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SecureAuth Identity Platform vs Symantec Identity Governance and Administration comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

SecureAuth Identity Platform
Ranking in User Provisioning Software
13th
Ranking in Identity Management (IM)
27th
Average Rating
5.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Access Management (23rd), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (14th)
Symantec Identity Governanc...
Ranking in User Provisioning Software
9th
Ranking in Identity Management (IM)
23rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Identity Governance Administration (IGA) (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the User Provisioning Software category, the mindshare of SecureAuth Identity Platform is 1.8%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is 5.6%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
User Provisioning Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Symantec Identity Governance and Administration5.6%
SecureAuth Identity Platform1.8%
Other92.6%
User Provisioning Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user710517 - PeerSpot reviewer
Identity and Access Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Valuable features include access request and certification. Application integration, reporting, and certification could be improved.
Valuable features include access request, certification, and password management Provide centralised identity-access management Application integration, reporting, and certification could be improved More than three years The product is only as good as the data you use Moving from v7.x to v8.x…
reviewer2183661 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Has an easy initial setup process, but its technical support services need improvement
The product's technical support could be better. The integration project requires a lot of technical details, so we need to find it quickly and easily. There was a large community of knowledge in the past. We kept it together and got the results. The community that works around the particular technical issue is shrinking. It used to be a specialized community that would help with the process. These particular areas need improvement. Broadcom is still using a hybrid cloud model, with some workloads on-premises and some in the cloud. They must start with the cloud adoption and move as many workloads to the cloud as possible. The on-premises environment is becoming stable. They need to rebuild that cost and the software. The product's pre-sales, technical support, and installation could also improve.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"For v8.4, you can work easily if you stick to OOTB, however, should you require customization, then the tool is very flexible using SQL/VB knowledge to extend."
"The self-service functionality for password/access management reduced our need for manual intervention."
"The scalability potential is there if a company needs to expand."
"Plain and simple, IDM provides the automation that allows the IT and respective business department(s) to focus in on other pressing needs while IDM standardizes the identity practice."
"Extremely good customization possible with respect to local language support."
"What I found most valuable in Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is its simple GUI. It's also easy to deploy compared to other products. With other products, you have to install the Windows version inside the Windows machine on all units, but with Symantec Identity Governance and Administration, it can work offline, so the solution is a little bit easier than other systems."
"There are many valuable features within the solution. The product is easy to customize. It’s also highly secure."
"Through the implementation of Identity Suite Virtual Appliance have created a supremely quick and convenient way to install (Identity Manager / Governance / Portal) with even high availability."
"When my architecture team and security team checked the solutions, CA has a better score than Oracle, and they had a better price."
"The big benefit is that the end users have an easier process requesting security access."
 

Cons

"Moving from v7.x to v8.x is not easy. You need Courion expertise and skills to upgrade and migrate the data."
"Stability was a constant concern. The application was plagued with memory leak issues from initial installation and through multiple major/minor version upgrades."
"Cloud integration, more flexibility, and interoperability in how components interact with each other and external components need improvement."
"In the next release, there should be provisioning of your certifications."
"Installation and upgrading is complex. Many manual steps are time consuming."
"The technical support for this particular product is really poor and needs a lot of work."
"It has a large footprint which you'd expect to be much, much smaller. Just to run basic services, we have 10 different servers."
"We have challenges because of the customization – it's difficult to do upgrades."
"A better information display for the approvals within the workflow would give them more information and the ability to comment back on a request as to why they're rejecting it. We've been telling them we'd like this improvement, and we hope to see it."
"We have issues with scalability, and it has taken time due to the requirement of extra memory and more CPU."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Symantec keeps increasing the price. I rate its pricing a seven on a scale of ten."
"I do not recall the approximate prices or licensing models, although I do so that it was priced per user number."
"The product has a good price in competition with another product with the same solution."
"The price is flexible for our existing customers."
"The connector is free, and bundled with the product."
"Pricing and licensing models are adequate and reasonable."
"The price is based on the number of users."
"Compared to other options, CA products are not that expensive."
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Top Industries

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Marketing Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Performing Arts
8%
Government
6%
 

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Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise45
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
The pricing has been very reasonable, but licensing costs vary based on the customer. It follows a user-based licensing model.
What needs improvement with Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
Symantec should develop a SaaS solution for cloud environments to make the solution available in various marketplaces for easy deployment. It should also offer bundle installation instead of one by...
What is your primary use case for Symantec Identity Governance and Administration?
I am a consultant and we consult for identity and network management. We work with Symantec, which is owned by Broadcom, and also with Microsoft and Oracle. Additionally, we work with open-source s...
 

Also Known As

SecureAuth Identity Governance, Core Access Assurance Suite, Courion Access Assurance Suite
CA Identity Suite, Symantec IGA, Layer7 Identity Suite, CA Identity Manager (CA IDM), CA Identity Minder, CA IAM, CA Identity Manager (CA IDM), CA Identity Governance
 

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Sample Customers

Alegent Health, Associated Materials, Brookdale Senior Living, NV Energy, Woodforest Bank, Wellspan Health
Acciona, Core Blox, DBS
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