The product is for identity management.
Assistant Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Great features, lots of use cases, and offers a single source of truth
Pros and Cons
- "It offers a single source of truth. Everything can be handled from one tier."
- "The user interface could be slightly improved. It could be made simpler and more user-friendly, however, it is good enough right now."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
There are lots of features. It depends on what your use cases are. Basically, how the entitlements are handled is very good. It's the complete lifecycle of entitlements. That is what the best feature is about the product.
It offers a single source of truth. Everything can be handled from one tier.
I focused on the functionality. We needed to implement everything properly, and those functionalities were pre-built in the product. We didn't have an issue in that sense.
The interface is simple and very usable. I have used other products and didn't see their interface as better than SailPoint.
The product is stable.
It is scalable.
What needs improvement?
I wouldn't be able to point out any shortcomings. Right now, also I'm not working on the product as much.
The user interface could be slightly improved. It could be made simpler and more user-friendly, however, it is good enough right now.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for more than a year.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable. 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 scalability is good.
How are customer service and support?
We only used support for a few months initially and they were very, very good. There was no problem at that time. After that, we are on our own. We have our own experts. They have been experts in SailPoint for a long, long time. Therefore, we are reaching out to SailPoint support directly - until and unless there is a shortcoming or a bug in the product. I have not come across any yet.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We had legacy systems. That's why we moved to SailPoint.
How was the initial setup?
The setup was pretty good. We have five people that can handle deployment and maintenance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing was taken care of by management. I don't know about the exact cost.
What other advice do I have?
I'm a customer. We have bought the product, and we are using it. It's in our organization.
I am not sure which version of the solution we're using. It might be one version behind.
Whether or not this is the right solution for others depends on your use cases. If your use cases align with those, this is the best product to use. The client that I'm working with has their use cases aligned with this solution, and we haven't had to customize much. Most of the functionality's in-built.
I'd rate the product ten out of ten. It covers the functionality we need.
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.

Governance Specialist Tl at CarePlus
Automated and integrates well with other platforms
Pros and Cons
- "A feature of SailPoint IdentityIQ that I like best is that it has good integration with other platforms. My company is using ADP here in Brazil, and SailPoint IdentityIQ works very, very well with it. My company is also using the solution for governance evaluation, segregation, and other access tests. For my company, SailPoint IdentityIQ is a very important solution, especially because it's automated, and there's a huge audit and risk issue here in Brazil."
- "In the past, we had a lot of problems with SailPoint IdentityIQ, particularly in providing access and provisioning. There were some gaps in the operation of the solution because they were manual rather than automated, and the users and administrators were given access directly via Active Directory, and it wasn't appropriate for us at the time to use. In terms of integration, we could provide a more automated solution after a minimum number of years, but not in the SailPoint IdentityIQ platform, but there were problems in the registration, for example, with putting information inside ADP, but in general, we were able to solve those problems, and after implementing SailPoint IdentityIQ we had increased evaluations."
What is our primary use case?
We're using SailPoint IdentityIQ for these purposes: user access, authentication, and governance review access.
How has it helped my organization?
SailPoint IdentityIQ has improved my organization as it's used mainly to provide access to first-time users and also for other actions around managing access.
What is most valuable?
A feature of SailPoint IdentityIQ that I like best is that it has good integration with other platforms. My company is using ADP here in Brazil, and SailPoint IdentityIQ works very, very well with it. My company is also using the solution for governance evaluation, segregation, and other access tests. For my company, SailPoint IdentityIQ is a very important solution, especially because it's automated, and there's a huge audit and risk issue here in Brazil.
What needs improvement?
In the past, we had a lot of problems with SailPoint IdentityIQ, particularly in providing access and provisioning. There were some gaps in the operation of the solution because they were manual rather than automated, and the users and administrators were given access directly via Active Directory, and it wasn't appropriate for us at the time to use.
In terms of integration, we could provide a more automated solution after a minimum number of years, but not in the SailPoint IdentityIQ platform, but there were problems in the registration, for example, with putting information inside ADP, but in general, we were able to solve those problems, and after implementing SailPoint IdentityIQ we had increased evaluations.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using SailPoint IdentityIQ for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
SailPoint IdentityIQ is a stable solution.
How are customer service and support?
We didn't have contact with the technical support for SailPoint IdentityIQ because we're using a third party for support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Ten of our administrators used Append to control executive activities prior to using SailPoint IdentityIQ, but in general, we found SailPoint IdentityIQ to be more useful in maintaining information, access roles, and permissions. The solution does exactly what we needed it to do.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup for SailPoint IdentityIQ was straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
We used a third party to implement SailPoint IdentityIQ, particularly in the beginning, but nowadays, we can implement the solution on our own. In the beginning, we had a problem with the rules inside the platform, but the third party helped us in solving the problem and installed and configured SailPoint IdentityIQ appropriately.
What was our ROI?
