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Technical Account Manager at Infoarchi
Real User
Top 20
Apr 8, 2024
Manage certifications and reduce the workload for certification processes
Pros and Cons
  • "It significantly reduces the workload for certification processes."
  • "The UI is complex."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution to certify account access. SailPoint is handling compliance for account certification.

They have certifications assigned to owners.  Different appliances like Windows and Unix assign these certifications. They need to initiate certification every six months for Windows and Linux to ensure they have certified those accounts on the operating systems. Then, they will authenticate with the account owner. The account owner will then perform the initial check to determine if they should keep those accounts within the organization. Afterward, they will complete their subscription and return to their direct manager for position verification. If there are no errors or discrepancies in their source certification, the manager will sign off, and the entire association will be closed. Then, the observation owner will generate the report. This report serves as evidence for internal auditors to prove they completed the certification. It's like a search engine flow.

How has it helped my organization?

The UI is complex, but the background functionality is robust and well-designed to perform SailPoint IdentityIQ certifications.

What is most valuable?

The benefit of using SailPoint IdentityIQ is that it significantly reduces the workload for certification processes. Before implementing IdentityIQ, the corporation relied heavily on manual methods to gather accounts and permissions for review. Each host machine had to be checked manually to ensure account collection accuracy, followed by manually identifying accounts for certification. This entire process was labor-intensive, with human involvement at every step.

It took about a month to gather notification data and initiate the certification process. Tracking the status of certifications was challenging since it was managed through Excel, making it difficult to determine completion percentages. Once all certifications were completed,  SailPoint shifted through Excel sheets to finalize reports.

With IdentityIQ, the process is streamlined, reducing the time required for certification, and it also has an automated aggregation of accounts, assets, and groups. There's no opportunity for human error or intentional concealment of accounts, enhancing security.

What needs improvement?

SailPoint IdentityIQ could offer more options, such as free online training for partners.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SailPoint IdentityIQ for 3 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

The support team is quite responsive and understanding. Initially, they provide prompt responses, but their answers can be quite general. They could offer more precise guidance on addressing specific issues.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is not straightforward and takes around a month to complete. Two persons are required to deploy the solution. An experienced person is needed to use IdentityIQ.

The implementation involves installing the application and the database on different machines. Then, we will proceed with the integration based on the data we receive from SailPoint. After that, we will discuss with the customer the connections they need to close accounts and the rules for creating accounts. 

Once this process is complete, we will check for related accounts and generate a report accordingly. This report will be sent to the responsible owner, who will be identified through SailPoint. We will assist the customer in assigning those accounts to the correct owner. Following that, we'll assist in setting up the business decision template and help the customer launch their subscription, guiding them through each step and aiding the manager in signing off on certifications.

What other advice do I have?

The capabilities for intelligence analysis are quite flexible, allowing users to generate the required reports quickly. It's pretty adaptable in terms of report generation and audit search.

The IQ Connector is supported by most major packaged software, making it convenient to acquire the connector from the SailPoint marketplace. The integration process is relatively straightforward.

Maintenance is easy. 

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Implementer
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Head of Advisory at Dotnext Europe
Reseller
Top 5
Jul 20, 2024
Used for identity management and access requests
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution's most valuable feature is its integration with Slack for the notification of access requests."
  • "The solution needs to have more out-of-the-box integration with different applications and solutions."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for identity management and access requests.

What is most valuable?

The solution's most valuable feature is its integration with Slack for the notification of access requests.

What needs improvement?

The solution needs to have more out-of-the-box integration with different applications and solutions. I would like to see the solution integrated with MFA tools like Gemalto, SafeNet, and One Identity.

Many consultancies charge a lot of money for services to implement the solution, which increases the project cost.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SailPoint Identity Security Cloud for about one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud is a very stable solution.

I rate the solution a nine out of ten for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Previously, around 10,000 users were working with the solution. Our customers for SailPoint Identity Security Cloud are mostly medium and enterprise businesses.

I rate the solution’s scalability ten out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

The solution’s technical support is very good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup is a little complicated, but that's often because a project is complicated. The setup could be easier, but it needs to be flexible to meet a project's demands.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy, I rate the solution's initial setup a six out of ten.

