One Identity Manager's primary use is managing employee identities, encompassing the entire lifecycle from onboarding and role changes to offboarding, including lifecycle management, certification, segregation of duties, and identity retirement.
Principal Consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Comprehensive identity management system secures access and supports compliance
Pros and Cons
- "It ensures high security through multiple approval processes, preventing unauthorized access and enhancing compliance by providing time-based access for privileged accounts with proper audit trails."
- "One Identity Manager helps achieve an identity-centric Zero Trust model."
- "One Identity Manager's support model has room for improvement, especially when compared to competitors like Omada and SailPoint, which offer a more extensive global presence and support network."
- "The support model has room for improvement, especially when compared to competitors like Omada and SailPoint, which offer a more extensive global presence and support network."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
One Identity Manager offers a comprehensive platform for enterprise-level administration and governance of user data and privileged accounts. The platform includes features like Safeguard for securing high-privileged accounts and a unified login for access management. Essentially, it provides a complete suite of identity management, privileged access management, and access management within a single platform.
The user interface provides a comprehensive graphical view of identities and entitlements across various systems, offering a clear and accessible overview of user accounts and permissions. This allows users to quickly and easily view their accounts and entitlements in each system, enhancing the overall user experience.
One Identity Manager is easily customizable to our needs due to its built-in Visual Basic editor, accessible through Visual One. This allows for customization by utilizing their comprehensive API documentation to build or modify functions as required. The integrated editor within the product enables us to readily access and write custom logic, streamlining the customization process.
It utilizes business roles, which are mapped to technical roles and then further mapped to entitlements. This structure streamlines access requests for end-users, as a single business role can encompass multiple technical roles, granting access to multiple systems upon approval. The system also allows for customized approval workflows with multiple levels of authorization. Additionally, a cart feature enables users to select and apply for various business or technical roles, combining them as needed before submitting their request.
One Identity Manager employs a governance framework that utilizes a certification process to verify identities based on client-defined intervals, typically every six to eight months, aligning with their audit requirements. This governance feature is seamlessly integrated into the platform, eliminating the need for separate installations. Furthermore, the system allows for the customization of attestation processes, including certification campaigns, email templates, and recipient lists, providing extensive flexibility. This functionality is crucial for ensuring data security and regulatory compliance within cloud applications, as granting access to unauthorized individuals can lead to severe financial and legal repercussions. By managing access privileges effectively, organizations can mitigate risks and maintain control over sensitive information.
One Identity Manager can help to minimize gaps in governance coverage among tests, dev, and product servers.
It establishes a privileged governance framework, mitigating the security risks associated with highly privileged user accounts. These accounts, if compromised or accessed without authorization, can cause extensive damage to servers and applications, potentially jeopardizing the entire company. By implementing One Identity Manager, organizations can effectively address these vulnerabilities and enhance overall security.
One Identity Manager streamlines application access decisions for compliance, especially in large companies with hundreds of applications. Without a centralized solution like One Identity Manager, managing access and ensuring compliance becomes nearly impossible. This tool provides a single point of reference for application access, offering a complete audit trail of who has access to what, when it was granted, and when it was revoked. This simplifies application management across the enterprise and ensures comprehensive auditing capabilities.
It empowers application owners to align with business managers in making application governance decisions independent of IT, thereby reducing operational costs by around 25 percent. The platform offers various connectors to onboard applications as endpoints, enabling automated provisioning, creation, deletion, and access control for user accounts. This automation minimizes manual intervention, streamlines operations, and ultimately contributes to cost reduction.
One Identity Manager helps achieve an identity-centric Zero Trust model. Without a proper approval process, granting access based on simple email requests compromises the Zero Trust model and introduces significant security risks. The Zero Trust model mitigates these risks by requiring multiple approval levels for any access, emphasizing its importance in maintaining a secure environment.
What is most valuable?
One Identity Manager is a comprehensive identity management system that encompasses employee identity lifecycle management, certification, and segregation of duties. It ensures high security through multiple approval processes, preventing unauthorized access and enhancing compliance by providing time-based access for privileged accounts with proper audit trails. Additionally, it streamlines application access decisions and extends governance to cloud applications.
What needs improvement?
The support model has room for improvement, especially when compared to competitors like Omada and SailPoint, which offer a more extensive global presence and support network.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with One Identity Manager for six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
One Identity Manager is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
One Identity Manager is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
I believe the support model could be better.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I worked on platforms like Broadcom and IGA before using One Identity Manager. I did not switch on my own; it depends on what the client uses.