Right now, I'm not sure if there's ROI from SailPoint IdentityIQ, but within a few months or so, there will be.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
In terms of pricing, SailPoint IdentityIQ is affordable. It's not cheap, and it's not expensive, so the solution is in the middle, price-wise. It also didn't have additional costs, even if my company had different teams that took care of auditing and provisioning and projects that used SailPoint IdentityIQ.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated other solutions, but SailPoint IdentityIQ proved to be more adequate for us to use, and we found that not a single solution or tool was exactly better than SailPoint IdentityIQ.
What other advice do I have?
I'm not sure about the version of SailPoint IdentityIQ my company is using, but it's probably the newest version.
My company has ten administrators of SailPoint IdentityIQ and around one thousand users. Ten technicians maintain the solution. My company maintains the solution and always keeps it updated, so integrating other solutions to SailPoint IdentityIQ won't be a problem.
In terms of rating SailPoint IdentityIQ, nine is a good score for me. My company is very happy with the solution.
My company is a customer of SailPoint IdentityIQ.
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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Implementation Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Useful reports, customizable workflows, and feature rich
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of SailPoint IdentityIQ are the reporting because it is better than other solutions. The workflows can be customized to our requirements and the overall features are good."
- "If you compare Saviynt and Okta Workforce Identity versus SailPoint IdentityIQ, SailPoint IdentityIQ needs to improve its UI."
What is our primary use case?
SailPoint IdentityIQ is used for reporting and identity, account, and access management.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of SailPoint IdentityIQ are the reporting because it is better than other solutions. The workflows can be customized to our requirements and the overall features are good.
What needs improvement?
If you compare Saviynt and Okta Workforce Identity versus SailPoint IdentityIQ, SailPoint IdentityIQ needs to improve its UI.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using SailPoint IdentityIQ for approximately four years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
When using SailPoint IdentityIQ you need to tell them the capacity you want, and they will provide the solution with the appropriate license. For example, you have to tell them initially that you will have 50,000 users using the solution then they will tell you how much service you will need to deploy.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is not very good but it is good. They can improve.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have previously used Saviynt and Okta Workforce Identity.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of SailPoint IdentityIQ is easy. The time of deployment can take approximately two days.
What about the implementation team?
We did the implementation of SailPoint IdentityIQ in-house.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others is if you are new to the identity access management world, and you are starting with SailPoint IdentityIQ, you have the best tool in your hand to start with. You can receive complete exposure to all the types of operations or workflows.
I rate SailPoint IdentityIQ 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?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Reseller
Identity and access management system that offers stability and scalability
Pros and Cons
- "This solution is easy to configure."
- "The mover process for this solution could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution predominantly for the leaver process.
What is most valuable?
This solution is easy to configure.
What needs improvement?
The mover process for this solution could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have used this solution for six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. This took one week.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We have a monthly subscription for this solution.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Security Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Offers file access control with many integration capabilities
Pros and Cons
- "This solution is great for providing control access across your environment."
- "I would like for the next release to have a more user-friendly interface."
What is our primary use case?
We have a central server and use SailPoint to provide us access to all user/admin accounts/files. There are a lot of integration options that we have not taken advantage of yet - it is possible that in the future, a customer will want to integrate their HR system with SailPoint.
What is most valuable?
This solution is great for providing control access across your environment.
What needs improvement?
I would like for the next release to have a more user-friendly interface.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution that is widely used because it is dominant within the industry.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution can be expanded so I would say that it is scalable. The solution can accommodate thousands of users, there are maybe sixty of seventy thousand users within my organization.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is good.
How was the initial setup?
This solution takes a long tome to deploy, but it is not complex to setup. A medium-scale deployment will take you about one year.
The system requires about ten to fifteen people to maintain from various teams i.e. active directory, access management, security etc.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
You are able to get discounts if you plan to use the tool for the long-term i.e. discounts for 5+ years of usage.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to anyone looking into it and would rate it an eight out of ten.
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. Partner
Product Development Lead at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Identity Access Management tool that allows our company to ensure the right team members have access to the right platforms at the right time
Pros and Cons
- "SailPoint has allowed us to ensure the right people have the right access and to the rights things."
- "The UI of the solution could be more customizable so we could change the workflows to suit our needs."
What is our primary use case?
We use Identity IQ for user onboarding, offboarding, profile management and to manage user access across various platforms in our organization.
What is most valuable?
SailPoint has allowed us to ensure the right people have the right access and to the rights things.
What needs improvement?
The prices could be slightly reduced to match other products in the market.
The UI of the solution could be more customizable so we could change the workflows to suit our needs. There is not much customization offered in SailPoint connectors. We had to customize the out-of-the-box connector to meet our needs and keep track of this customization for future upgrades.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution.
How was the initial setup?
We moved from Oracle Identity Manager to SailPoint and the initial setup was not straightforward. It took two to three days and was done is small steps.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented the solution in-house but received assistance leading up to the implementation from a third party company for three months.
What other advice do I have?
From the backend perspective, when we have needed certain functionality and it has not been possible within the solution, we have reached out to SailPoint for assistance.
I would rate it an eight out of ten.
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.