What about the implementation team?

The solution can be deployed in some hours. Yeah. It's generally a quick process to deploy the solution. Since it's a cloud service, it's all about trying to get that cloud service to talk to your applications. It's reasonably quick to have things ready, but you need to configure the tool to talk to your systems. The solution can be deployed either on-premises or in the cloud.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's difficult to say that the solution saved costs because it is quite expensive. Automation may make things easier and less error-prone, but it doesn't save on human power.

What other advice do I have?

The solution's role management capabilities enhance access controls. They help control different types of access and what people can have access to.

The solution has introduced some AI functionalities to improve identity management. However, SailPoint seems uncertain about how the AI had been trained and how the customer data would be safeguarded. AI is used in terms of learning and some security and access requests.

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud is mostly used in the energy utility sector. New users should know what you're trying to achieve with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud. You need to control the tool rather than the tool control what you do. Make sure you understand what you're trying to do with your project. SailPoint Identity Security Cloud is a very good tool that does a lot of things, but you have to configure it to do what you want.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Integrator/Reseller
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Assistant Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Mar 18, 2024
Offers customization options and straightforward integration capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool's GUI is user-friendly."
  • "The solution's technical support team's response time and skills need improvement since it is an area where there are shortcomings."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution in my company for any customization that needs to be done. If something is not available out of the box, assuming that sometimes one may need to do some customization, it can be done easily with SailPoint IdentityIQ.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of the solution are the workflow and user access, which are the tool's two important features.

What needs improvement?

The disadvantage of the tool stems in the area of upgrades, especially if you need to do a lot of upgrades in terms of versions. Suppose a user is on SailPoint IdentityIQ Version 6.0 and needs to upgrade to SailPoint IdentityIQ Version 8.0. In that case, the product takes a lot of time, and there is a need to put in a lot of effort, making it an area where improvements are required.

The solution's technical support team's response time and skills need improvement since it is an area where there are shortcomings.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SailPoint IdentityIQ for eight years. I am the product's system integrator.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a pretty stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I deal with the tool's customers, handling small, medium, and large businesses.

How are customer service and support?

I rate the technical support a six out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The product's initial setup phase was satisfactory for our company.

I rate the product's deployment phase a nine on a scale of one to ten points, where one is difficult, and ten means it is easy to deploy.

Depending on the infrastructure where the product is required to be deployed, the deployment process, along with the updates, can take a week's time.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is expensive. People need to opt for a licensing plan for one year or three years.

What other advice do I have?

The maintenance requirement depends on the size of the deployment. If the product is used to serve a very large enterprise-sized organization with many users, 15 to 20 people are required to take care of the maintenance. If 50,000 is the product's user base, there is a need to have four to five people to four support the product.

The product's integration capabilities with other solutions can be described as a straightforward process that the tool offers. As long as the application exposes some kind of interface, SailPoint IdentityIQ can integrate with it.

The tool's GUI is user-friendly.

The product requires one to invest in maintenance, upgrades, and other such areas. If it is a small-scale business, I usually suggest SaaS-based systems to such companies so that you don't have to take care of the maintenance. Medium to large-sized businesses can choose SailPoint IdentityIQ.

I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Integrator
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Quach Van Lam - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Officer at ACB
Real User
Aug 9, 2022
Flexible, easy to customize, and not too difficult to set up
Pros and Cons
  • "The initial setup isn't so difficult."
  • "The solution is stable and flexible; we didn't have any issues with it, there are no bugs or glitches, it doesn't crash or freeze, and it's reliable."
  • "The user interface is not very user-friendly."
  • "The user interface needs some work. It could be more user-friendly."

What is most valuable?

The initial setup isn't so difficult. 

The product can be flexible in the build. You can easily customize the workflows.

We can set everything up on the cloud, which makes things very easy. It can easily adapt to the PoC requirement and the set requirements on the app's online version.

What needs improvement?

The user interface needs some work. It could be more user-friendly.

