Saviynt Reviews

We generally use this solution for identity, onboarding user employees and contractors in our organization. Depending on their department title and employee type, we grant access; there are various different users and various types of access. We also run analytical reports so we are using almost all the components of the product. We are customers of Saviynt and I am an IAM architect. 

Saviynt performs well against other products in the market. It's easy to manage and easy to use. It's a simple tool for end users because it's like a shopping cart. You request something, select your user, select the application, select the access and submit. From there, it follows its own approval process. It's a matter of clicking next, next, next and you can either certify, rework or consult. The UI is intuitive and can display messages. If you get confused you can request the administrators to modify the messages.

We have around 60,000 employees. There are a lot of tasks being created and interactions between different applications. When the number of requests is very high, there is a lag and it takes time for the data to refresh. We also sometimes have performance issues when the solution fails to process the data between two different applications. Customization needs to occur so that the data between two different applications will flow smoothly but here are times when our scheduled jobs get stuck. I think that performance, in terms of customization available, and product functionality including the UI could be improved. 

I know they're implementing the PAM solution but I'm not sure how it's going to work. There's a lot there and I'm waiting to see how it holds up because the product is basically identity management. As they move into a PAM tool, it will be interesting to see how they implement it and how it will perform.

I've been using this solution for seven years. 

The solution is quite stable, we don't have much downtime.

The scalability is good, even when we hit peak user times.

If there are any issues, we open a professional services ticket and get guidance from them. There are certain things that require help from Saviynt such as integrating with ITSM tools like Splunk.

Positive

The initial setup to open the connectivity between Saviynt and the client requires the networking team to be onboarded properly. They have to understand both environments. It's a pretty standard process. 

We have an annual license based on a per-user basis. 

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

We have three basic use cases.

The first use case is for the external identity store, which is a system for handling third-party identities. The second is for Identity Governance and Administration (IGA). We use it as a general IGA system for handling all of the related use cases, as well as for lifecycle management. Our third use case is a global access request platform.

The feature that we use the most is the global, third-party user management.

The customer support and implementation services need to be improved.

We purchased our Saviynt licenses approximately one year ago.

Saviynt is decently stable, although they had an issue last fall with a security hole that they didn't handle very well.

As we have scaled, we haven't had any problems with performance. Overall, it seems to be quite scalable.

Currently, we have approximately 10,000 users but we are still at the beginning. In the long run, we want to have 750,000 people on the platform.

Customer service and support are areas that they should focus on, in terms of improvement. I would rate the customer support a three out of ten.

Negative

It is difficult to implement Saviynt. The challenge is that it's very hard to find people who are experienced in the use of this product.

The price of the license for this product is quite expensive.

We did evaluate other options but we wanted to have a SaaS solution, and at the time, Saviynt was one of the few global players that offered a fully-featured product as a service.

My advice for anybody who is considering Saviynt is that if you want to be successful with the product, you need to find a good implementation partner.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

We're using Saviynt for identity lifecycle management. For example, we will hire an employee and provide certain accesses, and when the employee leaves the company, we will remove all those accesses remotely.

We're also using the tool for authentication and access in terms of navigating from one system to another. Saviynt takes care of everything access-related. We are using it to create access for all our users.

The most valuable features of Saviynt are database utility and report generation. These two features have a major impact, particularly when you are trying to create a report because, in other systems, you need to use a third-party utility such as a BI tool or any other reporting tool to fetch the data and send out the report to a third party team.

In Saviynt, it's a system within a system, so you don't have to use any third-party tool because you can directly do your query and write that code on Saviynt and then send that report to the team.

Even the workflow in Saviynt is easier compared to other tools. It's pretty straightforward.

