SAP Identity Management vs SecureAuth Identity Platform comparison

SAP and SecureAuth are both solutions in the Identity Management (IM) category. SAP is ranked #14 with an average rating of 9.5, while SecureAuth is ranked #27. SAP holds a 2.6% mindshare in IAM, compared to SecureAuth’s 1.7% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of SAP users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 66% of SecureAuth users who would recommend it.

SAP Identity Management

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92% willing to recommend

SecureAuth Identity Platform

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66% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

SecureAuth Identity Platform and SAP Identity Management are competing products in the identity management space. SAP Identity Management appears to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set, although SecureAuth is more cost-effective.

Features: SecureAuth Identity Platform provides advanced multi-factor authentication, risk-based adaptive authentication, and user-friendly access management tools. SAP Identity Management offers robust provisioning capabilities, detailed audit trails, and integration versatility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SecureAuth Identity Platform allows straightforward deployment with proactive customer support. SAP Identity Management demands a more complex deployment process, often requiring additional resources and consultation, but benefits from intensive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: SecureAuth Identity Platform presents a favorable initial cost and delivers a high ROI through efficient security solutions. SAP Identity Management incurs higher initial costs, justified by its extensive functionalities that promise significant long-term returns for larger enterprises.

To learn more, read our detailed SAP Identity Management vs. SecureAuth Identity Platform Report (Updated: March 2026).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

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

SecureAuth Identity Platform

Ranking in User Provisioning Software

13th

Ranking in Identity Management (IM)

27th

Average Rating

5.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Access Management (23rd), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (14th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Identity Management (IM) category, the mindshare of SAP Identity Management is 2.6%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SecureAuth Identity Platform is 1.7%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Identity Management (IM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP Identity Management	2.6%
SecureAuth Identity Platform	1.7%
Other	95.7%

Identity Management (IM)

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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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it_user710517

Identity and Access Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Valuable features include access request and certification. Application integration, reporting, and certification could be improved.

Valuable features include access request, certification, and password management Provide centralised identity-access management Application integration, reporting, and certification could be improved More than three years The product is only as good as the data you use Moving from v7.x to v8.x…

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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

"IBM really gives you the power to implement a lot of functionality outside the current implementation if you know how to build the functionality you want."

"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."

"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."

"Rather than implement a basic SSO, this solution assisted us with setting up two-factor authentication."

"It provides basic automatic user administration and role provisioning to save time."

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

"Some processes that they used to perform in two to three days now take one to two hours, which has been really beneficial for them regarding the time saved."

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"For v8.4, you can work easily if you stick to OOTB, however, should you require customization, then the tool is very flexible using SQL/VB knowledge to extend."

"The self-service functionality for password/access management reduced our need for manual intervention."

Cons

"The product needs better UI customization and the administration console is outdated in this version."

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

"There are also some issues with the UI, the ACLs and performance - depending on the configuration and Identity DB size."

"The pricing could be better."

"The current functionality allows you only to change one user at a time. There is no option to maintain the business roles from the UI using standard validation or imports, so you have to build your business roles one by one."

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

"What needs improvement in SAP Identity Management is its compatibility with third-party applications. We'd like to get connectors or plugin settings to make it easier to manage other applications, whether SAP or non SAP applications. As SAP Identity Management is not compatible with non SAP applications, some of the clients are looking for other IDM applications such as SalePoint and Saviynt, so this is an issue we've observed in the solution."

"One of the areas for improvement in the solution is its user interface which needs to be up-to-date and fancier, in particular, have better visualization in terms of the tabs and buttons. The user interface of SAP Identity Management should be improved based on the latest trends."

More SAP Identity Management cons

"Moving from v7.x to v8.x is not easy. You need Courion expertise and skills to upgrade and migrate the data."

"Stability was a constant concern. The application was plagued with memory leak issues from initial installation and through multiple major/minor version upgrades."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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

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Manufacturing Company

14%

Energy/Utilities Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

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Also Known As

SAP NetWeaver Identity Management, NetWeaver Identity Management

SecureAuth Identity Governance, Core Access Assurance Suite, Courion Access Assurance Suite

Overview

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.

SAP

The SecureAuth^® Identity Platform provides the flexibility required to meet the security and usability requirements for your diverse population of identities — workforce and customer. We offer the most multi-factor authentication choices, the most adaptive authentication risk checks, support all major federation protocols for single sign-on, and deliver self-service tools to keep your users productive while reducing help desk calls.

Whether you deploy hybrid, on-prem, or in the cloud, the Identity Platform delivers the strongest breach-preventing identity security available to protect everyone and everything that connects to your business.

SecureAuth

Sample Customers

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

Alegent Health, Associated Materials, Brookdale Senior Living, NV Energy, Woodforest Bank, Wellspan Health

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