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Identity governance · September 2026 Edition

Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs Iden

Zero of twelve models named Microsoft Entra ID Governance first on the direct prompt; two named Iden. Microsoft Entra ID Governance was named by twelve of the twelve models and Iden by six and Microsoft Entra ID Governance carries 38 labels and Iden 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Named in one category this edition.

Iden

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share12%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3813A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft Entra ID Governance 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 · Lumos 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.
Microsoft Entra ID GovernanceFirst choices, of twelve modelsIden
Direct021 against Microsoft Entra ID Governance
Paraphrase21
Comparative001 against Microsoft Entra ID Governance
Budget-constrained511 against Microsoft Entra ID Governance
Scale-constrained01
Negative004 against Microsoft Entra ID Governance
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 Microsoft Entra ID Governance and Iden stood in it.

Iden first, Microsoft Entra ID Governance not the choice

2 of 12 modelsMicrosoft Entra ID Governance 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
Kimi K2Iden, Lumos alternatives: OneLogin, Opal Security, Zluri

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniSaviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance
Gemini 3.5 FlashConductorOne alternatives: CyberArk IGA, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, Zluri
DeepSeek V4 FlashLumos, Zluri alternatives: ConductorOne, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Omada Identity, Opal Security, tenfold
GLM 4.7 FlashXOmada Identity alternatives: AccessOwl, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
MiniMax M2.5Lumos, Zluri alternatives: Iden, OneLogin, Opal Security

Neither was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Zluri alternatives: ManageEngine AD360
Grok 4.1 FastLumos alternatives: Omada Identity, Zluri, tenfold
Mistral SmallLumos alternatives: Omada Identity, OneLogin, Zluri, tenfold
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashConductorOne, Lumos alternatives: One Identity Manager

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
Microsoft Entra ID Governance7%#5 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Microsoft Entra ID Governance leads at mid-market.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance12%#2 of 10
Iden8%#3 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Microsoft Entra ID Governance leads by eighteen points.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance18%#3 of 9
Iden0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Microsoft Entra ID Governance

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

“Avoid if you are a massive, highly regulated enterprise with strict audit requirements... However, they are highly recommended if you are a cloud-first, mid-sized business” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“good if you're already in Microsoft, but watch licensing and reporting gaps” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“Be cautious with Entra/Okta governance if you need full IGA depth” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“the best identity governance platform is usually Microsoft Entra ID Governance if your company is already standardized on Microsoft” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Verdict: Start here. Do not buy a dedicated IGA tool until you exhaust the capabilities of Microsoft Entra P2.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Microsoft Entra ID Governance (Best if already using Microsoft 365) ... often the most cost-effective path” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget 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

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.