An area for improvement in Saviynt is that there's a limitation on the number of logs you can get from the past twenty-four hours. For example, if the data is huge, the tool can only give you a maximum of one hundred logs. You can't get any further than that. In the next version of Saviynt, however, you can get more logs and you'll see them inside the log rotation. For example, when you're trying to search inside the log, you can select a date range, and then you can search for a particular log. We haven't used that new log rotation feature yet, but it's included in the next release of Saviynt.

Another area for improvement in the tool is that it doesn't have a server monitoring feature, so if your server has a high load, it should give you a warning. You're supposed to get an alert similar to what's being done in WebLogic. In WebLogic, we had a separate facility, but in Saviynt, that feature's missing.

Sometimes, we do face some issues with the certification, as it's a long certification. For example, if you're launching all the certifications at once, that particular job will have an issue, but it won't affect user access. In terms of jobs, Saviynt doesn't have the facility to run many jobs on a particular server. If they had that facility, that will be super awesome.

One feature we'd like to see in Saviynt in its next release is the log rotation. With a third-party tool such as Splunk, you can get these logs and data from one year, so if Saviynt can add that same feature, that will be awesome. Having the capability to access logs that are a week or a month old would be great. Currently, the tool offers limited logs, so it's a bit difficult for us to debug. For example, even though we are having the same issue, that issue might not replicate now. We need more logs and data for debugging purposes.

Another feature we'd like added to the tool is the job feature that would allow us to utilize the job services even if we have more users because currently, it will stop other jobs which had already been scheduled if we reach the limit. Saviynt needs to have the facility to run the job from the server, from the backend. It would be very good to have that in the next release.

Improving the certification process is also another feature we'd like to see in the tool.

I've been using Saviynt for one year and three months, and the version I'm using is 3.10.

Stability for Saviynt is okay. I have used multiple systems and have compared the tool with other systems, and it's okay. It's not bad, and as a customer, I have faced some issues, but now it's okay. The tool's fine.

Saviynt is a scalable tool, and we didn't face any performance issues when accessing one hundred, two hundred, or even one thousand users. The tool reads well, and performance-wise, it's fine.

Initially, we didn't get much response from Saviynt. In the past, we needed them to come up with a plan, or provide information on why the issue was happening, what the root causes were, and what their analysis was, and they were not responding much, but now they are.

The initial setup for Saviynt is pretty straightforward. It's not a complex setup. 

How long the deployment of the tool would take depends on the application level. If any of the applications need background checks, whether it's for the database or it's for the services, most of them you can do in a day. If everything is set up, meaning all the firewalls have been set up and the background checks have been done, then most of the time, it only takes a few hours to complete the deployment. That is apart from RESTful because with RESTful, you might face some issues based on recent access token issues. If there are no issues, deployment won't take up that much time.

I have no idea how much the license for Saviynt costs.

Saviynt is deployed inside the company network through a third party.

I don't have information on why my company decided to go with Saviynt, but my company has a very good expectation of the tool, as far as I know.

Compared to other IdM tools, I'm recommending Saviynt to colleagues, friends, and others. If you have a background or if you're working with any IdM tool, it'll be easy for you. If you don't know IdM, Saviynt offers training sessions, and if you go through training, it'll take a week or so for you to learn how the tool works. Compared to other tools, you'll have a lot of confidence accessing Saviynt because it's a pretty straightforward tool. You won't have any conflicts with it because it's an easy system. It's a user-friendly tool.

My rating for Saviynt is eight out of ten, and I can't give it a ten because its 
services were not up to the mark. I faced that issue personally, though nowadays, the solution has improved. Over the past year, my company faced some difficulties with Saviynt. For example, some of the onboarding projects have been blocked due to responses from Saviynt. These issues happen, so eight is the rating I'm giving to the tool. It's not the best tool you can have, but it's a tool you can go with.

The product's certification includes valuable features like consulting and verification. The workflows are straightforward to use and configure in the access requests feature. Additionally, the repository has many features where you can define primary and secondary owners. You can customize it the way you want.

