My Information is secure with Okta
What do you like best about the product?
I like this software as it provides numerous ways for my work to verify that I'm logging into my account. You can never be too careful with your personal information. OKTA does a wonderful job of ensuring everything is secure and offers numerous ways to authenticate.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike how long it takes to authenticate yourself and how the authenticator app isnt very user-friendly. Otherwise, it's pretty user-friendly when pulled up on a pc/laptop
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Okta helps my company authenticate it's users and allows them a variety of ways such as security code, secret question, recovery email, and the option to use the authenticator app. It's very beneficial to employees because it helps us make sure that our personal information is secure.
secure access to workteam
What do you like best about the product?
simple to use, great connectivity through all devices
What do you dislike about the product?
not that much, probably some offline feature would be amazing
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
security control through out the whole company
Okta is a staple
What do you like best about the product?
I like the FastPass that uses my fingerprint (from my MacBook) to quickly authenticate and log me in. The process is quick and easy. This is a requirement for something that I will log into at the beginning of every day and secures my most important work credentials. I highly recommend it.
What do you dislike about the product?
The administration is where the magic happens... or not. I have been at companies with an excellent rollout of Okta, enabling fast, efficient work. I have been at other companies that didn't follow best practices and the experience was horrible. I know Okta allows companies to set up their instances however they want, but I'd like to see a few more limitations on companies using Okta to block work getting done in the name of security and more incentivising companies to use the amazing power and speed that is available within the tool
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Okta solves our SSO and IAM needs. We can manage users via groups, onboard and offboard very quickly, and enable SaaS tool owners to self-govern their applications. The flexibility with Okta is both its greatest strength and its potential weakness. With a great admin, Okta is the best solution hands down for any SSO or IAM management.
Policy management & enterprise security with Multi Factor Authentication
What do you like best about the product?
-User customized SSO portal is available.
-Self Service Portal is provided to all the licensed users as well.
-Organization has the option to choose multiple SSO policies along with suitable MFA.
-Supports inbuilt 'Okta verify' as well as third party MFA & token providers.
-Okta offers customizable workflows which give us the tools to automate user level scenarios.
-Okta security is an integral part of our Org's policy, it's deeply embedded in all our portals & servers.
What do you dislike about the product?
-Okta is expensive and unsuitable for smaller businesses. Pricing plans are a la carte & confusing.
-Configuring directories and user synchronisation will take a lot of effort and time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our organisation uses Okta iam portal for directory synchronisation it's IDM suite offers embedded SSO in our applications. Verify app provides us with the necessary MFA.
Ability to work with a wide range of applications and security mechanisms
What is our primary use case?
I have implemented a number of applications as far as accessing them through their IDPs. And they're an identity provider; they also provide some alternative active directory slash l dash services. And I have purchased those for getting user data onto other systems.
It's very straightforward. The automation that they have and the way that they let you assign applications to groups or to users and do things dynamically, it is very straightforward other than just that there's a lot of nuance because of the breadth of applications out there that they can work with. It's more a matter of knowing how to work with the security mechanisms in place, such as SAML or OAuth, these may require specific expertise.
What is most valuable?
As far as our security team is concerned, the ease of implementing multifactor authentication is definitely the biggest value for our organization. Additionally, the single sign-on services provided by Okta allow users to log in to their Okta account and access a variety of other applications. That's why we implemented Connect to leverage this feature more efficiently across MacOS.
What needs improvement?
There are areas for improvement. One thing that seems odd to me is the lack of a built-in way to export all user data. They have a solution available on GitHub that they basically endorse, and it's developed internally, but for some reason, it's not integrated into their product. So, that's a peculiar aspect.
Instead, the support says they don't offer it but provide an alternative solution that we have to manage separately. So, it's a situation where they don't want to include it in their product, but they offer assistance outside of it? It's unclear what kind of support you would need for it. It just works.
