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IBM® Verify Identity Access offers flexible deployment models to meet a wide range of organizational needs. The Virtual Edition Licensing supports deployment as Virtual Appliances and Containers.

IBM Verify Identity Access Virtual Edition - base license

Included components:
  • Reverse Proxy
    • Standard Authentication
    • MTLS Authentication
    • External Authentication Interface
    • OpenID Connect Relying Party
    • OAuth 2.0 Resource Server Enforcement Point
    • Single Sign-On (SSO) to Protected applications
  • Load Balancer
  • Distributed Session Cache
  • Policy Server
  • Authorization Server (not available in container deployments)
  • Web Application Firewall

Supporting programs:

  • IBM Application Gateway
  • IBM® Security Verify Directory Standard Edition
  • IBM Security Verify Directory Integrator

Add-ons and enhancements

  • Advanced Access Control add-on: This enhances the base license with advanced access control features.
    • User Workflow Engine (Authentication Service):
      • Advanced Authentication (Passkeys, IBM Verify mobile multifactor, QR code login, One-time passwords, Knowledge questions)
      • User Self Care
      • Support for Developer Portals
      • Extensible Authentication Framework
    • Advanced Authorization
      • Context-Based Access
      • Risk Engine
    • Federation for API clients
      • OAuth 2.0
      • OpenID Connect
    • SCIM Server
    • Supporting Software Development Kits
    This license includes entitlements for the components:
    • IBM Verify Identity Access OpenID Connect Provider
    • IBM Verify Gateway MFA Providers (RADIUS, PAM, Windows)
    • IBM Verify Mobile Application
  • Federation add-on: This enhances the base license with federation features.
    • Federated SSO (SAML 1.1, SAML 2.0, WS-Fed, OpenID Connect)
    • Secure Token Service
    • Federation for API clients (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect)
    • SaaS Quick Connect Adapters
    • Supporting Software Development Kits
    This license includes entitlements for the component:
    • IBM Verify Identity Access OIDC Provider
  • Digital Credentials add-on: This enhances the base license and either the Federation or Advanced Access Control features.
    • Issuance of Digital Credentials
    • Verification of Digital Credentials
    • Management and lifecycle of Digital Credentials
    • Supporting software development kits
    This license includes entitlement to the component:
    • IBM Verify Identity Access Digital Credentials.

Enterprise edition

This package includes:
  • IBM Verify Identity Access Virtual Edition (base license)
  • Advanced Access Control add-on
  • Federation add-on

Licensing metrics

IBM Verify Identity Access is licensed under two main metrics:

  1. User Value Unit (UVU): A user-based licensing metric based on the number of users with access to:
    • Primary program IBM Verify Identity Access
    • Supporting programs (IBM Security Verify Directory, IBM Application Gateway)
    • Supporting components (IBM Verify Identity Access OIDC Provider, Digital Credentials)

    This covers deployment of any environments (e.g. Production, Non-Production and Development) in support of the licensed user base.

  2. Processor Value Unit (PVU): A capacity-based licensing model that measures processor-based consumption by deployments of:
    • Primary program IBM Verify Identity Access
    • Supporting programs IBM Application Gateway
    • Supporting components (IBM Verify Identity Access OIDC Provider, IBM Verify Identity Access Digital Credentials)

    See the product license for entitlements for other supporting programs and how they affect license counts.

    Non-Production/Development environment capacity must also be licensed, non-production licensing may be available for PVU parts.

For more information, see IBM Software Licensing .