Oracle Access Manager vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

Oracle and Broadcom are both solutions in the Access Management category. Oracle is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.8, while Broadcom is ranked #12 with an average rating of 6.6. Oracle holds a 2.5% mindshare in AM, compared to Broadcom’s 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

Oracle Access Manager

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75% willing to recommend

Symantec Siteminder

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91% willing to recommend

Oracle Access Manager

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 11, 2024

Symantec Siteminder and Oracle Access Manager are leading access management solutions. Oracle Access Manager generally has the upper hand in features and deployment efficiency, while Symantec Siteminder is appreciated for its pricing and customer service.

Features: User reviews highlight the robust security, policy management, and cost-effectiveness of Symantec Siteminder. Oracle Access Manager is praised for its comprehensive integration capabilities, advanced authentication methods, and wider feature set.

Room for Improvement: Symantec Siteminder needs better documentation, a more intuitive configuration process, and enhanced scalability. Oracle Access Manager's complexity can be a barrier, and users suggest making the interface more user-friendly and improving performance under high loads.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Symantec Siteminder scores higher on deployment simplicity, with users finding the setup straightforward. Oracle Access Manager, while more complex to deploy, benefits from extensive customer support that mitigates deployment challenges.

Pricing and ROI: Symantec Siteminder is cost-effective with quick ROI and lower setup costs. Oracle Access Manager, despite higher initial expenses, offers better long-term value due to its advanced capabilities and integration options, justifying the higher cost with superior ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Access Manager

Ranking in Access Management

11th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Symantec Siteminder

Ranking in Access Management

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Single Sign-On (SSO) (12th), Web Access Management (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Access Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Access Manager is 2.5%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Siteminder is 3.3%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Access Management

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Upendar G

Senior Consultant at Wipro Limited

Efficiently manage applications with secure single sign-on and streamlined operations

Access Manager allows us to efficiently manage a broad spectrum of applications while ensuring secure, single-page application access. Its ability to consolidate applications on a single interface streamlines operations significantly. The product is highly secure and reliable, especially in managing user access across various platforms. Multi-factor authentication enhances security by requiring additional verification steps.

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Siva Chalamarla

Senior Software Engineer at HCLTech

Good access control and SSO but needs modernization

The access control and the SSO are the two most valuable features. Siteminder allows users to authenticate once and gain access to multiple applications without needing to reauthenticate for each application separately. For example, if you access one application in one tab, you do not need to provide it again if you are trying to access the same application. The portal has different applications built into it. It's similar to Google. If you open Google and try to access the maps in that Google, you do not need to authenticate in maps. You just need to authenticate in the starting phase. Only a particular group of people have access. Our guys will give an error called access denied or unauthorized access. It depends on the application. It is pretty easy to learn.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product supports customization."

"The scalability of the solution is good. We haven't felt we've been restricted from expanding as necessary and we haven't heard of any issues from our clients."

"The most important functions of Oracle Access Manager are single sign-on and its integration capability with different applications."

"The most valuable features of Oracle Access Manager are the single sign-on capability and is a very robust platform. It can take a high number of authentication, and authorization requests. It's very flexible."

"I would tell others that this solution is reliable. If they are looking for a solution that is reliable and that is scalable, then this is a good one."

"My company has used most features of Oracle Access Manager for various implementations, but the most helpful feature of the solution for the business and customers is single sign-on."

"Access Manager allows us to efficiently manage a broad spectrum of applications while ensuring secure, single-page application access."

"Excellent SSO solution for Oracle products."

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"It has the ability to authenticate and authorize users. It is the main feature for our security."

"The Directory is secure. It's our user store, and it's important to keep our members safe. The product does well with that."

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

"The most valuable feature is the Federation part of Single Sign On, which is customizable and is easily integrated with any customer application or any third party application."

"Authentication & Authorization are important because all the sites need authentication for security purposes. That has been handled pretty well all these years with SSO."

"If you look at our organization, and really all financial institutions, we have a lot of legacy apps. So it really helps to get Single Sign-On."

"Symantec Siteminder has simplified user access for our customers from user login to their web applications."

"It is very scalable. We have a very large customer base: 75 million customers."

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Cons

"Although Oracle Access Manager is generally stable, we experienced issues with multi-domain configurations and web agent settings."

"Multi-factor authentication requires a lot of processes and technicalities."

"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to the interface."

"In other products, we can customize on the GUI end, whereas in Oracle, we need to take a backup of the JAR file and then customize it...and during this process, sometimes the WebLogic admin console will go down, which will impact the process."

"There could be some improvements in the documentation and overall knowledge base of the solution."

"The initial implementation can definitely be improved because you have to work on several components to configure it correctly."

"The technical support is not very good at all."

"Sometimes if a session takes too long, you have to log in again."

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"The initial setup was complex, painful. But that is to be expected of any new setup. When you're a big bank like us, any kind of migration to a new product is hard. I expect it to be painful, and it was painful. But it's not something that you can avoid."

"The tech support has not been very good for us so we don't use them anymore. We have had some issues. Nobody is perfect."

"Siteminder needs to improve its user experience."

"The main thing is we do not have the traceability and good monitoring that CA can provide us to capture problems when they occur."

"I'd like to see a rework of the user directory configuration."

"They need to make configurations easier, and not have the engineer having to guess what will happen when he changes a particular setting."

"The maintenance cost has increased significantly, and we are concerned about this."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Can be expensive as a solution."

"The price is really good and it is flexible because they have CPU licenses. The license is a one-time-only purchase."

"I cannot comment on the exact pricing because Oracle has different licensing models for other clients, making it flexible."

"The tool is affordable."

"On a scale where one is a high price, and ten is a low price, I rate the solution a one. Purchasing a license for the solution is very expensive now."

"The product is a little expensive."

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

"The pricing is reasonable."

"The licensing is fair for this solution."

"The solution's pricing is competitive."

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

"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."

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

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

34%

Insurance Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Access Manager?

The product supports customization.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Access Manager?

Oracle Access Manager is more expensive than alternatives like Okta and CyberArk. Although it offers robust security, the cost might not justify its features for organizations with fewer applications.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Access Manager?

To improve Oracle Access Manager, they should consider integrating more policies and enhancing automation, especially in managing server load and cache cleanup. Enhancements in automation would eas...

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What do you like most about Symantec Siteminder?

It's agent-based. It's convenient to deploy and integrate.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Siteminder?

The maintenance fee has increased, raising concerns about the overall cost to customers.

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What needs improvement with Symantec Siteminder?

The maintenance cost has increased significantly, and we are concerned about this. We also need to consider the customization or development required for web authentication when using Active Direct...

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Comparisons

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Compared 25% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 24% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

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Single Sign-On, SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder

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Overview

Oracle Access Manager delivers risk-aware end-to-end user authentication, single sign-on, and authorization protection, enabling enterprises to secure access from mobile devices and seamlessly integrate social identities with applications.

Symantec® SiteMinder is designed to secure the modern enterprise through a unified access management platform that applies the appropriate authentication mechanism to positively identify users; provides single sign-on and identity federation for seamless access to any application; enforces granular security policies to stop unauthorized access to sensitive resources; and monitors and manages the entire user session to prevent session hijacking. Finally, Symantec SiteMinder is battle-tested and has been deployed in the largest IT environments in the world.

Sample Customers

SekerBank, University of Melbourne

British Telecom, CoreBlox, DBS, HMS, Itera ASA and Simeo

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