One Identity Manager offers superior reporting capabilities compared to dot com IGA. While dot com IGA requires significant time, financial investment, and server resources to configure reporting, One Identity Manager provides an intuitive and user-friendly interface that allows for easy report generation directly from the GUI. This streamlined approach simplifies the reporting process and enhances efficiency.
How was the initial setup?
What about the implementation team?
What was our ROI?
The return on investment in compliance is clear because inadequate identity management can result in substantial financial penalties for data breaches.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Investing in One Identity Manager is necessary for regulatory compliance. Although it might not directly bring in business, it prevents issues like tool compliance. The pricing is reasonable compared to other solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate One Identity Manager nine out of ten.
My customer uses their custom HR system. On the backend, data is sent from the NS SQL server to One Identity Manager.
If you want to save on infrastructure costs without extensive customization, opt for the SaaS model. If you require significant customization, consider the on-premise model of One Identity Manager.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Identity and Access Manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Automated processes streamline user access and improve security compliance
Pros and Cons
- "We are getting cost savings by automating system integrations."
- "The user interface can be confusing for end users, especially during attestations, as completed tasks simply disappear without indicating that there are no pending requests."
What is our primary use case?
We use One Identity Manager for user lifecycle management and access management.
What is most valuable?
Since I am placed in the business organization, I see smooth processes for joiner, mover, and leaver, and a compliance perspective. We are getting cost savings by automating system integrations. Previously, people handled access rights manually for each system. Now, after integrating about half of our systems, we are saving approximately three FTEs, and expect it to double. Line managers can see team members' access rights and do attestations in one view. We have integrated requesting of access rights also to external systems via the web portal to remind leaders about access rights management also for leavers and movers. Automation of these processes improves security and compliance by meeting auditor requirements.
What needs improvement?
There are functionalities we needed to build ourselves, such as cleaning the direct entitlement assignments if inderect exists. The user interface can sometimes be a bit confusing for end users, for example during attestations, as completed tasks simply disappear without indicating that there are no pending requests left any more and therefore end-user is unsure if they have completed all theirs tasks.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have had it in production since autumn 2023, approximately one and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate stability around nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have around 8,200 employees using the system to request access rights. Scalability is not an issue, so I rate it a nine out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
I rate customer support at eight out of ten. The response time has room for improvement as it can take quite a long time in some cases.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously, we used an old Microsoft MIM solution. We transitioned to One Identity Manager for improved functionalities like handling mover situations and integrating external systems for better security compliance.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented it through Tietoevry, a partner. Initially, we had an unsatisfactory experience with a different partner, which delayed our project by a year. After switching to Tietoevry, the project improved significantly.
What was our ROI?
Annually, we have saved three full-time employees as a result of deploying One Identity Manager. We anticipate doubling this saving once all current integrations are completed and even more when we add Segregation of Duties rules.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend One Identity Manager due to the improved security and compliance it offers. We have achieved considerable productivity gains through automated processes. I rate One Identity Manager a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
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Last updated: Apr 11, 2025
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IAM Developer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
A highly customizable system that automates processes and demonstrates best practices
Pros and Cons
- "It is highly customizable, a feature that influenced our company's decision. We can easily customize it."
- "I find it user-friendly."
- "Their support can be better. They can also improve testing of their product before releasing new versions. We have had a few critical issues after upgrading to a newer version, which also caused problems with auditing."
- "Default connectors work fine, but certain connectors, such as SCIM to SAP Cloud Identity Services connector, have quite a few bugs."
What is our primary use case?
We are using One Identity Manager to change our previous old identity access management platform. Currently, the separation of duties is the most important aspect.
How has it helped my organization?
It delivers SAP-specialized workflows and business logic. It meets the needs of the most common use cases. It also supports customization for special cases.
Its biggest benefit as well as its biggest problem is that it is highly customizable. Usually, customers do too much customization, and then it is not great performance-wise.
We started to see how to optimize or support audit processes with One Identity Manager about a year ago. It has been helpful there. It saved quite a lot of time.
It did not help us to achieve an identity-centric Zero Trust model, but that is because we need more push from the business or management.
It helps automate processes. Our company uses One Identity as an enabler, which would be nice to change. It helps us save on license costs through effective license management.
What is most valuable?
It is highly customizable, a feature that influenced our company's decision. We can easily customize it.
I find it user-friendly. Once you have some experience, it demonstrates best practices and guides you on the correct way to use the tool.
What needs improvement?
Default connectors work fine, but certain connectors, such as SCIM to SAP Cloud Identity Services connector, have quite a few bugs. They are not so great.
Their support can be better. They can also improve testing of their product before releasing new versions. We have had a few critical issues after upgrading to a newer version, which also caused problems with auditing.
