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Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) vs Oracle Identity Governance comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.4
Cisco Identity Services Engine enhances security, reduces breaches, ensures compliance, simplifies management, and consolidates systems for cost savings and efficiency.
Sentiment score
6.4
Oracle Identity Governance offers flexibility, but mixed ROI due to high costs and varied performance improvements compared to competitors.
Direct comparisons with Forescout reveal up to 30% to 40% difference in cost savings.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.9
Cisco ISE support is praised for knowledge and responsiveness, yet occasionally inconsistent with integration and follow-up challenges.
Sentiment score
5.5
Oracle Identity Governance's customer service varies, with regional differences affecting response times; forums often provide better solutions.
I rate the technical support as one out of ten.
Sometimes it's challenging to identify which support team is responsible for certain issues, which is a significant concern.
The team is not very knowledgeable and takes too long to respond.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) offers high scalability, supporting large deployments and enterprise expansions despite hardware and setup challenges.
Sentiment score
6.9
Oracle Identity Governance is scalable for large enterprises but may face performance challenges and cost concerns under heavy loads.
Factors like architecture, business nature, and legal limitations such as GDPR affect it.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Cisco ISE is highly reliable and stable, though larger deployments may experience occasional performance and configuration challenges.
Sentiment score
6.1
Oracle Identity Governance's stability varies, with mixed user feedback on performance, requiring adjustments and ongoing maintenance for optimal functioning.
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is considered very reliable and stable.
The stability of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is poor for certain use cases, like authentication.
 

Room For Improvement

Cisco Identity Services Engine requires improved integration, user interface, documentation, compatibility, and management efficiency to enhance user experience.
Oracle Identity Governance faces complexity, lacking integration, features, support, and cloud capabilities, making it resource-intensive with usability issues.
The whole setup works well with Cisco access points and Cisco switches, but when you have multiple vendors in the environment, such as HP switches or access points like Aruba, you'll find they will not work well with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).
Pricing can be more expensive compared to other vendors, and there is a significant price gap observed, which doesn't seem justified by some specific features.
Additionally, the product is vulnerable and has many bugs.
Incorporating AI to reduce manual work would be beneficial.
 

Setup Cost

Cisco ISE offers three pricing tiers, with high costs and complex licensing, but provides extensive features and potential discounts.
Oracle Identity Governance is costly for SMEs, with high licensing and implementation fees, but fiscal year-end discounts are available.
The license costs can range between $50,000 to $100,000 per year for enterprises.
Compared to other solutions like HPE ClearPass, Cisco is more costly, and the conversation suggests a possible forty percent price gap compared to competitors.
Making large organizational costs significant.
They sell the solution cheaply, but setting up and maintaining it becomes very expensive.
 

Valuable Features

Cisco ISE enhances network security with integration, 802.1X authentication, policy management, ease of use, and strong access control.
Oracle Identity Governance offers scalable, customizable identity management with role-based access, user provisioning, and extensive integration capabilities.
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) offers authentication using RADIUS, enhancing network security by separating and segregating networks.
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is very good at device administration.
The solution is integrated with other Cisco devices and can offer automation for an organization, making deployments more dynamic and providing real-time visibility.
The features I find most effective in Oracle Identity Governance include size and scale management, which is good for large organizations.
 

Categories and Ranking

Cisco Identity Services Eng...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
142
Ranking in other categories
Network Access Control (NAC) (1st), Cisco Security Portfolio (1st)
Oracle Identity Governance
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
68
Ranking in other categories
User Provisioning Software (6th), Identity Management (IM) (14th), Mobile Identity (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Oracle Identity Governance aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is designed for Network Access Control (NAC) and holds a mindshare of 27.1%, down 31.6% compared to last year.
Oracle Identity Governance, on the other hand, focuses on Identity Management (IM), holds 2.0% mindshare, down 3.1% since last year.
Network Access Control (NAC)
Identity Management (IM)
 

Featured Reviews

SunilkumarNaganuri - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced device administration hindered by complex deployment and security limitations
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) needs to improve the profiling preauthentication. They are very poor in asset classification and should focus on improving the preauthentication profiling, especially for NAC use cases. This will give them a roadmap for software-defined access (SDA) use cases and network segmentation. Threat detection capabilities are very weak. Additionally, the product is vulnerable and has many bugs.
Amimesh Anand - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers reliability through features associated with RBAC
Upgrading and making changes to the product is very difficult. It is difficult when you are upgrading the product because sometimes you cannot directly upgrade from one version to another version. You have to go to the lower version and then upgrade to the higher version, which is the biggest drawback of Oracle products. There are no additional features in the tool currently, and it has been the same for the last ten years. I want to see AI features in the tool so it becomes easy for implementers. There should be a change in the installation and deployment part, which is very heavy, due to which the team requires a lot of time, like two to three weeks. It should be easy to implement the tool in two or three days.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
28%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
7%
Educational Organization
79%
Computer Software Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Government
1%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Aruba Clearpass or Cisco ISE?
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What are the main differences between Cisco ISE and Forescout Platform?
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How does Cisco ISE compare with Fortinet FortiNAC?
Cisco ISE uses AI endpoint analytics to identify new devices based on their behavior. It will also notify you if someone plugs in with a device that is not allowed and will block it. The user exper...
What do you like most about Oracle Identity Governance?
Role-based access control (RBAC) has been crucial for role-based management in my current company. Granular access restrictions based on role-based policies were beneficial.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Identity Governance?
They sell the solution cheaply, but setting up and maintaining it becomes very expensive. The initial pricing becomes insignificant due to high ongoing expenses. Overall, I would rate it a five out...
What needs improvement with Oracle Identity Governance?
The solution requires too much infrastructure and should be less code-heavy. It should have more automatic deployments and automatic configurations. Incorporating AI to reduce manual work would be ...
 

Also Known As

Cisco ISE
Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle IAM, Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite
 

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