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Symantec Identity Governance and Administration vs Tools4ever IAM comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Symantec Identity Governanc...
Ranking in Identity Management (IM)
23rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
User Provisioning Software (9th), Identity Governance Administration (IGA) (8th)
Tools4ever IAM
Ranking in Identity Management (IM)
39th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Identity Management (IM) category, the mindshare of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is 2.1%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tools4ever IAM is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Identity Management (IM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Symantec Identity Governance and Administration2.1%
Tools4ever IAM0.5%
Other97.4%
Identity Management (IM)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2183661 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Has an easy initial setup process, but its technical support services need improvement
The product's technical support could be better. The integration project requires a lot of technical details, so we need to find it quickly and easily. There was a large community of knowledge in the past. We kept it together and got the results. The community that works around the particular technical issue is shrinking. It used to be a specialized community that would help with the process. These particular areas need improvement. Broadcom is still using a hybrid cloud model, with some workloads on-premises and some in the cloud. They must start with the cloud adoption and move as many workloads to the cloud as possible. The on-premises environment is becoming stable. They need to rebuild that cost and the software. The product's pre-sales, technical support, and installation could also improve.
it_user194427 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The ability to customize the UI would be good nonetheless, it is still a great interface.
Don't get overwhelmed with the product, and give an honest effort in trying to implement it yourself. You will find that you have opened an enormous door for yourself to get anything done. Since I started using UMRA, any request that comes through my desk is almost immediately possible because I know what UMRA can do. Also, creating the projects yourself, will save you time and money in the future when updates are needed to existing projects. Tools4Ever technical support is always available to answer questions if you get stuck. That said, UMRA is primarily a user management tool for your users, in whatever directory you happen to be using; So my statement above will only apply if you are also quite well versed with the workings of said directory.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable aspects of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration are all the features, it is the most complete solution on the market. It has features, such as scanners and portals, it has everything."
"The solution in which we have brought in CA Identity Manager, it is like combining multiple HR sources and it helps reduce thousands of hours of work."
"Now that we have auto-provisioning, we just define the provisioning rules for access privileges and defined, targeted endpoints."
"With the Identity Manager product, we're able to automate that in a way that we couldn't in the past."
"We started off with 10,000 customers on system, it looked good, now we have about 1.6 million customers on the system, no problems at all."
"Automated provisioning removes manual labor and manual provisioning."
"All in all it’s a positive relationship."
"Out-of-the-box the product has a lot of opportunity for configuration and sophisticated identity management capability."
"UMRA has been in production for seven years, and I can confidently say that I have never had a single issue with stability, even through upgrades."
 

Cons

"There are several areas for improvement in Symantec Identity Governance and Administration. They have no proper documentation on how to do backups. They also have a lengthy workflow process where we have to make some configurations to manage automation in the rules and in our tasks which takes time. We have to manually configure all the configuration files, and we cannot export users because there's no export system in Symantec Identity Governance and Administration. What we'd like to see in the next release of the solution is for them to make configuration and integration with other systems their top priorities. We have many API systems to manage, so hopefully, if they make these enhancements shortly, we can directly connect with our API systems when using Symantec Identity Governance and Administration."
"Currently, it is difficult to create these connectors in this solution."
"I find the API boring. I also faced issues while integrating with CA SSO."
"If you analyze the evolution of these type of solutions, there are still uncovered needs and the customers are still identifying needs."
"I would not recommend this product to others."
"Yes, we encountered many product issues during deployment, and some were identified as product limitations."
"The product works slowly while accessing cloud-native solutions."
"Reporting could be improved."
"Scalability, however, can only happen vertically on any particular instance, as opposed to horizontally."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing and licensing models are adequate and reasonable."
"The price is flexible for our existing customers."
"The price is based on the number of users."
"Compared to other options, CA products are not that expensive."
"The connector is free, and bundled with the product."
"I do not recall the approximate prices or licensing models, although I do so that it was priced per user number."
"Symantec keeps increasing the price. I rate its pricing a seven on a scale of ten."
"The product has a good price in competition with another product with the same solution."
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Top Industries

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Marketing Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Performing Arts
8%
Government
6%
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Company Size

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Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise45
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
The pricing has been very reasonable, but licensing costs vary based on the customer. It follows a user-based licensing model.
What needs improvement with Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
Symantec should develop a SaaS solution for cloud environments to make the solution available in various marketplaces for easy deployment. It should also offer bundle installation instead of one by...
What is your primary use case for Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
I am a consultant and we consult for identity and network management. We work with Symantec, which is owned by Broadcom, and also with Microsoft and Oracle. Additionally, we work with open-source s...
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Also Known As

CA Identity Suite, Symantec IGA, Layer7 Identity Suite, CA Identity Manager (CA IDM), CA Identity Minder, CA IAM, CA Identity Manager (CA IDM), CA Identity Governance
User Management Resource Administrator, UMRA
 

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