IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

"The Verify feature: A push method which customers are going for."

"The integration effort with the end application is quite straightforward and easy."

"OAuth 2 is now the de facto standard for API protection and scoped authorized delegation. IBM TAM now supports OAuth 2 and can act as fully compliant OAuth 2 authorization server."

"Single Sign-On functionality is valuable because the core purpose of the product is to allow universal (or bespoke) SSO for application suites."

"SAML 2.0."

"All of our applications get a point, click, and you are in, while we increase security at the same time."

"As our identity model continues to mature, probably the Federation is most valueable."

"IWA is an out-of-the-box feature. The SAML-based federation is standard for all tools. However, CA Single Sign-On has made the federation configuration way too simple and handy to set up and use."

"The most valuable feature is the integration with the Active Directory."

"The single sign-on is the solution's most valuable feature"

"The feature that I mostly valued is the ease of installation on different systems, especially on Windows."

"That seamless integration significantly improves user experience and efficiency."

"You can quickly deploy the entire product with a basic config within couple of hours."

"The self-service portal needs improvement."

"Looking at their roadmap, they have a broad grasp of the security features which the industry needs."

"An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for the newer appliance versions for hosting the virtual appliances on AWS will help."

"The profiling element is incredibly robust, but also equally as complex, it requires an off-site course to be able to understand the context or the plethora of options available."

"Multi-factor authentication with social integration needs to improve."

"All the problems that we reported actually have never been resolved. We could not capture enough information for CA to be able to debug the problem."

"As we are moving in to the mobility space, this is where we really see SiteMinder and their other product really come together to provide a solution base to a different area where the IoT is coming, the different business communications are happening. All of those things require authentication and we really want to see this product grow into that role."

"We're currently unable to find information about if the solution can do a full implementation with SQL. Some better and more accessible documentation for new users or those curious about the product would be helpful."

"I would like to see a move towards the newer technologies, which is what we are doing right now. I think that's in the roadmap that's coming, in the 12.8 and 14 releases, but we would like to have it sooner than later."

"CA has reporting at the moment. With the reporting, every particular segmented product has a reporting engine. I would like to see centralized reporting for all of them together."

"I would prefer to see their SAML integration be a more streamlined and easier interface."

"Symantec SiteMinder is not easy to set up and maintain at an infrastructure level."

"Better documentation. I went through some sessions on single sign-on for version 12.7."

"The IBM prices are, as ever, extortionate, even with a business partnership, and high levels of discounts."

"CA solutions are generally expensive but for the customer the ROI is big."

"The solution's pricing is competitive."

"I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."

"Siteminder is a little costly. You pay for licensing, and they offer packages, so if you have less users, then you have to buy different products at different prices. If you have more of a user base, then the package is different. They also include other features—for example, if you have a database and you're using Siteminder, then it's good to use a Semantic-specific database, but if you are using less, then you have to purchase the database separately. Whereas if you are going for a bigger license, then it comes within the package. It depends on which plan you are using."

"The licensing is fair for this solution."

"Symantec Siteminder is expensive; they could definitely do better on the price."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"The price is quite comparable to the other enterprise-level solutions in that market."