Microsoft Entra External ID vs. Microsoft Entra Workload ID
Microsoft Entra External ID vs. Microsoft Entra Workload ID
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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![]() Microsoft Entra External ID | 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 | |
![]() Microsoft Entra Workload ID | N/A | A solution to secure identities for apps and services and their access to cloud resources. Users can control workload identity access with adaptive policies. THe solution helps to reduce risk exposure by intelligently detecting and responding to compromised workload identities. | $3 per month per workload identity |
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | 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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| Small Businesses | Dashlane Password Manager Score 8.9 out of 10 | Dashlane Password Manager Score 8.9 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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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.9 (6 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
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