--- description: Review of WSO2 Identity Server Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: WSO2 Identity Server | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) Software](/directory/4427/ciam/software) > [WSO2 Identity Server](/software/298462/wso2-identity-server) # WSO2 Identity Server Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/298462/wso2-identity-server Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/298462/wso2-identity-server?page=2) > WSO2 Identity Server, part of WSO2’s CIAM suite, is the market’s leading open-source CIAM solution. It provides modern identity and access management capabilities that can be easily built into your organization’s customer experience (CX) applications, or even deployed to fulfill workforce IAM requirements. Designed for developers, by developers, WSO2 Identity Server offers an open, API-driven architecture alongside a broad set of developer tools. Its impressive extensibility, scalability, and dedicated community make it the ideal choice for your identity development needs. > > Verdict: Rated **4.3/5** by 32 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.3/5** | 32 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: WSO2 - **Founded**: 2005 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more ## Features - API - Access Certification - Access Controls/Permissions - Access Management - Active Directory Integration - Activity Dashboard - Application Management - Audit Management - Authentication - Automatic User/Device Recognition - Biometrics - Compliance Management - Credential Management - Customisable Branding - Data Security - Data Synchronisation - Event Logs - Fraud Detection - Member Accounts - Multi-Factor Authentication ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4427/ciam/software) ## Related Categories - [Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4427/ciam/software) - [Identity Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4549/identity-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Its 100% open source > > **Cons**: For those who are new to wso2 product, documentation and example solutions are not sufficient to understand the configuration and integration of this product with their existing landscape. Minimal community support. ----- ### "Setting up and using WSO2 Identity Server" — 5.0/5 > **Alonso** | *28 August 2019* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Use of standard technologies makes integration with third party software multiple-step authentication along Federation Authentication is awesome OAuth and SAML are very easy to configure. User provisioning features are very useful > > **Cons**: XACML integration with API Manager requieres using of a sequence in API Manager. Could be improved as in a WSO2IS-KM installation APIS are already registered as service provider in IdentityServer. So XACML might be inegrated more seamlessly. > > it's been a great experience to setup and work identity server. We´ve been able to integrate third party software that required authentication in a single identity hub. ----- ### "An IDP that has every protocol but the User Interface needs improvement" — 2.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *23 July 2019* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10 > > **Pros**: This IDP supports almost every protocol available in the industry. (SAML, OIDC, OAuth etc). Provides multiple authentications via federated IDP which helps us to connect to a service easily via Facebook and Google developer APIs > > **Cons**: Setting this up on a Windows machine is not easy. And the errors displayed are not very helpful. The user interface is very classic, where certain errors and validations are not properly handled > > It is a great tool to integrate an IDP to your application. I use this for my day to day projects, where I need to quickly integrate authentication to my platform. ----- ### "Reliable Identity Server and Manager for IoT Projects" — 4.0/5 > **Partha** | *9 August 2019* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: 1. Ease of Integration. 2. Time to provision is fast. 3. Easy to import APIs using swagger doc. 4. REST API available for forget password and other functionality. > > **Cons**: 1. Most of the User Management API are SOAP. 2. Spelling issues in logs generated by the software. 3. Failure issues not exposed in logs , eg. tried to use SMTP to send email but was failing with just a single error line. Better if exact error is highlighted. > > Used WSO2 for Identity Server for API authentication. Worked flawless in generating token and session management. Never seen software failing in production. ----- ### "WSO2 Identity Server" — 5.0/5 > **Praveen** | *11 July 2019* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is very stable software which is mainly used to maintain the number of user and groups in enterprise level. Also offers the robust security to our solution. we have been using it from almost 5 years in our organization. > > **Cons**: I do not have any reasons to mention about the least . > > Overall I am pretty much satisfied with this product. We have been using it from 5 years. 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