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Alternatives to Microsoft Entra ID, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 186 of the 504 answers collected in the two categories where Microsoft Entra ID holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Cisco Duo19
Okta Verify11
YubiKey10
JumpCloud6
OneLogin5
Google Workspace 2-Step Verification4
First choices in the 186 answers that did not name Microsoft Entra ID, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Workforce identity and SSO

Identity and access. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Microsoft Entra ID is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessMicrosoft Entra ID is #2 of 9 here at 32% of first choices, 75 labels.

Twenty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Entra ID; it was the first choice in twenty-four. The first choices in those twenty-one answers, three products in all:

JumpCloud6 of 21Head to head →
OneLogin1 of 21Head to head →
miniOrange1 of 21
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketMicrosoft Entra ID is #1 of 8 here at 46% of first choices, 67 labels.

Twenty-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Entra ID; it was the first choice in thirty-three. The first choices in those twenty-nine answers, two products in all:

OneLogin3 of 29Head to head →
Okta Workforce Identity2 of 29Head to head →
The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseMicrosoft Entra ID is #1 of 9 here at 49% of first choices, 72 labels.

Twenty-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Entra ID; it was the first choice in thirty-eight. The first choices in those twenty-nine answers, four products in all:

Okta Workforce Identity2 of 29Head to head →
OneLogin1 of 29Head to head →
Ping Identity1 of 29
Saviynt1 of 29
The full enterprise standing →

Multi-factor authentication

Identity and access. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Microsoft Entra ID is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessMicrosoft Entra ID is #2 of 10 here at 29% of first choices, 50 labels.

Thirty-five of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Entra ID; it was the first choice in thirty-one. The first choices in those thirty-five answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

Cisco Duo9 of 35Head to head →
Google Workspace 2-Step Verification3 of 35
Okta Verify3 of 35Head to head →
Microsoft 3652 of 35
Microsoft Authenticator2 of 35Head to head →
Authy1 of 35
Duo Mobile1 of 35
FIDO/WebAuthn-based authentication1 of 35
4 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketMicrosoft Entra ID is #2 of 11 here at 30% of first choices, 46 labels.

Forty of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Entra ID; it was the first choice in twenty-four. The first choices in those forty answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

Cisco Duo8 of 40Head to head →
Okta Verify5 of 40Head to head →
YubiKey5 of 40
Entra1 of 40
FIDO2 hardware security keys1 of 40
Google Titan Key1 of 40
Google Workspace 2-Step Verification1 of 40
Microsoft 365, Azure AD1 of 40
5 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseMicrosoft Entra ID is #1 of 6 here at 41% of first choices, 60 labels.

Thirty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Entra ID; it was the first choice in thirty. The first choices in those thirty-two answers, eight products in all:

YubiKey5 of 32
Okta Verify3 of 32Head to head →
Cisco Duo2 of 32Head to head →
Google Titan2 of 32
Entra1 of 32
FIDO2 security keys1 of 32
Microsoft Authenticator1 of 32Head to head →
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) with MFA1 of 32
The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Microsoft Entra ID neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Microsoft Entra ID only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Microsoft Entra ID's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Microsoft Entra ID was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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