It is time-consuming to troubleshoot issues. Fetching data and transforming it to another system could be easier. There could be more customization options as customers have different environments and requirements. We need to go through other channels every time. It would save us a lot of time if more options were included. Apart from that, the documentation needs improvement as well.

We have been using Saviynt for two years. We are using the 23.4 version.

It is a stable product.

We have 7000 to 8000 users for Saviynt.

The technical support services are average. Their team asks us to refer to the forum whenever we raise tickets. Instead, they should provide the solution or divert customers to a specific forum, as customers cannot fetch essential information from a database or repository.

Neutral

I have used Oracle and SailPoint.

The initial is very straightforward. It takes a day to complete. The deployment process involves requesting Saviynt to fetch a tenant and download the component we need to install for the on-premise version. We can also deploy it on the cloud and integrate it as per requirements. We can use it once the connectivity is done and firewall ports are open.

We require one manager, one senior consultant or senior architect, and two to three developers to execute the process. However, the number of technical staff members depends on the use cases and time frame.

The product is less expensive than SailPoint.

I rate Saviynt a seven out of ten. It is not fully customizable. I advise others to work as a customer consultant apart from being an integrator.

We use the product to manage the identity life cycle in our organization. It also helps with identity governance. When our company has a new joiner, we use Saviynt to provision new account. 

Saviynt is easy to configure and manage. 

The tool is difficult to migrate. 

We have been using the solution for two and a half years. 

Saviynt is stable. 

The tool is pretty scalable. My company has 60,000 users for Saviynt. 

The tool's premium support is good. 

Positive

Saviynt's setup was easy and took two months to complete. Setup is fast but took time for us because we are not a small organization. 

Saviynt's pricing is acceptable and licensing costs are yearly. 

I would rate Saviynt an eight out of ten. You need to understand your business requirement and pay for the features that you require. 

We are using Saviynt for a wide range of things. That includes attestation, SoD (Segregation of Duty), analytics, requestee, ARS (Access Request System) platform, role entitlement, but other features as well. We are planning to pretty much use the full suite of tools.  

As one of the leading IGA (Identity Governance & Administration) products and because of how I see this is the tool, I have to wonder how a client can fully maximize the capabilities of Saviynt. Surely the client needs to understand the tool to some extent. I think it is important that Saviynt services agents help to empower their clients to use their tools in a better way that is not being promoted at this time.  

One thing — and it could be just a problem in the APEC area — it that there is a lack of resources for independent learning. I have to spend quite a bit of time in the Freshdesk area to study in order to understand a feature, what other people are saying about it, et cetera. I find that I can not really get to understand the features that I am exploring quickly enough and in enough depth. The company I am working for is doing a project with Saviynt. My role is project/BAU (Business as Usual). Once everything is deployed in a proper way, I will be the person running it as a BAU resource.  

For an example of the learning that is absent, one thing I wonder about is the campaign module. Part of a campaign is to determine a risk score. The risk score is to be determined by the role as far as the entitlement for that role. I was hoping to have some kind of Saviynt-as-a-Service provide best practice governance where they could advise the client on how the risk score can be implemented in the tool. It is not obvious, and they do not provide that guidance.  

A tool like this can work for the client only if they have that standard governance in place. If not, they will not be able to leverage the experts in the field while working with so many clients. Saviynt has to work for their clients and so does the competition, like SailPoint. These users have different tools to do similar things and they will have a lot of exposure to different use cases. But still, there will be some common ground that should be addressed as standards. Some of those governance questions become very important in order to stay within an expected standard. If Saviynt can provide a framework for working with these standards with their tool, I think that would be quite helpful.  

Because different people are working together with clients in a company and using different tools, when we are in that situation, people using different tools have to speak the same language. Assuring that product users follow some best practice recommendations can help with that. In turn, we can uplift our standards and policies and strategies to align better with other people doing IGA.  

It is not really the tool itself, but the way it is introduced to the user or used by the user that is my issue with the product.  

