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Authentify vs Ping Identity Platform comparison

Authentify and Ping Identity are both solutions in the Authentication Systems category. Authentify is ranked #45, while Ping Identity is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.2. Authentify holds a 0.1% mindshare in AS, compared to Ping Identity’s 3.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Authentify users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Ping Identity users who would recommend it.
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Categories and Ranking

Authentify
Ranking in Authentication Systems
45th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Ping Identity Platform
Ranking in Authentication Systems
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (4th), Data Governance (8th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (6th), Access Management (4th), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (2nd), Directory Servers (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Authentication Systems category, the mindshare of Authentify is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Ping Identity Platform is 3.5%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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A Better Way to Do Multifactor Authentication with Authentify xFA
xFA can add multifactor security to any web service with a few lines of code. We tested xFA on a small network in August 2014. It has cloud-based components to manage multifactor security, along with apps for iOS and Android.
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Dilip Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use but requires improvements in the area of stability
In my company, we have worked on authorization, and I know that there are different types of grants. We have worked on the authorization code, client credentials, and ROPC grant. There are two types of tokens, like the JWT token and internally managed reference tokens. JWT tokens are useful for finding information related to the claim requests. Internally managed reference tokens are useful for dealing with visual data and information. For the clients to fit the user information, they need to do additional work to fit all the user info into the site, which is to define and validate the token issue and provide the request for VPNs. I worked on the key differences between the authorization code and implicit grant. In the authorization code type, you will have the authorization code issued initially to the client, and the client has to exchange it with the authorization server, like using a DAC channel to get the access token. In implicit grants, tokens are issued right away if the application is a single-page application. We can either use the authorization code or an implicit grant.
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
 

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What do you like most about PingID?
The mobile biometric authentication option improved user experience. It's always about security because, with two-factor authentication, it's always a separate device verifying the actual user logg...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PingID?
The pricing is neither too expensive nor too cheap.
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What needs improvement with PingID?
The management console needs to be improved. PingID should revise it.
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Also Known As

xFA
Ping Identity (ID), PingFederate, PingAccess, PingOne, PingDataGovernance, PingDirectory, OpenDJ
 

Overview

Authentify takes advantage of a smartphone's sensors, processing power, and data channels to offer flexible authentication. It offers an authentication process users will love, eliminates the need to type passwords and defeats keystroke loggers and other threats.
Authentify
IDENTITY DEFINED SECURITY PLATFORM delivers a unified, standards-based platform that can be deployed as SaaS, software or both and can scale to handle millions of identities. From multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to access security, directory and data governance, our capabilities work together to give employees, partners and customers secure access to cloud, mobile and enterprise applications, securing and streamlined everything from sign-on to sign-off and everywhere in between.
Ping Identity
 

Sample Customers

Midwestern Bank
Equinix, Land O'Lakes, CDPHP, Box, International SOS, Opower, VSP, Chevron, Truist, Academy of Art University, Northern Air Cargo, Repsol
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