For how long have I used the solution?
Our company has been using One Identity Manager for around seven years, but I have personally used it for four years. I became its developer four years ago.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We are using it at one location. We have about 30,000 active identities. We have five people working with this solution.
How are customer service and support?
There is room for improvement. For each ticket, they require logs or traces from the system, even when the issue shows no logs. This requires sending the information back and forth, which consumes a lot of time. After submission, they contact the product team, which often takes one or two months to respond.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not worked with other solutions.
How was the initial setup?
I was not involved when they started implementation, but it was complex. This complexity was not due to the difficulty of implementing One Identity Manager, but rather a lack of business support for our process decisions.
Deploying the One Identity Manager solution itself is easy. The documentation is clear.
You can do customizations. It can be customized, but it is hard to customize correctly without affecting the system.
What about the implementation team?
IPG is our partner. They have helped customize the solution for our needs.
Their support was alright. It is important that the partner advises to follow the standards because customizations can cause issues. It is better to change the process instead of going for customization.
We received very good support from them post-implementation. It is of high level. I would rate our One Identity Partner a ten out of ten in terms of value.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend One Identity Manager for sure. It is quite easy to use as long as you find a good partner who can facilitate changes in the process rather than customize it for every single case. Many issues arise from the misuse of the system due to extensive customizations. If used correctly, there would be fewer issues, and it would be a fast, quick system.
It can be a bit complex to learn for new users when there is a lot of customization.
It has a lot of potential. We try to use it as much as possible, but we are not using it to its full potential. The problem is business support.
Overall, I would rate One Identity Manager an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Last updated: Mar 30, 2025
Flag as inappropriateIT and Information Security Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Streamlines access and provides robust security and customization features
Pros and Cons
- "In One Identity Manager, I appreciate the Synchronization Editor for onboarding different target system applications."
- "I would definitely recommend One Identity Manager."
- "A major area for improvement is Web Designer. If One Identity Manager advances this, it will greatly benefit all customers."
- "A major area for improvement is Web Designer. If One Identity Manager advances this, it will greatly benefit all customers. Web Designer is based on legacy Microsoft technologies like ASP.NET and HTML."
What is our primary use case?
We use One Identity Manager for access management and provisioning, as well as onboarding target system applications. It focuses on identity management and providing access.
We use different tools like Web Designer and Synchronization Editor, and we do implementation, customization, and configuration based on our requirements.
How has it helped my organization?
I can see many benefits, including granting the right access to the right people at the right time. It helps with enhancing security, validating identity types, and assigning initial rights based on the defined processes. Users follow request workflows inside the system to access, which is validated for correctness.
We use One Identity Manager to manage SAP target system applications. We generally use the SAP connector. We create the SAP onboarding project in Synchronization Editor. It is like a bridge between One Identity Manager and the target SAP system applications. It is able to meet our requirements.
It has had a Windows-based UI, and they are also moving to a web-based portal. One Identity Manager helps manage identities and accounts, and we can also see the pictorial representation of the identities there.
We do a lot of customization. It supports customization based on our needs. However, when it comes to Web Designer, customization can be a bit challenging.
We have onboarded 30 to 40 applications, including SuccessFactors, ServiceNow,. We are about to complete SuccessFactors' integration with One Identity. Previously, we used to get the identities in the form of a CSV file where the data was inserted inside One Identity to create the identities of new joiners and do the onboarding. It is now connected to the SuccessFactors application. It is also integrated with ServiceNow. If any incidents get raised, they can be routed to the respective operations or engineering teams for resolution.
One Identity Manager helps minimize gaps in governance coverage among test, dev, and production servers.
One Identity Manager helps streamline application access decisions, application compliance, and application auditing. We have dedicated teams focused on compliance and auditing.
One Identity Manager has helped us achieve an identity-centric Zero Trust model.
What is most valuable?
In One Identity Manager, I appreciate the Synchronization Editor for onboarding different target system applications. We have various connectors that allow customization. For instance, the Windows PowerShell connectors can connect to different services such as RESTful services, SOAP services, and Windows services. I like how data flows from the target system applications to One Identity. We explore technical aspects, write functions in PowerShell, and connect with APIs.
Another interesting feature is attestation, where we review and re-attest existing employees' rights. We create attestation policies, workflows, and schedules.
What needs improvement?
A major area for improvement is Web Designer. If One Identity Manager advances this, it will greatly benefit all customers. Web Designer is based on legacy Microsoft technologies like ASP.NET and HTML. I believe future improvements will resolve performance issues.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using One Identity Manager for the last six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable but need more improvements.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable. I would rate it an eight out of ten for scalability.
How are customer service and support?
