Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) vs. RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)

Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)

RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)	Score 8.5 out of 10	N/A	Forefront Identity Manager is a Microsoft's legacy identity management solution. In 2016 Microsoft released Microsoft Identity Manager, an updated IAM solution. Support for Forefront Identity Manager ended October 2017.	N/A
RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	The RSA Access Manager is an identity management that reached its end of sale in June 2019 (extended support will continue through 2021). As an identity and authentication solution RSA offers the SecurID Suite.	N/A

Pricing

Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)

RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)	RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)	RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
Considered Both Products	Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) Brad Ranks Director of Technology Chose Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) We selected Forefront because we know the support will be there for the long haul and its integration with other MS products. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) Forefront Identity Manager stacks up well against the competition as it is fast and efficient. It saves our IT department time by allowing users to manage their credentials. It has allowed our staff to sync our local on premises with the cloud. It offers these features that are … Incentivized Helpful? Victor Arana IT Manager Chose Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) I've selected FIM because we use Windows Server 2008 R2 for terminal connections and it gives me a decent security layer to manage the identity lifecycle deployment from a single interface reducing the time and effort investment, and avoid dealing with extend coding procedures … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) It is Microsoft. We are a Microsoft shop, primarily. It integrates deeply with Active Directory making it good for Microsoft Active Directory shops. Incentivized Helpful?	RSA Access Manager (Discontinued) Verified User Anonymous Chose RSA Access Manager (Discontinued) The solution is stable and well supported. Incentivized Helpful? JE Jamie Elliott Sr. Network Engineer - Contract Work Chose RSA Access Manager (Discontinued) Nothing as this point. At the end of 2019 we plan to start looking into alternatives Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)

RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)

Identity Management

Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
	Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) - Ratings	RSA Access Manager (Discontinued) 8.9 Ratings 9% above category average
ID-Management Access Control	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Password Management	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Account Provisioning and De-provisioning	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
ID Management Workflow Automation	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
ID Risk Management	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)	RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
Small Businesses	Dashlane Password Manager Score 8.9 out of 10	Dashlane Password Manager Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	OneLogin by One Identity Score 9.6 out of 10	OneLogin by One Identity Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises	OneLogin by One Identity Score 9.6 out of 10	OneLogin by One Identity Score 9.6 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)	RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	9.1 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)	RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	Forefront is excellent for multi-factor authentication in the cloud or on premises. It is fast and lightweight. [It provides] Ease of self-management of credentials. The user web interface is easy to use and understand. Less time is spent by IT staff resetting passwords or unlocking accounts. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The RSA was originally brought in for 2-factor authentication, which was used in conjunction with our internal Active Directory. This allowed us to secure our remote user connections and our internal user connections for PCI access. Later we tied it into ISE for secure wireless access. Incentivized JE Jamie Elliott Sr. Network Engineer - Contract Work Read full review
Pros	Sync of local on premises with the cloud Allows for users to manage their credentials Allows for two-factor authentication Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Used in conjunction with our Active Directory for 2-factor authentication The virtual RSA token for multiple devices makes it easy to avoid needing a physical device The ability to leverage real-time analytics to identify when step-up is required Incentivized JE Jamie Elliott Sr. Network Engineer - Contract Work Read full review
Cons	Cloud integration needs some love. I think most companies nowadays have a hybrid model with some in-house and some cloud. A complete integration would be a huge win. Incentivized Brad Ranks Director of Technology Read full review	The support for new LDAP version(389-DS) Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	We selected Forefront because we know the support will be there for the long haul and its integration with other MS products. Incentivized Brad Ranks Director of Technology Read full review	The solution is stable and well supported. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Reduce the amount of time invested doing troubleshooting. Reduce the IT admin complexity by presenting an intuitive UX with codeless provisioning. IT Admins can simplify the process to create workflows with the web-based GUI of ILM 2 portal, and also include more complex workflows designed outside of the portal by importing XAML files. Incentivized Victor Arana IT Manager Read full review	To be compliant with the Security Standards about the 2FA Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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