Password management

Company: Quest Software

Pricing: prices generally start at $20 per enabled user and vary depending on the required solution components

Quest One Identity provides administrators with a way to manage and unify accounts throughout the enterprise, including Windows-based accounts, as well as integrating non-Windows-based systems into the account management lifecycle.

Company: NetIQ

Pricing: $25 per user, list price; standard program and volume discounts available

Novell Identity Manager by NetIQ provides comprehensive account management across enterprise systems, including physical, virtual and cloud-based environments.

Company: Hitachi ID Systems

Pricing: starts at $33 per user

The Identity Manager from Hitachi ID Systems is part of the Hitachi ID Management Suite.

Company: Fischer International

Pricing: starting at $22.80 per user (10,000 users)

Fischer Identity is an all-in-one user account provisioning and management tool that can plug into almost any authentication platform throughout the enterprise.

Company: Evidian

Pricing: starts at $72 per user; price depends on the features chosen and number of users

Access Management is a piece of Evidian’s larger Identity and Access Management Suite.

Company: Ensim

Pricing: perpetual modular: $5-$12/seat; monthly recurring pricing available

Unify from Ensim provides a full-scale user provisioning and account management platform that can plug into several user platforms throughout the enterprise for easy centralized management.

Company: Centrify Corporation

Pricing: starts at $350 per server

The Centrify Suite provides administrators a way to integrate UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X users into the already existing Active Directory structure for seamless user and policy management across the enterprise.

Company: Avatier

Pricing: starts at $55 per user

The Avatier Identity Management Suite is a solid, full-scale, user lifecycle management tool.

Company: Quest Software

Pricing: starts at $38 per enabled user

Quest One Identity Solution offers full-scale, full-service account provisioning and management.

Company: Passlogix

Pricing: $55 for SSO only; $90 for all products reviewed

The Passlogix v-GO Access Accelerator Suite fully integrates into the environment to streamline account and password management, as well as providing accountability to those who need access to privileged or shared accounts.