Director - Cyber Security at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I like the granular attachment management and certification customization features
Pros and Cons
- "I like IdentityIQ's granular attachment management and certification customization features."
- "The price of IdentityIQ could be lower. There are additional costs when you buy the licenses, and they force the customers to pay for them."
What is our primary use case?
We used it to manage our complete lifecycle completely. We migrated from CA Integrated Manager to SailPoint in my previous firm. Typical use cases include onboarding contractors, lifecycle management, and employee lifecycle management for user certification. Other use cases include password reset and any application group-level provisioning.
What is most valuable?
I like IdentityIQ's granular attachment management and certification customization features.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used IdentityIQ for the last year and a half.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
IdentityIQ is pretty stable compared to our previous solution, and we're satisfied with the performance.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We haven't had any issues with scalability. What we built earlier matched our requirements, so Identity IQ was scalable as per our need when we added more users or applications. We have about 100,000 users.
How are customer service and support?
We've used their engagement and peer services team since the beginning.
How was the initial setup?
It was a standard installation. It wasn't too complicated or easy. It is a typical out-of-the-box installation. We could do it all ourselves with our in-house engineering capability. We need at least one engineer for deployment and maintenance and 10 people for support. It's a multi-year project for us split into three phases. I was there for phase one and part of the second phase. The third phase is ongoing.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of IdentityIQ could be lower. There are additional costs when you buy the licenses, and they force the customers to pay for them. Overall, enterprise pricing should be more transparent. It's a yearly license.
What other advice do I have?
I rate IdentityIQ 7.5 out of 10.
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.
Senior Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
A flexible and stable solution with a lot of out-of-the-box functionalities and good value for money
Pros and Cons
- "It provides a lot of out-of-the-box functionalities. You don't have to do too much custom development like other solutions such as Microsoft or NetIQ. It also has a lot of out-of-the-box connectors for different sources, directories, databases, etc. Its cloud version is working very well, and its pricing is okay. Its value for money is fine for most of the customers. It is also very flexible. They have frequent new releases and patches for fixing errors and things like that."
- "They can work on their strategy for the on-premise version. They have to decide whether and for how long they will support the on-premise version. The new features first appear in the cloud, and after that, they are released for the on-premise version. In the cloud, you have more options and flexibility, which is absolutely normal. They have to have a clear strategy regarding whether they'll support the on-premises version with the same focus. The licensing for on-premise and cloud is a little bit different. They can make it the same."
What is our primary use case?
There are a lot of use cases. About 90% of our clients are using this solution for internal identity management. Only one client is using SailPoint for external customers.
About 70% or 80% of deployments are on the cloud, and about 30% or 20% of deployments are on-premise. We have two customers who have on-premise deployments.
What is most valuable?
It provides a lot of out-of-the-box functionalities. You don't have to do too much custom development like other solutions such as Microsoft or NetIQ. It also has a lot of out-of-the-box connectors for different sources, directories, databases, etc.
Its cloud version is working very well, and its pricing is okay. Its value for money is fine for most of the customers. It is also very flexible. They have frequent new releases and patches for fixing errors and things like that.
What needs improvement?
They can work on their strategy for the on-premise version. They have to decide whether and for how long they will support the on-premise version. The new features first appear in the cloud, and after that, they are released for the on-premise version. In the cloud, you have more options and flexibility, which is absolutely normal. They have to have a clear strategy regarding whether they'll support the on-premises version with the same focus. The licensing for on-premise and cloud is a little bit different. They can make it the same.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this solution for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is absolutely stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable. It can support tens of millions of identities. We have a total of nine clients. Eight clients use it internally. One client is using SailPoint for external customers, and it is a very large deployment. They have about a million and a half customers.
We do not offer support because support is provided by SailPoint, but we can act as the first line of support. We have around seven people who are actively doing SailPoint tasks.
How are customer service and technical support?
Their support is very good. My colleagues, as well as our customers, have shared that the support is very good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We had some experience with Microsoft and IBM in the past, but these solutions are not so good. They're very expensive, and Microsoft and IBM are not flexible in pricing.
We decided to go with SailPoint because, as a company, they are flexible. Their partner discounts are also good. SailPoint is a really good company. It is a new generation company like some of the other competitors and vendors.
How was the initial setup?
Its installation is easy, but it depends on how many and what types of identity sources you have. If you have well-defined sources, such as active directory, LDAP directory, or some other application directories, it is very easy, but if you have only databases with identities, it could be challenging. It is not always easy to deploy identity management solutions in organizations because there are too many identity sources that have to be integrated.
The deployment duration depends on the scale, complexity, and number of sources. Typically, in enterprise organizations, it could take from six to nine months to cover the whole organization. It can even take a year. For customers with less than 20,000 or 30,000 active users, you can deploy it in less than three months.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Its price is okay. It provides good value for money.
It is subscription-based. You can go for a one-year or three-year subscription.
What other advice do I have?
I would absolutely recommend this product. It is a good product.
I would rate SailPoint IdentityIQ a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner

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