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Identity governance · September 2026 Edition

Lumos vs Iden

Six of twelve models named Lumos first on the direct prompt; two named Iden. Lumos was named by eleven of the twelve models and Iden by six and Lumos carries 23 labels and Iden 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lumos

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Iden

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share20%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels2313A 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.Zluri was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. Lumos vs Microsoft Entra ID Governance · Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs Iden

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LumosFirst choices, of twelve modelsIden
Direct62
Paraphrase21
Comparative00
Budget-constrained01
Scale-constrained41
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lumos and Iden stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Kimi K2Iden, Lumos alternatives: OneLogin, Opal Security, Zluri

Lumos first, Iden an alternative

5 of 12 modelsIden was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastLumos alternatives: Omada Identity, Zluri, tenfold
Mistral SmallLumos alternatives: Omada Identity, OneLogin, Zluri, tenfold
DeepSeek V4 FlashLumos, Zluri alternatives: ConductorOne, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Omada Identity, Opal Security, tenfold
Qwen 3.7 FlashConductorOne, Lumos alternatives: One Identity Manager
MiniMax M2.5Lumos, Zluri alternatives: Iden, OneLogin, Opal Security

Iden first, Lumos an alternative

1 of 12 modelsLumos was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarCorma, Iden alternatives: Lumos, Okta Identity Governance, SailPoint, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud, Zluri

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashConductorOne alternatives: CyberArk IGA, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, Zluri

Neither was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Zluri alternatives: ManageEngine AD360
GPT-5.4 miniSaviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GLM 4.7 FlashXOmada Identity alternatives: AccessOwl, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud

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
Iden leads by five points.
Iden12%#3 of 14
Lumos7%#4 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Lumos leads at mid-market.
Lumos20%#1 of 10
Iden8%#3 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Lumos leads by two points.
Lumos2%#– of 9
Iden0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Lumos

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

“modern, SaaS-first options like Lumos, Zluri, Linx, Opal Security, and Iden (AI-native, universal connectors, ~$5/user/month, built for your segment)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Lumos or Zluri currently represent the best balance of features, ease of deployment, and operational simplicity” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Lumos – Best for mid-market companies focused on automating access requests and approvals across SaaS applications” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Iden

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

“modern, SaaS-first options like Lumos, Zluri, Linx, Opal Security, and Iden (AI-native, universal connectors” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Corma or Iden. ... or Iden if you want a similar mid-market fit with very fast time-to-value” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest evaluating Lumos or Iden first, as they're purpose-built for your segment” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared
Lumos vs Microsoft Entra ID GovernanceMicrosoft Entra ID Governance vs IdenThe full IGA standing

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