We use their regular support. Could be rate 7 or 8 out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
We do not handle the initial setup, but from what I have heard, it is not complex.
In terms of maintenance, mostly it requires monitoring and health checks to ensure everything in the infrastructure is working properly.
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely recommend One Identity Manager. It offers many opportunities for technical learning, implementation, and customization. One Identity Manager is a good solution for identity and access management, provisioning, and other IAM aspects.
I would rate it an eight out of ten.
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Last updated: Mar 29, 2025
Flag as inappropriateIdentity & Access Management Manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Automation capabilities streamline access management and reduce costs
Pros and Cons
- "I like the solution since it is very flexible, and I can basically do everything that I like and need with it."
- "I like the solution since it is very flexible, and I can basically do everything that I like and need with it."
- "In regards to the front end, the portal that is offered to our users needs improvement."
- "In regards to the front end, the portal that is offered to our users needs improvement. There is room for improvement on that side, particularly in user experience."
What is our primary use case?
We use One Identity Manager for workforce identity and access management. We have implemented basic controls like joiner, mover, and leaver processes for our employees.
We are integrating our most critical and important business systems and applications into it, handling the access management to those systems using One Identity Manager.
What is most valuable?
I like the solution since it is very flexible, and I can basically do everything that I like and need with it.
I appreciate its automation capabilities a lot. Through automation, we have been able to reduce the number of service requests and tickets to our vendor. We have also managed to reduce the cost quite drastically in that sense.
Additionally, by automating the access reviews, we have saved considerable time for our business leaders, even talking about several full-time equivalent savings concerning access review automation.
It works well at an enterprise level. We use it as a centralized platform for the whole identity.
It is a flexible system and we can customize it the way we want.
We use the business roles to map company structure for dynamic application provisioning. This is a very important aspect of the solution.
We use the solution to extend governance to cloud apps and this is very useful for us.
Through automation, we have been able to reduce the number of service requests and service tickets towards our vendor, and we have been able to reduce the cost quite drastically. By automating access reviews, we've been able to save quite a lot of time - up to several FTEs. When we launched the system, we had quite a wide scope and saw results immediately.
The solution helps us achieve an identity-centric zero-trust model. As you are getting your identity only through a centralized system and also getting all the accesses attached to that identity and all the accounts attached to that identity through one system, then it is possible. We also handle access to any system through that one solution. When we do that, we have a full picture of the identities and what kind of accounts and entitlements they have. Having the full picture and having the governance of the whole entity when it comes to access management allows security to be tight. Also, the controls that we have in place then, for example, joiner, mover, leaver, that helps in maintaining that zero trust principle.
What needs improvement?
In regards to the front end, the portal that is offered to our users needs improvement. There is room for improvement on that side, particularly in user experience. It is not as intuitive as I would like. If there is something to improve in One Identity Manager, it is the end-user experience.
The database structure is quite complicated. I don't know if it can be improved or if it can. It will probably be a long journey. The most important thing is to think of our customers, and then the user interface is the part of the system that needs some improvement.
We can customize it, however, we need skilled resources to do so. There aren't as many skilled people in the market.
For how long have I used the solution?
We launched it in October 2023. However, we started implementing it in 2021.
How are customer service and support?
We rely on vendor support, and I would rate it as ten. We mainly receive support through their partner.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did quite a large comparison when we chose this system, and I see that there are systems in the market which offer the same functionality. However, there are also a lot of systems that are more restricted in the functionality they offer. There are maybe a couple as large and with as many capabilities as One Identity Manager. One Identity Manager is one of the top systems in terms of capability offering. That's the reason why we chose it for our company's purpose.
How was the initial setup?
Our experience was complex, however, it was not due to the system. It was due to the wrongly chosen partner who didn't have the needed skills to implement it properly.
It also depends on the scope of what needs or is wanted to be implemented as the minimum viable product. I wouldn't say that it's complex, however, maybe not easy either, so maybe something in between.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented via a partner. They are the ones doing the customization if we do any currently. Our partner organized the training, however, the training was given by One Identity itself.
What was our ROI?
We have been reducing costs and saving several full-time equivalents by using automation.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate the solution overall as eight out of ten based on the bad user interface.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Last updated: Apr 5, 2025
Flag as inappropriateHelps streamline application access decisions, is user-friendly and stable
Pros and Cons
- "The One Identity Manager's user-friendly interface allows for easy external identities and user account creation."
- "The user interface of our web shop, which customers interact with directly, needs improvement."
What is our primary use case?