Another area of improvement is scalability.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Okta for two and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Okta is pretty stable. Occasionally, we encounter notifications indicating some issues, but that has happened only once or twice in the two years I've been using it.
There have been situations where our own users were temporarily affected by disruptions in the cloud, but those incidents lasted only for a couple of hours. Taking into account a 99.9% uptime SOA.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate its scalability seven out of ten. There are definitely challenges we encounter, not related to the number of users but rather in terms of implementing various applications. Each application we work with can be completely different, resulting in highly variable implementation processes.
It ultimately depends on the specific use cases you have and the tools you utilize. It's important to find the best solution tailored to your needs.
We have around 500 users utilizing Okta Customer Identity.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is fairly easy. I would estimate it to be at least an eight in terms of ease of setup.
The actual setup and configuration can be done in half a day or less. However, the main challenge lies in communicating with users and getting them to adopt and use it, rather than the technical setup itself.
It's more about informing everyone about the new requirement, that instead of logging in to each application separately, they can now log in to the Identity Provider (IDP) and utilize its Single Sign-On (SSO) capabilities to simplify the login process for all applications.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Okta's pricing is right where it needs to be and right in the middle of the market. You can pay them extra for services for assistance in implementing certain applications. You can hire one of their engineers to work with you and ensure successful implementation.
And that's something worth considering because they have expertise in their product and can get the job done more efficiently. It's worth paying for their services to ensure the solution is implemented successfully rather than struggling internally and failing to get it done.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate Okta a nine out of ten because there is always room for improvement. However, it is best in class as far as doing the things it does. And it's something that I've implemented with multiple businesses.
And it's really well-regarded. Yes. There are alternatives out there. Like, they all do somewhat different in each thing, whereas Okta seems to really be trying to cover all the bases as far as providing solutions that integrate with people's OSBAP, people's active directory, companies that wanna get serverless, touching on, the zero test network security that they're really kind of playing in the center of that zone.
Great platform
What do you like best about the product?
What i like about Okta Workforce Identity it helps us manage access to application and it helps me a lot on my daily tasks because we can easily access or launch our applications using this Okta. it is very convenient for us.
What do you dislike about the product?
So far, the only issue i have encountered using this application, when i enter my correct code, it is still showing an error and i will need to generate a new code again. otherthan that, everything is good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows us to access our application with a single login. I will just to make sure that the VPN is connected, and after that we can easily access all our application or tools to be use on our work.
Okta customer support
What do you like best about the product?
What I do like about Okta is it's straightforward to navigate. All our important tools was all there.
What do you dislike about the product?
None so far. I find Okta really user friendly and easy to use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We can access all our company tools in Okta file. One we are log in in Okta we can easily open and navigate our tools with the help of Okta.
Okta Review
What do you like best about the product?
Okta greatly helps in managing the tools that we are using to perform our role in the company. This help us organize our materials to be more efficient and easily be found when needed.
What do you dislike about the product?
It would be great if we can customize the view of our Okta homepage.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This help us be more efficient with our work as it helps organize our primary tools to be more productive.
Intuitive use, easy to install, user-friendly/simple design
What do you like best about the product?
Intuitive use, easy to install, user-friendly/simple design
What do you dislike about the product?
Not very easy when you change your mobile phone to add to the new one
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Providing secure access,SSO
Great addition to our suite!
What do you like best about the product?
We use SO MANY apps and programs here... OKTA truly allows us a one-stop shop for SSO. I use it every day and rarely run into issues. It saves me time and enables us to keep our platforms secure and easy to access.
What do you dislike about the product?
At this point, I don't have anything negative to say about Okta. It helps me do what I need to do every day. If I had to say anything, I would say it can be a pain if something goes wrong. Generally, we need to contact IT if something is wrong, and it can take a bit to resolve the issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use what feels like a million tools. Okta helps keep everything in order and gets me into every program with the click of a tile. No passwords. No Login screens. Just directly into the tool. Saves lots of time.
