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Fortra's Powertech Identity & Access Manager vs SailPoint Identity Security Cloud comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Fortra's Powertech Identity...
Average Rating
5.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Privileged Access Management (PAM) (42nd)
SailPoint Identity Security...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
User Provisioning Software (1st), Identity Management (IM) (2nd), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (4th), SaaS Management Platforms (2nd), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Identity and Access Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Fortra's Powertech Identity & Access Manager is designed for Privileged Access Management (PAM) and holds a mindshare of 0.2%, down 0.2% compared to last year.
SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on User Provisioning Software, holds 30.0% mindshare, up 28.9% since last year.
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
User Provisioning Software
 

Featured Reviews

SO
Dec 21, 2021
Inexperienced support for old product, but good flexibility for use case customization
HelpSystems Powertech is scalable if you throw more servers at it. Then you can distribute the load, which is a Microsoft SQL Server backend, and as long as you allocate enough resources to those things, then it is scalable. That's good enough. It would be an entire organization that uses it. So at a hospital for example, a healthcare system, a bank, and it would be the entire workforce on it. I haven't see a lot of customer's specific use cases, but it is for the whole workforce, everyone. The CEO of the company to the janitor. In terms of maintaining it, that requires application administrators or system administrators. There is a manual process to update the product, at least with the on-premise version.
RameshBhattacharjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 11, 2022
Great features with good certification module but the cost can be prohibitive for some
We use this product for identity governance. There is the basic identity creation in the lifecycle followed by certification. I'm a company manager and implementer and we are customers of SailPoint.   I think the certification module is perhaps one of the most valuable features. The options are…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"HelpSystems Powertech's feature that I have found most valuable is its flexibility. It is able to be extended. A lot of the products these days, especially the ones on the cloud, are limited and can't handle all the use cases. Often there is not even a way to customize the application to meet uncommon use cases and HelpSystems provides an infrastructure that lends itself to the ability to be customized."
"Has a great certification module with intuitive options."
"Provides good authorization and authentication system functionality."
"SailPoint has allowed us to ensure the right people have the right access and to the rights things."
"Security and administration for any new/current access."
"This solution has made our team more effective. We need less manual approvals when someone new joins our company. There is less paperwork and fewer support tickets raised for access."
"I find the built-in connectors, lifecycle management, certification, and recertification features to be the most valuable."
"It is a scalable product."
"It is simple and easy to implement."
 

Cons

"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the support of the product. It's hard to get support for it. I think this is emblematic of the fact that they don't have a lot of employees who have long-term experience with it."
"What it doesn't do is provide notice in the event of a vulnerability or offense from the security."
"I would like to see more Cloud management from this product."
"The advanced provisioning features require more improvement."
"I would like for the next release to have a more user-friendly interface."
"The connectors should be improved."
"Scalability is hard, especially when you are doing it in real time."
"One needs to understand that SailPoint is into full-fledged IAM practice with a long-term vision, and customers will get a quick ROI with best practices implementation."
"Additional details during account aggregation failures to help quick troubleshooting."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's all competitive. Initially, the prices look a bit higher, but once it gets into a competitive situation, they meet the market. I'd rate it an eight out of ten in terms of pricing. It tends to be more expensive, but it works."
"I rate the solution a seven on a scale where one is cheap and ten is too expensive. In short, the solution falls under the higher side of pricing."
"Usually, the cost of deploying about 5,000 licenses or 5,000 users, would be the equivalent to the cost of the license, which would be reaching up to around $90,000."
"The price of the solution could improve, it is not priced well for smaller businesses to afford."
"SailPoint IdentityIQ is highly-priced, and I rate it an eight out of ten for pricing."
"It's difficult to say that the solution saved costs because it is quite expensive."
"The product is expensive. I rate its pricing an eight out of ten."
"SailPoint IIQ is the best of best. That is reflected in the pricing of the solution. The pricing is based on the number of identities."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Insurance Company
6%
 

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How does Sailpoint IdentityIQ compare with CyberArk PAM?
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What do you like most about SailPoint IdentityIQ?
The first valuable feature of the solution is its interface. The second feature of the solution is the level of flexibility it provides.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SailPoint IdentityIQ?
The product is expensive. People need to opt for a licensing plan for one year or three years.
 

Also Known As

HelpSystems Powertech Identity & Access Manager, Powertech Identity & Access Manager, BoKS, BoKS ServerControl, Fox Technologies ApplicationControl, ApplicationControl
IdentityIQ, IdentityNow, Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management, Intello
 

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