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Crowd
Ping Identity
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Crowd
(14)
4.0
out of
5
Crowd
By
Atlassian
Ping Identity
(106)
4.4
out of
5
Ping Identity
By
Ping Identity
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At a Glance
Star Rating
(14)
4.0
out of
5
(106)
4.4
out of
5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
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Enterprise (70.0% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Poor Interface Design
(1)
Customer Management
(1)
Customer Support
(1)
Authentication Issues
(1)
Complex Administration
(1)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$3
Per User Per Month
Crowd
Star Rating
(14)
4.0
out of
5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Poor Interface Design
(1)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Ping Identity
Star Rating
(106)
4.4
out of
5
Market Segments
Enterprise (70.0% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Customer Management
(1)
Customer Support
(1)
Authentication Issues
(1)
Complex Administration
(1)
Entry-Level Pricing
$3
Per User Per Month
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Crowd vs Ping Identity
Reviewers felt that Ping Identity meets the needs of their business better than Crowd.
When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Ping Identity is the preferred option.
For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Ping Identity over Crowd.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Crowd
No pricing available
Ping Identity
Cloud MFA & SSO
$3
Per User Per Month
Ping Identity's IDaaS for IT Departments
Unlimited multi-factor authentication
Unlimited single sign-on
Included contextual capabilities to balance security with convenience
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Free Trial
Crowd
No trial information available
Ping Identity
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.0
10
9.0
72
Ease of Use
8.7
10
8.7
74
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
8.3
49
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.3
50
Quality of Support
8.3
8
8.4
66
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.6
48
Product Direction (% positive)
5.8
11
8.4
72
Features by Category
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Hide 23 Features
Show 23 Features
8.4
10
8.7
41
Authentication Options
Authentication User experience
8.1
9
9.1
(won by 1.0)
35
Supports Required Authentication systems
8.5
8
9.1
(won by 0.6)
32
Multi-Factor Authentication
8.0
5
8.9
(won by 0.9)
31
Supports Required Authentication Methods/Protocols
8.8
7
9.1
(won by 0.3)
33
Federation/SAML support (idp)
8.7
5
9.0
(won by 0.3)
31
Federation/SAML support (sp)
8.7
5
9.4
(won by 0.7)
27
Access Control Types
Endpoint access
Not enough data
8.6
(won by default)
22
Local Access
8.9
(tied score)
6
8.9
(tied score)
28
Remote Access
8.7
(tied score)
5
8.7
(tied score)
25
Partner Access
Not enough data
8.5
(won by default)
17
Supports BYOD users
Not enough data
9.0
(won by default)
17
Administration
Ease of installation on server
9.2
(won by 0.3)
6
8.9
29
Password Policy Enforcement
8.8
(won by 0.1)
7
8.7
21
Administration Console
8.3
(won by 0.1)
6
8.2
28
Ease of connecting applications
9.0
(won by 0.5)
7
8.5
31
Self Service Password Administration
8.3
(won by 0.2)
5
8.1
15
Platform
Multiple Operating system support
9.2
8
9.4
(won by 0.2)
27
Multi-Domain Support
9.0
(won by 0.2)
7
8.8
25
Cross Browser support
9.2
(won by 0.4)
8
8.8
31
Fail over protection
6.7
5
8.6
(won by 1.9)
25
Reporting
6.7
6
7.3
(won by 0.6)
22
Auditing
6.3
5
8.1
(won by 1.8)
27
Third Party Web Services support
Not enough data
8.8
(won by default)
23
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Hide 13 Features
Show 13 Features
Not enough data
8.2
20
Authentication type
SMS-Based
Not enough data
8.5
(won by default)
8
|
Verified
Voice-Based Telephony
Not enough data
8.0
(won by default)
5
|
Verified
Email-Based
Not enough data
8.9
(won by default)
12
|
Verified
Hardware Token-Based
Not enough data
8.1
(won by default)
7
|
Verified
Software Token
Not enough data
9.1
(won by default)
13
|
Verified
Biometric Factor
Not enough data
7.9
(won by default)
8
|
Verified
Mobile-Push
Not enough data
8.7
(won by default)
14
|
Verified
Risk-Based Authentication
Not enough data
8.3
(won by default)
8
|
Verified
Functionality
Multi-Device Sync
Not enough data
7.7
(won by default)
10
Backup
Not enough data
Not enough data
Implementation
Easy Setup
Not enough data
7.8
(won by default)
16
|
Verified
Mobile SDK
Not enough data
7.2
(won by default)
10
|
Verified
Web SDK
Not enough data
7.9
(won by default)
11
Risk-Based Authentication (RBA)
Hide 4 Features
Show 4 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Bi-Directional Identity Synchronization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Policy Management
Not enough data
8.7
(won by default)
5
Cloud Directory
Not enough data
Not enough data
Application Integrations
Not enough data
Not enough data
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Hide 21 Features
Show 21 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Policy, User, and Role Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Approval Workflows
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automated Provisioning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bulk Changes
Not enough data
Not enough data
Centralized Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Self-Service Access Requests