I work as a tester and qualitative analyst for a German client. They use One Identity Manager for identity management, which connects to various downstream applications such as SAP, DLCM, and RSA Archer. This requires numerous connectors, including Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Active Directory. Additionally, we create custom records from SuccessFactors using its integration with One Identity Manager. We sync data from SuccessFactors to create personal accounts and provision user accounts. We also create external identities for all vendors. Furthermore, we use One Identity Manager for reporting and auditing purposes.
We deployed One Identity Manager using a hybrid model through a CI/CD pipeline.
How has it helped my organization?
We can create, modify, use, and delete business roles directly from the web shop. Users can request and manage their business roles and entitlements, and we utilize them for our purposes.
We have recently migrated several applications, including RSA, DLCM, Majesco, and ServiceNow, from their native apps to the end-user environment. Previously, these applications were connected to LDAP, and before that, VLCM. We have now transitioned them to cloud-based Starling and CSM connectors, which are currently being used. In total, we have approximately four to five applications running on the One Identity Manager cloud service, utilizing these Starling connectors. It is helpful to have this extension of governance in the cloud.
We recently onboarded a new company using our Angular Web Shop. This is a new Angular-based Web Shop released by One Identity Manager. We've begun implementing Angular for this new company as a pilot application, and the front end has been very intuitive. We've tested the Manager, designer, and object browser for back-end operations, finding them easy to use. The object browser allows direct querying of results, and the designer is efficient in modifying configuration schedules. I've exclusively used One Identity Manager for the past five years and found it to be a good fit for our needs.
For privileged user requests, we require dual approval, with both the manager and application owner sign-off. Also, we conduct attestation reviews every six months to make sure that we have continued authorization. We implement two-factor authentication to enhance security using tools like MF Authenticator for all privilege access management. This requires users to provide an OTP upon login. For password storage and management, we utilize CyberArk's GPAM solution. Access to sensitive information is restricted to authorized users and is regularly reviewed to maintain security.
One Identity Manager assists in streamlining application access decisions, compliance, and auditing. As a financial organization, we have been leveraging One Identity Manager to audit various aspects of our operations. We use Power BI as a reporting tool to monitor current user access, access levels, testing dates, role assignments, and other relevant information. One Identity Manager effectively supports both access governance and reporting.
The automated provisioning feature streamlines user access by dynamically assigning roles and privileges based on user attributes like location and role. For example, a user with a manager role or from a specific location will automatically gain access to the system, eliminating the need for manual requests. This dynamic role conditioning runs daily, ensuring users receive appropriate access based on their current attributes. However, users or their managers must still submit requests through the web shop for additional privileges. If a manager requests on behalf of a user, the request is typically auto-approved within a few minutes due to the manager's authority. The system verifies that the requester is the recipient's manager before granting automatic approval, further streamlining the process.
What is most valuable?
The One Identity Manager's user-friendly interface allows for easy external identities and user account creation. To request a new account, we can just navigate to the appropriate section and provide the necessary information. Existing identities can also be managed through this platform by requesting entitlements. This streamlined process eliminates manual intervention and ensures efficient account management.
What needs improvement?
One Identity Manager's slow loading speed has been a recurring issue for users. This is likely due to the overwhelming number of entitlements, nearly 100,000 associated with the products. The high load is further exacerbated by the simultaneous access of thousands of users during peak times. To address this, we have implemented measures such as increasing server RAM, but the underlying issue of product-related entitlements remains a contributing factor.
While out-of-the-box features are typically user-friendly, our clients' customized user account creation and the added complexities of sub-entities and account sub-entities have made it challenging to leverage these features effectively. We plan to phase out these customizations and revert to a more standard configuration to streamline our processes and reduce long-term maintenance costs. Unfortunately, this transition has temporarily limited the availability of certain out-of-the-box functionalities. Furthermore, the extensive testing for our customized system is time-consuming and resource-intensive, as numerous scenarios must be evaluated to identify potential bugs.
The user interface of our web shop, which customers interact with directly, needs improvement. The front end's speed could also be enhanced. This might be related to the infrastructure of our client systems, but I need clarification. Regardless, the front end, which is the customers' primary point of contact, should be redesigned and optimized for a better user experience.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using One Identity Manager for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The backend tool occasionally experienced slowness due to the servers we used. Since 2012, we have been using outdated Microsoft SQL servers. However, last month, we upgraded these servers to the 2022 version. As a result, the tool's performance has significantly improved. Our client has used One Identity Manager for 14 years with no significant stability issues.
I would rate the stability nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
One Identity Manager has demonstrated exceptional scalability in our organization. Despite initially lacking applications for DLC and relying on LDAP, our seamless migration to the cloud was a testament to its adaptability. We've successfully integrated over 200 SAP applications into Identity Manager, ensuring smooth operation without significant issues. This ongoing scalability, evident from day one, has allowed us to manage and secure our growing identity infrastructure effectively.
