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Is OpenAthens right for me?
OpenAthens is a cost effective solution for:
- Identity Management - enabling organisations to provide users with access to protected resources from any location
- Access Management - for publishers to provide their content to sites with a variety of local authentication systems
Find out if it's the right solution for your organisation by answering the questions below.
Identity Management
| How many users are there at your organisation? |
Just me | 2 - 50 | 50 - 2,000 | > 2,000 |
| How many online resources (journals, databases, etc) do you subscribe to? |
0 | 1 - 3 | 4 - 20 | > 20 |
| Where do your users come from? | One fixed location | A small number of fixed locations |
Multiple specified locations | Any |
| Is OpenAthens right for you? | No | Possibly | Yes | Definitely |
| What to do next | See advice | Contact us | ||
Access Management
| How many different Identity Management systems do your customers use? |
1 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 10 | > 10 |
| How many customers have site or institution licences? |
1 - 10 | 10 - 50 | 50 - 200 | > 200 |
| Where do your customers' users need access from? |
One fixed location | A small number of fixed locations |
Multiple specified locations | Any |
| Is OpenAthens right for you? | No | Probably | Yes | Definitely |
| What to do next? | See advice | Contact us | ||
OpenAthens is designed as a large scale solution and whilst there is no reason why it cannot be used on a smaller scale, you will probably find that there are more appropriate solutions to meet your requirements.
For example, if you are an individual hoping to access the same kind of things as you did at University, you would be better off purchasing individual subscriptions to the journals and databases that you are interested in.
