Identity governance · October 2026 Edition
Lumos vs ConductorOne
Four of fourteen models named Lumos first on the direct prompt; one named ConductorOne. Lumos was named by ten of the fourteen models and ConductorOne by eight and Lumos carries 24 labels and ConductorOne 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share12%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%13%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2415A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lumos reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Entra ID Governance was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs Lumos · Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs ConductorOne · Lumos vs Omada Identity
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 identity governance page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LumosFirst choices, of fourteen modelsConductorOne
Direct41
Paraphrase21
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained21
Negative001 against Lumos · 2 against ConductorOne
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, Lumos and ConductorOne were named in the same answer thirty-three times, of the 84 answers naming Lumos and the 46 naming ConductorOne. In those answers ConductorOne took the first choice one time and Lumos four.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Lumos and ConductorOne stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | |
Lumos ConductorOne first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lumos on the left and ConductorOne on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lumos and ConductorOne stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Qwen 3.7 FlashConductorOne, Lumos alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, tenfold
Lumos first, ConductorOne not the choice
3 of 14 modelsConductorOne was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashC1, Lumos alternatives: AccessOwl, Corma, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, Zilla Security
Perplexity SonarLumos alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Omada Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Muse Glimmer 30BLumos alternatives: Iden, Linx, Omada Identity, One Identity Manager, Opal Security, Zluri
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.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice alternatives: ConductorOne, Lumos, Omada Identity, Zluri, tenfold
Grok 4.1 FastSaviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud alternatives: ConductorOne, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Tools4ever HelloID
Mistral SmallOkta Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud alternatives: Lumos, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
DeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Entra ID Governance alternatives: ConductorOne, Okta Identity Governance, Omada Identity
GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Entra ID Governance alternatives: ConductorOne, Okta Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniOkta Identity Governance alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
Llama 4 MaverickOmada Identity alternatives: One Identity Manager
Kimi K2Omada Identity alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Netwrix Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Entra ID Governance alternatives: Iden, Omada Identity, One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud, Zluri, tenfold
MiniMax M2.5Omada Identity, Zluri alternatives: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Tools4ever HelloID
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
Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
What the models said about Lumos
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Caution for Hard-Compliance Environments... Feature gaps for legacy/on-prem systems” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Lumos is best for mid-market companies focused on automating access requests and approvals across SaaS apps” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Zluri, Lumos, ConductorOne — Built for mid-market; faster deployments ($), lower administrative burden” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“the best identity governance platform is usually Lumos if you want the fastest path to value” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about ConductorOne
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Outages at scale, coverage gaps ... CEL query complexity, add-on pricing.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“these lightweight tools will struggle to bridge the gap” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Zluri, Lumos, ConductorOne — Built for mid-market; faster deployments ($), lower administrative burden” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend ConductorOne as a strong starting point.” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Recommendation: Lumos or ConductorOne” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
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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.