Oracle Access Manager vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

Oracle and Broadcom are both solutions in the Access Management category. Oracle is ranked #12 with an average rating of 9.0, while Broadcom is ranked #11 with an average rating of 6.6. Oracle holds a 2.3% mindshare in AM, compared to Broadcom’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 76% 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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76% willing to recommend

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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

12th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Symantec Siteminder

Ranking in Access Management

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Access Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Access Manager is 2.3%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Siteminder is 3.7%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Muzi Lubisi

Senior technical Consultant at CA Africa

Improved user experience with seamless integration and easy installation

The feature that I mostly valued is the ease of installation on different systems, especially on Windows. Additionally, it is very beneficial for deploying single sign-on sessions between different windows on a web browser, provided I am connected to the right identity provider. That seamless integration significantly improves user experience and efficiency.

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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 MFA is the most valuable aspect."

"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."

"The product supports customization."

"The product allows customization via custom code."

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

"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."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."

"Once it is set up, it is easy to use and it integrates with most of the products on the market."

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"Siteminder allows us to manage identity and portability control efficiently."

"It is pretty easy to learn."

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

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

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

"The solution is easy to use for our managers."

"Ease of use is very good, for administrating it. It's very well known."

"It has considerably reduced the amount of time that new users would take to join into the organization. Previously, it was a lengthy, manual process because it's a very secure environment, where they need to verify the user before they can actually grant him a user-ID and password. Integrating with the built-in custom application, and exposing CA Single Sign On to the internet, we were able to get the employees onboard. The time that we gained was: previously it would generally take from four to eight weeks for each employee, we brought it to one to two days."

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Cons

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

"I suggest Oracle make the integration process for non-Oracle applications as straightforward and easy as it is for Oracle applications."

"In the next release, they should focus more on use cases related to customer access management, customer identity, and access management."

"May not integrate easily with non-Oracle products."

"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."

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

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

"The mobile access to the solution isn't ideal. They should work to improve its functionality."

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"The support could be faster."

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

"The support team could work on their response time and overall competence."

"Some of the new protocols, like OAuth 2.0, could be improved."

"The initial setup of Symantec SiteMinder was a bit tricky. I would rate it a seven on a scale of one to ten, where ten indicates an easy setup."

"In future releases, I would like to see maybe more capabilities with some more modern authentication."

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

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is a little expensive."

"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."

"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."

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

"The tool is affordable."

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

"The licensing is fair for this solution."

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

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

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

"The solution's pricing is competitive."

"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 pricing is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Government

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

35%

Insurance Company

12%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing 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?

While Oracle Access Manager is considered expensive, it is competitive compared to products like Okta. Oracle Access Manager requires separate payments for each product, but it may not be suitable ...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Access Manager?

When integrating non-Oracle products with Oracle Access Manager, the process can be quite different and tricky compared to integrating Oracle applications. I suggest Oracle make the integration pro...

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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?

My experience with pricing is that it is all good.

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What needs improvement with Symantec Siteminder?

Symantec Siteminder needs to have adaptive authentication and multi-factor authentication as integrated features. Currently, multi-factor authentication is available as a separate solution, and it ...

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Comparisons

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Compared 52% of the time

Microsoft Entra ID vs Oracle Access Manager

Compared 21% of the time

ForgeRock vs Oracle Access Manager

Compared 10% of the time

Okta Workforce Identity vs Oracle Access Manager

Compared 9% of the time

Auth0 vs Oracle Access Manager

Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 45% of the time

ForgeRock vs Symantec Siteminder

Compared 32% of the time

Microsoft Entra ID vs Symantec Siteminder

Compared 15% of the time

Okta Workforce Identity vs Symantec Siteminder

Compared 9% of the time

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Also Known As

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SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder

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.

Oracle

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.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

SekerBank, University of Melbourne

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

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