Right now, it only offers a single sign-on, an SSO.

For how long have I used the solution?

I'm in the PoC SailPoint in my online orientation. We did the PoC with the online model, and I want to try the free trial and update it on the cloud. 

I have tried to do a lot with SailPoint in about three years. We deployed dit last year and have been working on a PoC.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable and flexible. We didn't have any issues with it. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. 

If we deploy with the reduction, we have more than 15,000 users.

How are customer service and support?

I've dealt with technical support. However, I don't have much to comment on.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I also want to try Identity Now to compare the environment, the solution, and the features.

I'm looking at SailPoint and Saviynt and Oracle. Currently, we do Sailpoint IBM solutions. However, we are just finalizing the PoC. We aren't really using anything just yet.

How was the initial setup?

It's my understanding the initial setup isn't very difficult. However, I don't do the setup in the PoC. 

I have only with the phone connection and I don't think it's very difficult.

What other advice do I have?

Currently, I am just a SailPoint user.

I was partner. Right now, I am working for a bank. We did the PoC with the Identity IQ. We spent three months on the PoC. Until now, we have finalized the PoC report. I don't yet have strong experience with the product.

We don't use the mock-up use strain with the Identity IQ. We circle everything on Cloud and management.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Senior Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Oct 15, 2024
Governance features with secure environments and helpful customizations
Pros and Cons
  • "The governance features, such as certification and provisioning, are the most beneficial for enhancing security."
  • "The interface can improve, and the product could become a little cheaper."

What is our primary use case?

I am more like a consultant helping customers use SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and do not represent the client.

How has it helped my organization?

The organization's operational expenses do get reduced, roughly by fifteen percent. The service integration with products like Microsoft's and SAP's is effective.

What is most valuable?

The governance features, such as certification and provisioning, are the most beneficial for enhancing security.

What needs improvement?

The interface can improve, and the product could become a little cheaper.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SailPoint Identity Security Cloud for ten years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In terms of stability, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud is rated eight out of ten. It's quite stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Regarding scalability, I would rate it an eight out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is responsive and helpful, and I would rate them seven out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The installation is not done by us; it is handled by SailPoint professional services, and we only do the configuration.

What about the implementation team?

SailPoint manages the installation, while we configure the solution.

What was our ROI?

Organizations have seen a reduction in operational expenses by about fifteen percent.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud is considered expensive, and the kinds of customizations many of our clients expect are not allowed.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We are working with Microsoft and Saviynt, among other vendors.

What other advice do I have?

I'd rate the solution eight 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
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Security Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Nov 5, 2023
Offers built-in connectors, lifecycle management, certification, and recertification features
Pros and Cons
  • "I find the built-in connectors, lifecycle management, certification, and recertification features to be the most valuable."
  • "Scalability is hard, especially when you are doing it in real time."

What is our primary use case?

We use SailPoint IdentityIQ for identity governance and access management. There is no other vendor as good as this product. 

What is most valuable?

I find the built-in connectors, lifecycle management, certification, and recertification features to be the most valuable.

What needs improvement?

Access management could be improved. SailPoint is known for its IT identity governance capabilities, but its access management features in one platform.

Comparing SailPoint's access management to that of competitors like CyberArk and Okta, there's a clear gap.

Additionally, regarding privilege access management, there's potential for improvement. If SailPoint can develop a connector for RPAQ, they could also extend their capabilities by adding more access management features and modules.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using it for three years. I am currently using version 8.3.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We actually have a lot of challenges with some of our applications. Some of them are not working properly, and the issues are not fixed. We are encountering some problems.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is hard, especially when you are doing it in real time. But, it would be eliminated once we have the first version of IdentityNow. So, the main goal for now is just to eliminate maintenance costs or run the entire infrastructure. That's why we plan to migrate it to the SaaS version of SailPoint.

We have more than 10,000 end users. We use it daily, 24/7 operation.

How was the initial setup?

Initially, I had difficulties, but with time, I gained experience. Especially integrating legacy applications like ARPAQ. Over time, it became easier, but integrating legacy apps remains a typical issue.