I would rate the scalability nine out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment is straightforward. Our team consists of eight developers, including leads and team leads. We are organized into two separate development teams. One team focuses on developing new features and connectors, while the other enhances existing connectors and addresses product bugs. Each team has core developers and two leads. Additionally, we have an architect, a solution architect, and a business architect. For operations, we have a team of 12, and our testing team has eight members. Our IT department includes approximately 30 people, encompassing development, operations, and testing.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate One Identity Manager nine out of ten.
We have 33,000 users for our clients.
One Identity Manager requires minimal maintenance. We upgrade it from the previous version when a major update is released every two years, and minor updates are released annually. To ensure continued support, we must upgrade our client's installation every two years to the latest version. This aligns with the manufacturer's support policy, which is limited to the current and previous major releases.
I recommend One Identity Manager to others due to its user-friendly interface. Although it may occasionally experience loading delays, its underlying infrastructure ultimately determines its performance. We have significantly improved its speed and reliability by upgrading from 2012 to 2022 servers. Additionally, the tick lines we use for operations, governance, subject matter experts, and backend operators are invaluable for managing the system efficiently. With them, managing One Identity Manager would be considerably more manageable. We utilize tick lines and desktop applications for operations and development, while front-end users benefit from the intuitive UI. Both interfaces are highly effective for their respective purposes.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
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Solution Architect at Atea
Unified, comprehensive, and customizable
Pros and Cons
- "When it comes to ease of customization, there are a lot of different object types. I can create my own object types."
- "One Identity Manager needs better documentation and more examples, especially for beginners, as it has a steep learning curve."
What is our primary use case?
I am certified as both Technical Specialist and Implementation Professional on the product.
I assist various clients in diverse sectors, mostly finance, industry companies and municipalities. I have quite a broad background in implementing it in different scenarios.
How has it helped my organization?
When it comes to ease of customization, the product is outstanding. I can extend the schema with new tables, columns, etc. Usually, we use OOTB tables to keep it simple, same goes for processes. There are a lot of blocks or components that can be used and I do not need to code everything on my own to make JML possible. I have not seen something that we could not do.
In terms of business roles, there are numerous possibilities with assignments and inheritance like top-down or bottom-up. It works very well because you can also break the inheritance if you want at a certain level. Soft transition is a great feature where you can move to a new role (primary) but also keep the other one (secondary).
I have mostly implemented the product on-prem. Integrations has been both on-prem systems and cloud like Azure AD or Entra. To make use of Saas applications it is possible using the Starling Connect connector.
One Identity Manager helps streamline application access decisions. If you set it up, you can do some kind of campaigns or attestations to check the correctness of permissions. You can then take appropriate action. For instance, if you see that there are ten people who have never used this application, you can deny it. There is also something called Recommendations that will make use of risk and previous decisions (like peer-group) to determine if to approve or not.
The application governance module enables application owners or line-of-business managers to make application governance decisions without IT. Application governance is possible within the web portal. You can set up ownerships. You can assign permissions depending on how you set up your permissions in the product. With appropriate permissions, you can assign an owner for a specific application and you can also set the owner or responsible person on each access so that they can decide. This means if you have set up a pilot project and are starting with one unit, they can grow from there and help each other. This is quite a new feature from the 9.2 version.
I have been in several projects with primary focus on implementing SAP. Usually a simple SAP implementation is to integrate one dev-instance, one ref/test-instance and one production instance. However, for one customer, a public-listed company in Sweden, we had to develop some kind of SAP fabric to onboard a lot of SAP clients and transaction objects. During the project they also migrated from SAP R/3 to S4HANA. It was a journey to make this happen, but the SAP-connector worked quite well and the technical team was very happy about it. We synchronized SAP roles and profiles and assigned those to business roles to use automation. We also set up some kind of identity audit for the SAP roles. At that time (v8.x), we could not have inheritance of SAP profiles through System Roles. That was a drawback, but in a later version, that was resolved.
What is most valuable?
It has a full feature set with certain tools for certain things.
I use the Designer a lot because I do a lot of customization (processes, scripts etc) and I would say it is pretty comprehensive. I am a Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) veteran, which is an old product that still has end-of-life support. One Identity Manager is the next generation of IGA platforms because almost everything can be customized and extended and still keep a solid metacatalogue. I can test and evaluate the data, even at a property level, and be sure that it is going to work before pushing my changes into production.
The next one would be the Manager because that is where we review the data and orchestrate things like approval workflows and attestations. We can use different models for entitlements such as system roles and business roles. Then we can assign these to an IT shop for the end user.
