IBM Verify vs. Microsoft Entra External ID
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 IBM Verify | Score7.2 out of 10 | N/A | IBM Verify, formerly known as IBM Cloud Identity, is an identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) offering that aggregates dynamic user, device and environmental context to automate risk protection and continuously authenticate any user to any resource. | $1.71 per month per user |
 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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| Additional Details | Sample Pricing Breakdown (NOTE: for competitive pricing per contract, please consult with your IBM Security Account Rep) Users: 5,000 SSO* -- USD 1.71 per user per month MFA* -- USD 1.71 per user per month Adaptive Access* -- USD 1.71 per user per month Lifecycle and provisioning** -- USD 2.01 per user per month Identity analytics** -- USD 2.13 per user per month * Single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication (MFA) and adaptive access pricing based on total active monthly users per use case. Costs decrease if users are active less than once per month. ** Lifecycle and provisioning and identity analytics pricing based on total users per use case. | A flat fee of $0.03 is billed for each SMS/Phone-based multi-factor authentication attempt. | ||||||||||||||
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 7.9 | 8.9 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 9.1 | - |
| Usability | 7.4 | - |
| Availability | 8.6 | - |
| Support Rating | 7.9 | - |
| Configurability | 8.4 | - |
| Contract Terms and Pricing Model | 8.3 | - |
| Professional Services | 8.3 | - |