We have been using Saviynt since May of 2020. So that is for about four months.  

The advice I might give to someone who is new to Saviynt is to be aware of Freshdesk. It is the community area for Saviynt users. It is good to have that community as there will be people wondering about the same questions and it makes it easier to find out the answer.  

One thing I noticed about other popular products like SAP or Microsoft Azure, is that when there is a large user-base you can Google a question and most likely you will find the answer somewhere. Saviynt's profile and usage is still expanding. It is not always so easy that you can just Google a question to find your answer. Freshdesk can provide a way to fill that gap.  

On a scale from one to ten (where one is the worst and ten is the best), I would rate my experience with Saviynt so far as maybe only a four-out-of-ten. This is my personal ranking from what I have experienced with the product. Be mindful that the rating reflects that I am in the process of discovering the tool. For example, one of the key selling points of Saviynt is the SoD module, which we have not deployed yet. I can only provide feedback on what I know to date. I think SoD is going to be a really important feature and I look forward to when it will be deployed in our environment. At that stage the rating may change.  

I use the solution in my company for identity governance in my projects.

The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease that it provides for the approvals and also for the end users, especially for the way they can submit self-service requests through the tool. The product also has some features like certifications, which are generally very helpful for projects where you kind of perform the access reviews for people.

Considering the shortcomings of the tool, I would say that the training part of the product needs improvement. The information that Saviynt provides in the training sessions can be a little more professional with respect to the slowness that we generally experience with Saviynt, that the total at times slow. Saviynt needs to work on the slowness of the product and try to streamline it so that there are no further hiccups in the solution from the slowness part that users face generally.

I don't find anything that needs to be addressed in the tool presently because I know that there might be more functionalities in the tool that I haven't explored yet. As of now, the tool looks good to me.

It would be better if Saviynt's support team takes less amount of time to fix any issues for the tickets submitted by the users.

I have been using Saviynt for a little over four years.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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

As the tool is on the cloud, the tool will always offer scalability and availability.

I think the tool is good for medium and large companies.

I have not contacted the technical support of the product, but from what I heard from my peers, I can say that there are quite a few requests that are open with Saviynt's support team, and it is something that I have been hearing for every project.

The product's initial setup phase is simple.

I haven't come across the deployment, as it is something that happens at the initial phase of any project.

The solution is deployed on the cloud.

I can compare Saviynt with SailPoint. Saviynt is better than SailPoint as it is a more developer-friendly product. It does not require you to do too much coding. For people who are not completely into the core development side, where they have to code everything, I would say Saviynt is something that gives many out-of-the-box functionalities. The tool is very developer-friendly and easy to use. I heard that in SailPoint, more customizations are available for business analyst kind of roles. It is really difficult to manage the stakeholders when you have too many customizations available. From a developer-friendly point of view, I would rate Saviynt as having better grades than SailPoint.

I do not frequently work with risk analytics capabilities. I have rarely come across the functionality.

The tool is very easy to use since it is developer-friendly. Integrating applications using Saviynt is easy.

In our company, we generally integrate in-house tools and applications that are built for my projects. I haven't integrated any related applications with Saviynt yet. Integration of the tool is something that varies from project to project. It completely depends on the clients' requirements. In the couple of projects I have worked on till now, I haven't seen a requirement where we have integrated the tool with AI.

I can recommend the product to others.

I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

The product is flexible to use. We can write connectors, and it is more inexpensive than SailPoint.

The product is complicated to scale compared to SailPoint. It runs on a native cloud platform and is not multi-tenant. This particular area needs improvement.

We have been using Saviynt for five years.

The product's stability is not easy to maintain.

Saviynt doesn't scale beyond 5,000 user accounts.

The technical support services are satisfactory.

Neutral

Saviynt has a complex design. I rate the initial setup process a seven out of ten.

Saviynt has a competitive price.

I rate Saviynt a six out of ten.