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Multi-Factor Authentication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Single Sign-On
Not enough data
Not enough data
BYOD support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Password Vault
Not enough data
Not enough data
Centralized management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Role-based security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Live notifications
Not enough data
Not enough data
Live session recording & playback
Not enough data
Not enough data
Hide passwords
Not enough data
Not enough data
Temporary, time-limited privilege
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Audit Logging
Not enough data
Not enough data
Activity Logging
Not enough data
Not enough data
Anomaly Detection
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Audit log
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Hide 15 Features
Show 15 Features
Not enough data
8.8
7
Functionality
Self-registration and self-service
Not enough data
8.6
(won by default)
7
|
Verified
Authentication
Not enough data
9.3
(won by default)
7
|
Verified
Scalability
Not enough data
8.8
(won by default)
7
|
Verified
Consent and preference management
Not enough data
8.6
(won by default)
7
|
Verified
Social login
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customer data linking
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Authentication Risk Management - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Adaptive MFA
Not enough data
Not enough data
Anomaly Detection
Not enough data
Not enough data
Fraudulent Login Detection
Not enough data
Not enough data
Adaptive Authentication Policies
Not enough data
Not enough data
Risk-Based Authentication
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Biometric & Behavioral Analysis - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Behavioral Biometric Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Liveness Detection
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Context-Aware Security Controls - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Account Recovery Assistants
Not enough data
Not enough data
Constraint Enforcement
Not enough data
Not enough data
Passwordless Authentication
Hide 4 Features
Show 4 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
FIDO2-compliant
Not enough data
Not enough data
Works with hardware security keys
Not enough data
Not enough data
Multiple authentication methods
Not enough data
Not enough data
Offline or no-phone solution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Hide 18 Features
Show 18 Features
Not enough data
8.3
19
Functionality
User provisioning
Not enough data
7.5
(won by default)
10
Password manager
Not enough data
8.3
(won by default)
8
Single Sign-on
Not enough data
8.8
(won by default)
14
Enforces policies
Not enough data
8.2
(won by default)
15
Authentication
Not enough data
8.8
(won by default)
17
Multi-factor authentication
Not enough data
8.3
(won by default)
16
Type
On-premises solution
Not enough data
9.1
(won by default)
11
Cloud-solution
Not enough data
8.1
(won by default)
16
Reporting
Tracking
Not enough data
8.3
(won by default)
12
Reporting
Not enough data
7.4
(won by default)
14
Access & Permission Change Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Compliance & Audit Trail Export
Not enough data
Not enough data
Authentication & Authorization - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Adaptive & Contextual Access Control
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration & Governance - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Identity Lifecycle Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Self‑Service Account Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
AI‑Driven Access Anomaly Detection
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automated Policy Tuning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Predictive Role Recommendations
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Crowd
Ping Identity
Crowd and Ping Identity are categorized as
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Unique Categories
Crowd has no unique categories
Ping Identity is categorized as
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
,
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
,
Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
,
Passwordless Authentication
,
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
, and
Risk-Based Authentication (RBA)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Crowd
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
21.4%
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
50.0%
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
28.6%
Ping Identity
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
4.0%
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
26.0%
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
70.0%
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
21.4%
4.0%
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
50.0%
26.0%
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
28.6%
70.0%
Reviewers' Industry
Crowd
Information Technology and Services
35.7%
Computer Software
21.4%
Internet
14.3%
Telecommunications
7.1%
Marketing and Advertising
7.1%
Other
14.3%
Ping Identity
Information Technology and Services
15.0%
Computer Software
10.0%
Hospital & Health Care
8.0%
Insurance
8.0%
Financial Services
6.0%
Other
53.0%
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