IBM Cloud App ID vs. Microsoft Entra External ID
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 IBM Cloud App ID | Score10 out of 10 | N/A | IBM Cloud App ID helps developers who are not security experts to add authentication to their apps, and protect their APIs and app back-ends running on IBM Cloud. Developers can add a variety of login-in types: Email or username and password Enterprise Social App ID includes a cloud user repository to on-board new users, so they can log-in with email/username & passwords, with pre-built self-service workflows (password reset, email validation etc.)… | N/A |
 Microsoft Entra External ID | Score10 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 |
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | Optional | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
| Additional Details | — | A flat fee of $0.03 is billed for each SMS/Phone-based multi-factor authentication attempt. | ||||||||||||||
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.3 | 8.9 |