EmpowerID vs. Microsoft Entra External ID

EmpowerID

Microsoft Entra External ID

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
EmpowerID	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	EmpowerID from the company of the same name in Ohio is an identity and access management (IAM) platform providing variable security, provisioning, SSO, and access solutions for global enterprises and companies of varying size and industries.	N/A
Microsoft Entra External ID	Score 9.9 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Entra External ID (formerly Azure Active Directory B2C, or alternately, Azure Active Directory External Identities) provides business-to-customer identity as a service. Customers can use their preferred social, enterprise, or local account identities to get single sign-on access to applications and APIs.	$0 per month per active users

Pricing

EmpowerID

Microsoft Entra External ID

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Premium P1 (for More than 50,000 MAU): $0.00325
per month per active users
Premium P2 (for More than 50,000 MAU): $0.01625
per month per active users

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
EmpowerID	Microsoft Entra External ID
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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A flat fee of $0.03 is billed for each SMS/Phone-based multi-factor authentication attempt.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	EmpowerID	Microsoft Entra External ID
Considered Both Products	EmpowerID No answer on this topic	Microsoft Entra External ID Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Entra External ID I really enjoy how simple it is to connect this Active Directory with other Microsoft Products to collaborate with colleagues and clients. Incentivized Helpful? CR Cj Rosenstiel IT Apps Programmer Sr Chose Microsoft Entra External ID Each one of these alternatives has pros and cons. PingOne from Ping Identity states they "help deliver the secure and seamless customer experience to win battles for customer acquisition, retention, revenue, loyalty, and trust." While that may be the case, they did not fit our … Incentivized Helpful? Lars Kemmann Principal Architect Chose Microsoft Entra External ID The best selling points for Azure Active Directory B2C that stand out from the competition are: Pricing, both at small and very large scale (and in between), is hard to beat The seamless integration with Azure should make Azure Active Directory B2C the first choice of CIAM … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Entra External ID Microsoft Entra has much more advanced features than Amazon cognito. The access permission feature, mfa, data protection is top notch. Amazon cognito does offer MFA but the security access feature is not very great. The Microsoft Entra offers a wide selection of access … Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	EmpowerID	Microsoft Entra External ID
Small Businesses	WatchGuard AuthPoint Score 9.1 out of 10	WatchGuard AuthPoint Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	RSA Access Manager (Discontinued) Score 10.0 out of 10	RSA Access Manager (Discontinued) Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises	RSA Access Manager (Discontinued) Score 10.0 out of 10	RSA Access Manager (Discontinued) Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	EmpowerID	Microsoft Entra External ID
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	8.9 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	EmpowerID	Microsoft Entra External ID
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	It is not easy to calculate the actual ROI due to the difficult quantification of all factors, but it certainly contributed a lot in protecting, monitoring and controlling access to our system. It also made it much easier to detect vulnerable external users with simple and "easy to hack" passwords they use on multiple apps. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	One of the things that Microsoft Entra External ID does really well is creating user logins, accounts and profile. It is very easy to create them, manage them and delete them. It is fast and reliant. Limit access or authorization feature. We can allow different levels of authorization and access. So that not all the employees would have access to all the data. Only some relaible employees would have access and power to change anything. Mutli factor authentication feature is also a really good feature to secure data. Even overseas vendors need MFS to login which gives double protection to our data. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	Troubleshooting diagnostic logs effectively requires VS Code Group and role management requires additional effort The programming model (XML) could use some developer experience love Incentivized Lars Kemmann Principal Architect Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	I find it easy to use. The usability is great. Every department uses it for different purposes. Everyone access information relevant to them. Since we've started to use this we have seen less security incidents. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	The best selling points for Azure Active Directory B2C that stand out from the competition are: Pricing, both at small and very large scale (and in between), is hard to beat The seamless integration with Azure should make Azure Active Directory B2C the first choice of CIAM platform for anyone building on Azure Full compatibility with Azure AD's audit log format means Azure Active Directory B2C can be easily integrated into your SIEM tooling Incentivized Lars Kemmann Principal Architect Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Having monthly active users billing was cost-effective. Helped with the IT support that was already managing the Azure platform of the company; this helped to manage the costs better and optimize them. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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