PortalGuard
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PortalGuard Pricing
PortalGuard (Commercial On-Premises) - Self Service Password Reset License (SSPR only) - $12.50 annually per user PortalGuard (Commercial On-Premises) - Enterprise License (SSPR, SSO, MFA) - $36.00 annually per user PortalGuard IDaaS (Commercial Cloud) - Enterprise License (SSPR, SSO, MFA) - $42.00 annually per user PortalGuard IDaaS (Commercial Cloud) - Self-Service Password Reset License (SSPR only) - $12.50 annually per user
Starting price:
$12.50 per year
Free trial:
Available
Free version:
Not Available
Most Helpful Reviews for PortalGuard
1 - 5 of 34 Reviews
David
Higher Education, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2020
Excellent product with excellent support
With many companies you purchase a product and make your payments without much further interaction. Our experience with this company has been very different from that. After several meetings with the implementation engineer, we developed a rapport that made us feel like our needs were understood and they were being met. Even better, we were invited to meet with their executive team to give them our feedback (which almost never happens with most vendors). Not only did they listen to our story, they offered additional information to help us better use their product. We could not be more pleased.
PROSThis product works reliably with a responsive and intuitive interface for users. It is extremely customizable and integrates with our Active Directory for authentication so that single sign-on is available for all of our integrated services. For non-SSO links, they are grouped seperately on the landing page with their links so users have one page with all of the important links they need. It provides SSO as well as password reset for users and the First-Time User experience can be customized to meet your needs. And the cost was very affordable compared to other products.
CONSI guess you could hope for a solution that you can implement without any assistance, but the integrations with so many different services was actually a fairly complex task that took several days to complete. The implementation engineer who helped us was extremely knowledgeable and professional and he made this arduous task a breeze.
Reasons for switching to PortalGuard
After several years of using this solution, our small community college simply couldn't afford the increasing cost of this product. We needed a streamlined solution, lower costs, better support, and easier management.
Bert
Higher Education, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2017
Software is customized to our environment with personalized support, at a reasonable cost.
We benefit from single sign-on to a variety of systems as well as self-service password reset, a functional help desk tool and multi-factor authentication, all in a customizable package that can be hosted locally and in the cloud. It is ultra flexible in meeting our needs.
PROSThe support is absolutely outstanding. The software works as designed, and is rock solid. It has one job to do, and it does it very well. It does not break - but if it does happen to have an issue, I know I will have support for a very critical element of my infrastructure. The configuration of the product to link it with other systems was challenging and very technical. However, this was where PortalGuard excelled. It was a simple matter to configure PortalGuard in each case. The difficulty was with working through the configuration of the variety of applications we were connecting to it. In every case, the PistolStar / PortalGuard implementation team expertly guided us in the process through our wide variety of systems configurations. In every case, PortalGuard was able to link with our applications. It was obvious that they know how all of these puzzle pieces fit together. We also used the PistolStar professional services for a few customizations to the admin interface. The process was well managed and the results were exactly what we had hoped for, and were produced in a timely manner. The recent integration of extended portal features like announcements to PortalGuard is a welcome addition. I hope to see more of this kind of work in future versions. The icing on the cake... all of it was reasonably priced and didn't break my budget.
CONSThe ability to make PortalGuard do whatever you want is both a blessing and a curse. The user interface could use some work - but you can make those changes yourself - and many institutions have easily done so. In my opinion, I'd like to see this be easier to navigate and more "packaged". For example - the ability to apply simple skins / customizations to the layout via GUI would be a welcome addition. The PG sales team could do a bit better job of marketing the product and services that stand behind it. They've since improved their site, but you should know that you are not just buying a product (PortalGuard), you are partnering with a company that can deliver single sign-on authentication *expertise* for your organization.
Jae
Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed May 2021
Could Be A Lot Better
We have run into issues with the product needing updates and the updates have caused our system to be unavailable.
PROSThat once the product is installed and configured properly it works.
CONSThe setup and configuration have been a nightmare at times and the customer support for the company has been less than stellar.
Reason for choosing PortalGuard
Other Schools in our Area were using the same product and we thought that would help us.
Fred
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
How Much I Like PortalGurd!!?
We have close to a 100 applications that are integrated with PG. These are internal and external applications. We can configure SSO with almost any application with in few minutes. The software availability is very high. I don't remember that PG ever stopped working unless hardware issue. PG has been great partner for many years.
PROSOne of the greatest impact for our institution was the self service features of PG. Reset password and unlocking accounts features of self service reduced the number of calls to our helpdesk. It is very easy to use and implement. Integration with our system was seamless and easy.
CONSWhen have been using PG for many years. After we implemented the software , we found out that there were some features that we could use and they were missing. We worked with PG's development and they added it those features. I guess , I really can't think of anything negative.
Reason for choosing PortalGuard
As an institution we looked at many different products. None of them came close to the ease of use, flexibility of software and support. Compare to all other product it was very cost affective. Company's willingness to work with us to meet our needs was and is a huge plus in purchasing and continuing our relationship with PG.
Jason
Real Estate, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
PortalGuard is a great Product!
We have been using this for over 5 years and is a very handy self-service tool for Users to unlock their accounts and reset their passwords without any interaction with our Helpdesk. Having the Client available at they Windows login screen is also cool.
PROSEasy to use and implement! We have been using this for over 5 years and is a very handy self-service tool for Users to unlock their accounts and reset their passwords without any interaction with our Helpdesk. Having the Client available at they Windows login screen is also cool.
CONSNone. We have been using this for over 5 years and is a very handy self-service tool for Users to unlock their accounts and reset their passwords without any interaction with our Helpdesk. Having the Client available at they Windows login screen is also cool.
Reason for choosing PortalGuard
Price and flexibility of features.