Then, of course, none of these tools would be useful if we do not have any data coming from a target system such as HR. Here we use the powerful Synchronization Editor that comes with a lot of OOTB-connectors, also called sync projects. Within a sync project, mapping and workflow is set up to synchronize the data and provision changes to, for instance, an Active Directory target system. It is also possible to develop custom connectors.
We are also using the Job Queue which is a tool that displays ongoing processes (Jobs) and possible errors. We can look at history jobs and also get a health check of our Job Servers and Web Servers.
I also use the Object Browser which is an abstraction of the SQL tables. This tool is more technical than Manager but powerful in its own way with possibilities to trigger events, filter data and even more.
Finally, the Database Transporter that is used to transfer objects or custom changes between One Identity Manager databases. These changes are mostly something called "change labels" that could be work I have done in the Designer, objects created in the Manager or other information I want push to a specific environment using a transport package.
What needs improvement?
One Identity Manager needs better documentation and more examples, especially for beginners, as it has a steep learning curve. They have rich forum but it often contain outdated information that could be improved for better guidance. If something is not working, we need to easily find out if it is a product defect.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using One Identity Manager for more than five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
How are customer service and support?
The support is good but could be better. It could take a day or some hours depending on the case or the customer.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The initial deployment is easy, a huge benefit compared to different solutions. It takes about one day to set up a development environment. Great UI-wizards with multiple verification steps.
What other advice do I have?
With the acquisition of OneLogin, they are now the leader when it comes to a unified identity platform. Every product in their portfolio serves a purpose.
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IT Architect at Wipro Limited
Offers a user-friendly experience with an intuitive interface and makes customization a breeze
Pros and Cons
- "One Identity Manager stands out for its extensive functionality."
- "Transitioning from legacy technologies, like for a seasoned web designer moving to Angular, can be challenging and requires dedicated learning."
What is our primary use case?
One Identity Manager streamlines our entire identity lifecycle management. It handles onboarding new joiners, assigning and controlling roles with role-based access control, and automates user access reviews twice a year. Additionally, the system facilitates reporting for audits, providing auditors with necessary information on demand. This centralized system acts as a one-stop shop, managing everything from onboarding and role assignment to offboarding and emergency access control.
How has it helped my organization?
With centralized user management, data is effortlessly pulled from various systems like SOAR and HR, simplifying user creation and data maintenance. This allows for easy user editing, role assignment based on HR attributes or department affiliation, and streamlined account allocation based on review levels, departments, or the entire organizational structure.
Our Access Control in One Identity Manager is 99 percent automated saving us nearly 100 percent of our time.
One Identity Manager simplifies SAP administration by providing a centralized view of even logically disconnected SAP accounts. It offers a flexible helpdesk approach. We can either leverage its built-in model or create our own UI accessible to specific teams based on their applications. This ensures each team sees only relevant tickets for their area, streamlining access management for disconnected applications.
One Identity Manager can connect SAP accounts to employee identities under governance.
One Identity Manager simplifies Identity Governance and Administration for SAP, a complex system to manage in this regard. It empowers us to effectively manage SAP profiles, roles, and groups, ensuring their proper assignment to corresponding SAP accounts.
The solution delivers SAP-specialized workflows and business logic.
One Identity Manager integrates with its Privilege Access Management solution to provide more granular control. This means we can define different account types within One Identity Manager, such as normal, admin, and privileged accounts. By assigning privileged access only to designated accounts, we can restrict access and permissions and enhance overall security control.
One Identity Manager offers a user-friendly experience with an intuitive interface. It even provides a webshop for end users, allowing them to easily request new roles or accounts in various systems with a simple two-click process.
Having the right resources makes customization a breeze. While understanding customer needs and translating them into technical specifications requires some processing upfront, One Identity's suite of tools simplifies the actual back-end work. From drag-and-drop interfaces for workflows and reports to scripting and C# coding supported by existing SDKs, customization options cater to all users.
This dynamic application provisioning solution uses business roles to map our company's organizational structure. In other words, access to applications is determined solely by our assigned role within the company hierarchy. This role-based approach ensures users only receive the permissions they need based on their specific function, preventing unnecessary access.
One Identity Manager streamlines our cloud governance by providing a centralized platform to manage user access permissions across all connected cloud applications. This eliminates the need for individual provisioning for each app, ensuring efficient authorization control.
We have significantly improved our compliance posture with One Identity Manager. Previously, auditors identified numerous findings during manual audits, requiring extensive time and resources to address. With One Identity Manager, we've automated the onboarding, offboarding, and joiner processes, achieving a 95 percent closure rate on audit points. This centralized solution streamlines the auditor experience, allowing them to efficiently obtain information from the IAM team, saving both the organization and auditors valuable time.
