PortalGuard 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

PortalGuard

4.6

(33)

Pricing

Starting at $12.50 per year

About PortalGuard

BIO-key PortalGuard IDaaS is a cloud-based IAM platform that offers options for multi-factor authentication, biometrics, single sign-on, and self-service password reset to support a customer’s security initiatives and deliver an optimized user experience. For over 20 years, the vendor states industries such as education, including over 200 institutions, healthcare, finance, and government, have chosen PortalGuard as their preferred solution.

Whether for passwordless workflows, support for a Zero Trust architecture, or just implementing MFA for the first time, PortalGuard is designed to secure access for both the workforce and customers, whether they are remote or on-premises.

PortalGuard’s MFA offers Identity-Bound Biometrics that boasts the highest levels of integrity, security, accuracy, availability and ease of use over traditional authentication methods.

The vendor states that with PortalGuard IDaaS, customers can consolidate their IAM solutions, eliminate passwords, simplify access for users, and reduce overhead.

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PortalGuard Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $12.50 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$12.50

per user, per year

No plan information available

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PortalGuard Features

Popular features found in Identity Management
Access Certification
Compliance Management
Credential Management
Multi-Factor Authentication
Password Management
Privileged Account Management
Reporting & Statistics
Self-Service Access Request
Single Sign On
More features of PortalGuard
Access Controls/Permissions
Access Management
Active Directory Integration
Administrative Reporting
API
Application Management
Authentication
Biometrics
Customizable Branding
Mobile Access
Multiple User Accounts
Password Generator
Password Synchronization
Reporting/Analytics
Two-Factor Authentication
User Management

PortalGuard Integrations

Microsoft 365

Google Workspace

Class for Web

Duo Security

Microsoft SharePoint

Canvas

See all 9 integrations

PortalGuard User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

67%

30%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.7

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.5

Curtis W.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2021

PortalGuard Security is a No-Brainer

We have different countries who log into embassies around the world so they can upload information and we need security. We are very happy with our worldwide portal arrangement using Portal Guard.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Our portal is guarded with an easy to use, intuitive and efficient system which allows users from all over the world to quickly use our system to gain access to our portal.

Cons:

The software has no features or lack of thereof.

Reasons for choosing PortalGuard

N/a

Jonathan T.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2021

Support stand out

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Their support structure is always helpful, they are willing to work with you and look to educate that you will be more self sufficient. American support is always appreciated.

Cons:

If you aren't familiar with SAML there will be a learning curve on setting up identity providers but that is why good support is vital. Would prefer more control to organize tiles also.

Rik T.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

501-1000 employees

Used unspecified for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2018

Portalguard

Previously 5

We use this product for self service password reset and local 2FA authentication for servers and static systems. We can't use it for laptops as some systems connect to the internet after login and those cannot authenticate without an active connection.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 5

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This was a good product for the money. It appeared at the right time for us to get a hold on some self service and 2fa issues

Cons:

They are still missing the ability to do 2FA on a system that is not connected to the internet.

Bernie C.

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2018

Ease to Manage

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The technical support team are fantastic. They help you step-by-step when setting it up and after implementation. The best features is that it gives end-users multiple ways to self-service. I would recommend this product.

Cons:

Most institutions likely prefer to embed the login page of Portal Guard within their website. There is a great need to copy code to easily embed to any web page. More flexibilty or options is vital.

Mihajlo J.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2021

PG review

sso and idp integration, support and reporting

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

product is very easy to use and the support is beyond awesome. It is customizable in so many ways it's great.

Cons:

nothing really. the software does what we need it to do

Jose R.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2021

It does the job

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Its easy to use. Support is responsive. Self-Service Password reset is a bonus.

Cons:

Does not have pre-packaged integrations. Every setup has to be done manually.

Reasons for switching to PortalGuard

Ease of use.

Anderson F.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2021

Excellent partner

Have been using this solution for a year and now wish we would have made the change sooner.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of deployment while transitioning from a different provider for SSO. Support is US based and extremely easy to contact.

Cons:

Nothing negative comes to mind with the solution we picked. Deployed with ease and up and running on time.

Yared G.

Information Technology and Services

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2018

PortalGuard is a great identity management software.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It was easy to setup, Upgrades add a lot more functionality and new features Integration was seamless

Cons:

I would not consider this a con, but it would have been great if PortalGuard could be setup in non-windows servers.

Tommy B. H.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2021

Review

It is good

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Yes product easy to use. But a lot of features, so it takes time to set it up correctly

Cons:

To many features. Not always easy to find the correct place to a setting

Clifford S.

Used unspecified for unspecified

Review source

Reviewed February 2017

Southwestern Community College PortalGuard implementation.

Southwestern Community College District was looking for a self-service password reset program to integrate with Microsoft Active Directory. After doing some research, we chose PistolStar's PortalGuard product. The product is simple to configure and maintain. After the initial configuration was a success, we started looking for other applications that could use this technology. We had two immediate projects that came up. Our IDP connection to OpenCCCApply was difficult at best to support and maintain. The initial expenditure of time and effort to get IDP to OpenCCCApply operational before PortalGuard required 3 months of configuration and troubleshooting. Since IDP is the backend for PortalGuard, we opened discussions to see if it would be a good replacement. PortalGuard, with a couple of hours with tech support, had the IDP to OpenCCCApply connection configured and ready for production. It could not have been easier. The second project was the need to implement Single Sign-On throughout our campus community. This solution also went smoothly and with little effort. We have since integrated it with SharePoint, Blackboard, Canvas, OWA and WebAdvisor. We could not be more pleased with how this product and company have worked out for our needs.

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