Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication method that enables users to log in to other applications and services by authenticating with another trusted party, also known as Identity Provider (IdP).
By using SSO, you can log in to Smartly quickly and securely with your own organization’s login, whether that's Azure, Google, or another identity provider that supports SAML 2.0 for authentication.
Using SSO for Smartly has the following benefits:
Enhance security: Enforce safe and secure user access by limiting attack surface and ensuring authentication and logins always align with your security policies.
Improve usability: Allow teams to use existing logins to access Smartly (no extra passwords needed) to remove friction and empower users to get work done quickly.
Centralize & automate user management: When using both SSO and SCIM API for user provisioning, you can integrate your user directory to automatically create or remove Smartly users as they come and go, ensuring that only the right users maintain access and without having to perform this action in two different systems.
Note Enabling SSO as a login method does not mean that all users in your organization will gain automatically access to Smartly. You still need to create user accounts for them in Smartly, either through manual user invitations or automatically from your user directory with a SCIM-compatible API.
We recommend using multi-factor authentication for all logins. If you're using SSO, your organization login must use good security policies, because multi-factor authentication provided by Smartly is not used with SSO.
To get started, see how to set up SSO. Follow also the instructions provided by your identity provider. If you need further help, contact your Customer Success Manager or our Smartly support.