We have minimized inconsistencies in how our governance policies are applied across test, development, and production environments.
One Identity Manager helps us create a privileged governance stance to close the security gap between privileged users and standard users by managing those accounts separately. This segregation prevents unauthorized access, as standard accounts cannot hold privileged rights and vice versa. This clear separation helps to close the security gap between these user types.
One Identity Manager streamlines our procurement and licensing processes, allowing our initially large operations team to focus on more strategic tasks. By automating license management for connected applications like SAP and Azure Active Directory, the solution eliminates the risk of human error – forgotten access removals for unused licenses are a thing of the past. Now, licenses are automatically assigned and reclaimed based on user activity, ensuring efficient resource allocation. This means new hires receive immediate access, and vacated licenses become readily available, freeing the operations team from manual license management headaches.
One Identity Manager streamlines application access decisions by automating the provisioning and de-provisioning of user access based on HR data. This eliminates manual intervention and delays for both HR and department personnel. When an employee changes departments, their access permissions are automatically updated in the identity management system, granting them the necessary tools to perform their new duties immediately.
It also streamlines the automation of identity and access controls, making it easier to implement a zero-trust security model where every user and device is verified before granting access.
While our audit processes were once cumbersome, requiring auditors to chase down reports from individual SAP administrators, everything is now centralized. One Identity Manager stores all application and database information in a single location, streamlining reconciliation efforts.
What is most valuable?
One Identity Manager stands out for its extensive functionality. It allows us to perform nearly any customization a customer might require, unlike other products with limited customization options. One Identity Manager's wide scope for tailoring configurations makes it a versatile tool. It can connect to various target systems, including Active Directory and schema-based systems like REST APIs. This makes One Identity Manager a great fit for our organization's end-to-end needs, from user provisioning and auditing to onboarding new joiners. It seamlessly fits all our requirements.
What needs improvement?
Transitioning from legacy technologies, like for a seasoned web designer moving to Angular, can be challenging and requires dedicated learning. To ease this shift, One Identity Manager could provide reusable components, similar to other systems, which would streamline the learning process and allow for greater customization.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using One Identity Manager for almost ten years.
Offers a user-friendly experience with an intuitive interface and makes customization a breeze
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability of One Identity Manager ten out of ten.
One Identity Manager is highly stable when used with its built-in features, but customized scripting introduces an element of user responsibility - any instability caused by custom code would be due to how it's written, not the software itself.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability of One Identity Manager ten out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
You only need premium support if your One Identity software is outdated. Standard technical support, which comes with your license, covers the current version and usually the one before it.
The technical support offers a good experience. They provide a portal to submit issues, collect all necessary information, and have an L1 team address them. If the L1 team can't resolve the problem, they typically escalate it to the L2 or L3 teams for further assistance, demonstrating a commitment to finding a solution.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We migrated from Oracle Identity Governance to One Identity Manager due to licensing costs, limited functionality, and Oracle's decision to retire the product.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment took one week and required five people.
What about the implementation team?
VMDH assisted us with the initial setup, and for any future support, we can contact One Identity directly or reach out through their authorized partner.
What was our ROI?
One Identity Manager has positively influenced our ROI in terms of security and compliance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
One Identity Manager is cost-efficient. The license is based on the number of identities we have.
We use a One Identity partner, VMDH for our licensing.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate One Identity Manager nine out of ten.
We have 3,000 front-end users in our organization. While we only have a single instance of One Identity Manager, for redundancy purposes our servers are spread across different data centers. This means if one data center experiences an outage, the application can fail over to the remaining servers in another location, ensuring continued functionality.
One Identity's partner, VMDH did a good job training our staff on the solution.
Six years ago, VMDH provided us with initial assistance customizing One Identity Manager. We have since developed our expert team and now primarily rely on them for our One Identity needs. We only contact VMDH in critical situations when we require immediate help from One Identity experts. In such cases, we typically reach out to One Identity directly, but if there are delays, we will then connect with them through VMDH.
One Identity's partner was on standby in case we required any post-implementation support.
The customer service we received from the One Identity partner was good.
I found the One Identity partner to be valuable, rating them a nine out of ten.
One Identity Manager is designed for low maintenance, requiring infrequent patches and updates to keep it running smoothly.
One Identity Manager offers a unified approach to identity and access management. It eliminates the need to cobble together multiple products from different vendors for functionalities like Identity Access Management or Privileged Access Management. This saves your organization's time and resources.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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