Workforce identity and SSO · September 2026 Edition
Microsoft Entra ID vs Okta Workforce Identity
Five of twelve models named Microsoft Entra ID first on the direct prompt; five named Okta Workforce Identity. Both were named by all twelve models and Microsoft Entra ID carries 63 labels and Okta Workforce Identity 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share36%15%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%7%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.
Labels6327A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft Entra ID reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.JumpCloud was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Microsoft Entra ID vs Okta · Okta vs Okta Workforce Identity
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 Workforce identity and SSO 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 IDFirst choices, of twelve modelsOkta Workforce Identity
Direct55
Paraphrase51
Comparative77
Budget-constrained70
Scale-constrained01
Negative108 against Microsoft Entra ID · 2 against Okta Workforce Identity
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 and Okta Workforce Identity stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity alternatives: JumpCloud, Ping Identity
Microsoft Entra ID first, Okta Workforce Identity an alternative
4 of 12 modelsOkta Workforce Identity was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Entra ID alternatives: Okta Workforce Identity
Gemini 3.5 FlashMicrosoft Entra ID alternatives: JumpCloud, Okta Workforce Identity, OneLogin
Grok 4.1 FastMicrosoft Entra ID, Okta alternatives: JumpCloud, One Identity
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Entra ID alternatives: JumpCloud, Okta Workforce Identity, OneLogin
Okta Workforce Identity first, Microsoft Entra ID an alternative
4 of 12 modelsMicrosoft Entra ID was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Okta Workforce Identity alternatives: JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID, One Identity
DeepSeek V4 FlashOkta Workforce Identity alternatives: JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID, OneLogin
Kimi K2Okta Workforce Identity, OneLogin alternatives: JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID
MiniMax M2.5Okta Workforce Identity, OneLogin alternatives: JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID
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.Perplexity SonarOneLogin alternatives: JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta
Neither was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Mistral SmallOkta alternatives: JumpCloud, OneLogin
Llama 4 MaverickOneLogin
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 ID leads by thirty-five points.
Microsoft Entra ID35%#2 of 7Okta Workforce Identity0%#6 of 7Mid-marketThe figures above
Microsoft Entra ID leads by twenty-one points.
Microsoft Entra ID36%#1 of 10Okta Workforce Identity15%#3 of 10Enterprise
Microsoft Entra ID leads by twenty-three points.
Microsoft Entra ID47%#1 of 10Okta Workforce Identity25%#3 of 10What the models said about Microsoft Entra ID
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Caution: Microsoft's deep integration creates significant vendor lock-in risk, and the platform's complexity leads to frequent misconfigurations.” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Microsoft's identity platform has also faced vulnerabilities: Critical Vulnerabilities... multiple critical CVSS 10.0 vulnerabilities” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“it can be less polished outside of it. Advanced governance and identity protection features are often locked behind higher-tier plans” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Microsoft Entra ID if you are already a Microsoft-centric shop; the financial integration and native OS/security synergy are too strong to ignore.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Leaders to Prioritize (Lower Relative Risk): Microsoft Entra ID (ecosystem lock-in but top execution in Gartner/Forrester; watch non-MS integrations)” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Okta Workforce Identity
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“avoid Okta as a single point of failure” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Premium pricing relative to alternatives; experienced a significant customer support system breach in October 2023” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Top contenders from recent analyses include Okta Workforce Identity Cloud, Microsoft Entra ID (ideal if you're Microsoft-heavy)... (check integration catalog size: Okta has 7,500+” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“Okta is widely regarded as the "Gold Standard" for usability. It offers the fastest onboarding time for both IT admins and end-users.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Okta is the workforce IAM benchmark for mid-market and enterprise teams connecting a sprawling SaaS stack without custom API work” Claude Haiku 4.5 · 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.