No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Entrust GetAccess [EOL] vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

Why PeerSpot?

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Entrust GetAccess [EOL]
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Symantec Siteminder
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (13th), Web Access Management (1st), Access Management (15th)
 

Featured Reviews

Tareq Elqadah - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Sales Manager at Cyber Knight Technologies FZ LLC
A scalable solution that can be used for hardware-based authentication
Entrust GetAccess is used for hardware-based authentication, mainly for users The most valuable feature of Entrust GetAccess is its performance. Entrust GetAccess is a very expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved. I have been using Entrust GetAccess for two years. Entrust…
Muzi Lubisi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior technical Consultant at CA Africa
Improved user experience with seamless integration and easy installation
The feature that I mostly valued is the ease of installation on different systems, especially on Windows. Additionally, it is very beneficial for deploying single sign-on sessions between different windows on a web browser, provided I am connected to the right identity provider. That seamless integration significantly improves user experience and efficiency.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Entrust GetAccess is its performance."
"It's quite scalable."
"It will definitely help any company achieve their single sign on goal."
"Federation is valuable, for sure, because we have a lot of third-party vendors that we need to integrate with, and this is a turnkey solution in some ways."
"I liked the debugging part. There are only two files (trace file and log file) that you need to look into while performing debugging, and the logs give you the exact info on where and what needs to be fixed."
"We have three single sign-on products in our office and I believe that the CA product offers the best product of the three."
"Obviously, the most valuable feature is the flexibility of the solution, it being able to be integrated with a number of applications and solutions, and also the configurability of the solution."
"Companies using Siteminder saw a return on investment, in terms of improved security."
"They really made life simple for the user and the user experience has improved."
 

Cons

"Entrust GetAccess is a very expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved."
"They get us answers, but often they’re too slow."
"The performance could be better. The support could be faster."
"I will say the user interface for login is kind of plain. They could make it a little prettier."
"The setup was not straightforward. I would give it a 7/10 rating - 1 being simple and 10 being complex."
"It's a hit and miss thing, like all support organizations. For the most part, for simple problems they can get to a resolution fairly quickly, but if the problem is a little more complicated, they really struggle with getting us a solution."
"It may be a good product, but I'd advise staying away from customizing it."
"Siteminder needs to improve its user experience."
"It was complex and not at all straightforward. They really need to work on this."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We need to pay a yearly licensing fee for Entrust GetAccess, which is very expensive."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The solution's pricing is competitive."
"Siteminder is a little costly. You pay for licensing, and they offer packages, so if you have less users, then you have to buy different products at different prices. If you have more of a user base, then the package is different. They also include other features—for example, if you have a database and you're using Siteminder, then it's good to use a Semantic-specific database, but if you are using less, then you have to purchase the database separately. Whereas if you are going for a bigger license, then it comes within the package. It depends on which plan you are using."
"CA solutions are generally expensive but for the customer the ROI is big."
"Symantec Siteminder is expensive; they could definitely do better on the price."
"The price is quite comparable to the other enterprise-level solutions in that market."
"I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."
"The licensing is fair for this solution."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Web Access Management solutions are best for your needs.
921,523 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Financial Services Firm
17%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise69
 

Questions from the Community

Ask a question
Earn 20 points
What needs improvement with Symantec Siteminder?
Symantec Siteminder needs to have adaptive authentication and multi-factor authentication as integrated features. Currently, multi-factor authentication is available as a separate solution, and it ...
What is your primary use case for Symantec Siteminder?
I deploy and support Symantec Siteminder ( /products/symantec-siteminder-reviews ). I have been a partner and reseller.
 

Also Known As

GetAccess
SiteMinder, CA SSO, Layer7 SiteMinder
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Telia
British Telecom, CoreBlox, DBS, HMS, Itera ASA and Simeo