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Comparison of Identity and Authentication products

Ok, I was looking for this page on Wikipedia, but could not find it, so I am starting it here. Needs much work.

Better alternative: http://solutions-review.com/identity-management/identity-management-solutions-directory/

Inspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_programming_languages

Some questions for inspiration to Comparison: https://blog.globalsignblog.com/blog/four-questions-for-comparing-authentication-solutions.html

Actors

Actor name OS/Commercial/License Gist Strong points Weaknesses
[PingIdentity https://www.pingidentity.com/en.html] Commercial Idp with many connectors and mobile solution
[Auth0 https://auth0.com] Cloud service by Auth0
[Whydah http://getwhydah.com] Open Source, Apache 2.0 license * Easy to embed into agile development\ Live great alongside other solutions\ High-scalability and availability set-ups * Not widespread deployment
.Net Built in
https://github.com/KentorIT/authservices
https://thinktecture.github.io/
[Gigya Customer identity management http://www.gigya.com/] Commercial by Gigya Customer identity management, [well documented http://developers.gigya.com/]
[Shibboleth https://shibboleth.net/] Open Source, Apache 2.0 license
[Azure Active directory http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/active-directory/] Commercial by Microsoft
[OpenIAM Identity Manager http://www.openiam.com/] Open Source, Apache 2.0 License
[Apache Syncope iam:syncope.apache.org] Open Source, Apache 2.0 License
[OpenIDM http://openidm.forgerock.org] CDDL-1.0 by ForgeRock
[Avatier Identity Management Software Suite http://www.avatier.com/products/] Commercial by Avatier
[NetIQ Access Manager https://www.netiq.com/products/access-manager/] Commercial by NetIQ
[IBM Security Identity Manager http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/identity-manager] (Tivoli) Commercial by IBM
[Oracle Identity Management http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/id-mgmt/overview/index.html] Commercial by Oracle

Protocols

Protocol Intended use
SAML
LDAP
Oauth2

Other sites attempting to compare auth stacks / more inspiration

  • https://www.openhub.net/p/compare?project_0=midPoint&project_1=OpenIdM&project_2=Apache+Syncope
  • https://enterprise.comodo.com/solutions-industry/financial-solutions/authentication/comparison.php
  • http://www.nlight.eu/documents/open-source-idm/
  • http://blog.avatier.com/
  • https://www.pingidentity.com/en/blog.html