Okta alternatives (2026)

These are the identity & access management brands AI engines name when buyers ask. Ranked by how often ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot actually cite them over the last 90 days — not by reviews or paid placement. For reference, Okta is named in 54.8% of the 31 answers we checked.

Named instead of Okta

On the questions Okta loses, these are the sites engines cite in its place.

  • aws.amazon.com ×3
  • ibm.com ×2
  • pingidentity.com ×2
  • openiam.com ×1
  • learn.g2.com ×1
  • lastpass.com ×1

Top Okta alternatives by AI citation share

  1. #1Ping IdentityCited in 51.6% of 31 answers

    Starting price: $3/user/month

    No-code identity orchestration engine · Single Sign-on · Flexible, lightweight directory · Support for OAuth 2.0 and SAML

  2. #2Auth0Cited in 45.2% of 31 answers

    Starting price: $0/month

    1 Custom Domain · Passwordless Authentication · Unlimited Social Connections · Brand Customization

  3. #3ForgeRockCited in 35.5% of 31 answers

    Any Identity: Customers, Employees, Third Parties · Any Scale: 200M logins/day, 100M+ users · Flexible deployment options: SaaS, FedRAMP, On-Prem · Orchestration: No-code, drag-and-drop interface

  4. #4OneLoginCited in 35.5% of 31 answers

    Starting price: $3/user/month

    Single Sign-On (SSO) · Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) · Identity Lifecycle Management · Advanced Directory

  5. #5SailPointCited in 25.8% of 31 answers
  6. #6JumpCloudCited in 22.6% of 31 answers

    Starting price: $9/user/month

    Device Management · SSO & MFA access · Identity Management · Passwordless Authentication

  7. #7CyberArkCited in 19.4% of 31 answers
  8. #8BeyondTrustCited in 0% of 31 answers
  9. #9Duo SecurityCited in 0% of 31 answers

    Starting price: $3/user/month

    Strong MFA · Seamless integrations · Single sign-on · Unlimited applications

  10. #10FusionAuthCited in 0% of 31 answers

    Starting price: $162/mo

    Core authentication features · Community support · Premium authentication features · Custom OAuth scopes

  11. #11Microsoft EntraCited in 0% of 31 answers
  12. #12SaviyntCited in 0% of 31 answers

How this list is built

We put the buyer questions people actually ask in identity & access management to five AI engines on a recurring schedule and record which brands get named. The ranking above is the share of those answers naming each brand over the last 90 days. No paid placement, no review scores.

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