile and robust enterprise identity management solution that offers functional and business performance competence by supplying centralized administration and total automation of identity and client provisioning events throughout the organization and user applications. Oracle Identity Governance monitors the complete identity and role process to satisfy rapidly changing business and complex compliance regulations and quickly delivers critical reporting and compliance capabilities.

Oracle Identity Governance is designed to easily identify which users have approved access to specific applications and other resources. It does this by using processes such as segregation of duties (SOD), role-based access control (RBAC), certifications, and access requests.

Oracle Identity Governance Features

Self-service wizard: Oracle Identity Governance has worked to make the onboarding of applications significantly easier. It no longer takes numerous steps and technical expertise. The self-service wizard makes the process simple and user-friendly.
Self-service APIs: This gives Oracle Identity Governance users an improved user experience (UX). The REST APIs for user self-service can be used for both web and mobile users. Oracle Identity Governance users are easily able to view user accounts and roles, in addition to being able to complete self-service tasks such as forgotten passwords, registration, and more.
Certification: Oracle Identity Governance offers many certification options, such as a custom access reviewer, group reviewing support, and designate certifications by completed percentage. OIG can also focus on specific role access and anomalies for access beyond a user-defined role (UDF).
Integration connectors: Oracle Identity Governance has many integration connector options for both cloud and on-premises deployments. Popular categories include Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) and traditional and hybrid systems such as Fusion Applications (FA). OIG also integrates well with connectors to Database Application Tables (DBAT), scripting tools, and web services. OIG offers several integration connectors with many of today’s top SaaS applications, such as Dropbox, Google Apps, Office 365, ServiceNow, and WebEx.

Reviews from Real Users

“The one thing that stands out was the automatic sign-out when an employee goes on vacation. Identity Governance can monitor when an employee goes on vacation and returns. We use this feature to automatically disable all the employee's accounts when they go on vacation, and they're automatically enabled when they come back. We can also automatically delete the employee's accounts when they're dismissed. Oracle has a model that gives you precise reports. It's called Crystal, and it's similar to JasperReports, so we can derive reports from this database. “ - Fabio L., Partner at a tech services company.

“We are using Oracle Identity Manager for the management of the identity cycle. We have a human resources system as a source, and we have some custom-made applications as a destination of the changes in the identities. - A PeerSpot user who is a Project Manager at a government “

Oracle

Reduce risk and centrally manage user access across your enterprise – with SAP Identity Management. The software integrates with your business processes to provide robust data and application security. Keep your operations running smoothly – and boost productivity by providing role-based user access, self-service password reset, approval workflows, and more.

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Sample Customers

Werkbank, Oshkosh, PeerPay, Boingo, Kellogg's, Pella, Slanska, Avaya, D+M

State of Indiana, Automotive Resources International (ARI), Alliander N.V., Chemion Logistik GmbH, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH)

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