PingFederate provides the same functionality as Identity Management suite federation components without requiring extensive upgrades, lengthy deployments or custom integration work- and all at a much lower cost.
Identity management suite customers often choose to implement PingFederate instead of the federated identity module offered by their suite vendor for one or more of the following reasons:
Identity management suite customers often choose to implement PingFederate instead of the federated identity module offered by their suite vendor for one or more of the following reasons:
- Easier to learn, deploy and use
- Much faster time-to-connection
- Out-of-the-box integration with other products, particularly those from their suite vendorʼs competitors
- Extensive support for SaaS SSO: provisioning, mobile devices, email clients etc.
- No need to upgrade to the latest version of the IdM suite just to use the federation module
- Availability of PingEnable implementation and support services
- Significantly lower total cost of ownership
Many IdM suite users choose PingFederate to deliver Internet SSO functionality instead of the federated identity module sold by their suite vendor.
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