In terms of user experience, I don't have any complaints.  We are planning to migrate to the cloud.

What about the implementation team?

We did it in-house with the help of a third-party vendor experienced in deploying SailPoint.

The deployment took a couple of weeks in a test environment before going into production.

We require maybe around four people because, in our company, we have different roles and responsibilities. So, from another perspective, from the system administrator, we require around four resources.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is affordable licensing. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Currently, we are looking for another option, which is EmpowerID.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. If you want to start, go better directly to the cloud, instead of installing it on-prem.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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IT Architect at University of Stellenbosch
Real User
Top 10
Jul 20, 2023
A stable solution that can be used for risk management, but it could be made cheaper
Pros and Cons
  • "We are happy with the SailPoint IdentityIQ’s stability."
  • "SailPoint IdentityIQ could be cheaper."

What is our primary use case?

The third party is the non-payroll staff of the University. IdentityNow is used to manage services.

What is most valuable?

We are happy with the SailPoint IdentityIQ’s stability.

What needs improvement?

SailPoint IdentityIQ could be cheaper.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SailPoint IdentityIQ for a few years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

SailPoint IdentityIQ is a scalable solution. We onboarded about 30,000 students, 7,000 staff, and 7,000 third parties that we need to manage on the platform. They use it themselves, and we just need to manage the numbers on the platform. People are managing it administratively within IT with five to six people.

How are customer service and support?

We have engaged with SailPoint IdentityIQ's technical support and faced no problems with them.

How was the initial setup?

The solution’s initial setup is complex.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented SailPoint IdentityIQ through a consultant. The solution’s deployment takes around seven months.

What was our ROI?

We have seen a return on investment with SailPoint IdentityIQ because it manages our risks.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We pay an annual licensing cost for SailPoint IdentityIQ.

What other advice do I have?

SailPoint IdentityIQ is deployed on-cloud in our organization. SailPoint IdentityIQ covers our whole portfolio, and its growth will depend on the growth of our numbers.

I would advise other users to be very sure of what they want to achieve and select the right product instead of being brand specific. In our case, SailPoint IdentityIQ matched the capabilities we sought.

Overall, I rate SailPoint IdentityIQ a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Head of ICT Security at Neste
Real User
Apr 3, 2023
Good scalability and provides value for its cost
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a scalable product."
  • "We have had a lot of service breaks because of the lack of support."

What is most valuable?

The whole package is useful. It matches the item to the management, so I can't pinpoint any specific individual feature.

What needs improvement?

We are satisfied with the product overall. But the challenging point has been that we are buying the service and support from CyberIAM, but the SailPoint has remained unchanged. The average support has been a big disappointment.

Another problem we face is that we have around 450 to 500 data applications in our environment, and everyone wants customized identity management for their specific application. It takes a huge amount of time to onboard all of them, and maybe that's the only weakness.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with SailPoint IdentityIQ for two years. We have been implementing it for over two years now, but we are still in the process of getting all of our legacy applications on board.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable product.

How are customer service and support?

We are only the second customer in Europe who is using the consulting services. The majority of the service is with customers on the US side, and we have been fighting on this topic for at least 18 months, which has been quite a downside. But otherwise, technically, the platform is really good. We have had a lot of service breaks because of the lack of support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The platform deployment was pretty easy. But when you start to onboard the applications, it becomes more complex. The whole configuration depends on the application architecture and how you should set it up. All the cases are different, and that can be quite challenging.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

All of the good products, like SailPoint, are expensive. But when you qualify the cost and then have to weigh the benefits and opportunities it gives you, it's a bit difficult to say whether it's expensive. SailPoint is expensive on the market but also produces real value.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We had some smaller implementations with different products, but not similar ones.

We presented our project to a vendor and then did a proof of concept with several products before selecting SailPoint IdentityIQ.

What other advice do I have?

It is suitable for both small and enterprise-level companies. I would advise reaching out to a company that has already implemented it and asking their experts how they feel about using it. Once you get benchmarking information, it becomes easy to make the decision.

Overall, I would rate it an eight out of ten. There is room for improvement with regard to their technical support and complex configuration.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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