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Customer identity and access management · October 2026 Edition

LoginRadius vs Microsoft Entra External ID

Four of fourteen models named LoginRadius first on the direct prompt; zero named Microsoft Entra External ID. LoginRadius was named by ten of the fourteen models and Microsoft Entra External ID by fourteen and LoginRadius carries 22 labels and Microsoft Entra External ID 39, so the shares are not directly comparable.

LoginRadius

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Microsoft Entra External ID

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share12%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%23%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#8A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels2239A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, LoginRadius reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Clerk was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Frontegg vs LoginRadius · Frontegg vs Microsoft Entra External ID · Auth0 vs LoginRadius

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the customer identity and access management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LoginRadiusFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMicrosoft Entra External ID
Direct40
Paraphrase201 against Microsoft Entra External ID
Comparative002 against Microsoft Entra External ID
Budget-constrained02
Scale-constrained101 against Microsoft Entra External ID
Negative001 against LoginRadius · 5 against Microsoft Entra External ID
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, LoginRadius and Microsoft Entra External ID were named in the same answer twenty-three times, of the 50 answers naming LoginRadius and the 97 naming Microsoft Entra External ID. In those answers Microsoft Entra External ID took the first choice four times and LoginRadius two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where LoginRadius and Microsoft Entra External ID stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
LoginRadius Microsoft Entra External ID first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, LoginRadius on the left and Microsoft Entra External ID on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where LoginRadius and Microsoft Entra External ID stood in it.

LoginRadius first, Microsoft Entra External ID an alternative

4 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Entra External ID was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarLoginRadius alternatives: Clerk, Frontegg, Microsoft Entra External ID
Mistral SmallLoginRadius alternatives: Thales OneWelcome
Llama 4 MaverickLoginRadius alternatives: Clerk, OneWelcome Identity Platform
Muse Glimmer 30BFrontegg, LoginRadius alternatives: Auth0, Ping Identity

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.1 FastAuth0 alternatives: Clerk, Frontegg, FusionAuth, Microsoft Entra External ID, Stytch, WorkOS
DeepSeek V4 FlashAuth0, Frontegg alternatives: Clerk, Microsoft Entra External ID, Stytch
GLM 4.7 FlashXAuth0 alternatives: Clerk, Descope, LoginRadius, Microsoft Entra External ID
MiniMax M2.5Auth0, Clerk alternatives: Descope, LoginRadius
GPT-6 LunaWorkOS AuthKit alternatives: Auth0, Microsoft Entra External ID, Stytch

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Descope, Frontegg alternatives: OneWelcome Identity Platform, SSOJet, WorkOS
GPT-5.4 miniFrontegg alternatives: Auth0/Okta Customer Identity Cloud, FusionAuth, Okta
Gemini 3.5 FlashWorkOS alternatives: Clerk, Frontegg, Kinde
Qwen 3.7 FlashAuth0, Clerk alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID
Kimi K2Clerk, Frontegg alternatives: FusionAuth, WorkOS

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Microsoft Entra External ID leads by two points.
Microsoft Entra External ID2%#– of 14
LoginRadius0%#12 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: LoginRadius leads at mid-market.
LoginRadius12%#4 of 14
Microsoft Entra External ID4%#8 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Microsoft Entra External ID leads at enterprise.
Microsoft Entra External ID10%#2 of 12
LoginRadius2%#6 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about LoginRadius

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Organizations give up some features and control ... there aren't many connectors for third-party fraud prevention features” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Prioritize platforms with strong mid-market fit like LoginRadius (simplicity) or FusionAuth (cost-effective self-hosting).” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“LoginRadius is the managed-simplicity pick for mid-market teams that want CIAM without heavy engineering.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“LoginRadius is frequently highlighted as the best customer identity platform for mid-market B2B companies” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Microsoft Entra External ID

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Azure AD B2C if you need a broad, flexible CIAM platform... limited to single-app external use cases... limited customization” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“Microsoft stopped selling it to new customers on May 1, 2025... Microsoft calls it a legacy solution.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · hard negative
“Don't start a new project on Azure AD B2C — you'd be investing in a dead-end platform.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Need a quick, managed CIAM with a generous free allowance and Microsoft stack: Microsoft Entra External ID – free first 50,000 MAU.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“the best overall fit is usually Microsoft Entra External ID ... free tier for the first 50,000 monthly active users” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“If your company is already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, Microsoft Entra External ID is also a strong contender.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.