# Okta alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 719 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where Okta holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/okta/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Auth0: 60
- SailPoint Identity Security Cloud: 55
- Microsoft Entra ID Governance: 44
- Clerk: 41
- JumpCloud: 32
- Frontegg: 26

## Identity governance

**Small business**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Okta (Okta is #7 of 12 at 5%).

- Microsoft Entra ID Governance: first choice in 16 of those 69
- JumpCloud: first choice in 13 of those 69
- Lumos: first choice in 7 of those 69
- Okta Identity Governance: first choice in 7 of those 69
- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 6 of those 69
- AccessOwl: first choice in 4 of those 69
- ConductorOne: first choice in 3 of those 69
- ManageEngine AD360: first choice in 2 of those 69

**Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Okta (Okta is #11 of 13 at 2%).

- Microsoft Entra ID Governance: first choice in 16 of those 81
- SailPoint Identity Security Cloud: first choice in 12 of those 81
- Lumos: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Omada Identity: first choice in 6 of those 81
- Okta Identity Governance: first choice in 5 of those 81
- Iden: first choice in 4 of those 81
- ConductorOne: first choice in 3 of those 81

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Okta.

- SailPoint Identity Security Cloud: first choice in 43 of those 80
- Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud: first choice in 13 of those 80
- Microsoft Entra ID Governance: first choice in 12 of those 80
- Lumos: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Okta Identity Governance: first choice in 2 of those 80
- SailPoint Identity Security Cloud / IdentityIQ: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Clear Skye: first choice in 1 of those 80
- ConductorOne: first choice in 1 of those 80

## Customer identity and access management

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Okta (Okta is #14 of 14 at 0%).

- Clerk: first choice in 31 of those 83
- Frontegg: first choice in 13 of those 83
- Auth0: first choice in 10 of those 83
- WorkOS: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Descope: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Amazon Cognito: first choice in 4 of those 83
- FusionAuth: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Kinde: first choice in 4 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Okta (Okta is #14 of 14 at 0%).

- Auth0: first choice in 14 of those 79
- Frontegg: first choice in 11 of those 79
- Clerk: first choice in 10 of those 79
- LoginRadius: first choice in 7 of those 79
- Descope: first choice in 4 of those 79
- FusionAuth: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Keycloak: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Microsoft Entra External ID: first choice in 2 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Okta (Okta is #8 of 12 at 2%).

- Auth0: first choice in 36 of those 83
- Microsoft Entra External ID: first choice in 7 of those 83
- Ping Identity: first choice in 5 of those 83
- FusionAuth: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Frontegg: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Ping Identity / ForgeRock: first choice in 2 of those 83
- SSOJet: first choice in 2 of those 83

## Non-human identity management

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Okta (Okta is #9 of 17 at 4%).

- JumpCloud: first choice in 13 of those 79
- Aembit: first choice in 11 of those 79
- Infisical: first choice in 9 of those 79
- Akeyless: first choice in 5 of those 79
- Doppler: first choice in 5 of those 79
- HashiCorp Vault: first choice in 4 of those 79
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Entro Security: first choice in 3 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Okta (Okta is #16 of 16 at 0%).

- JumpCloud: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Oasis Security: first choice in 6 of those 83
- CyberArk Identity Security Platform: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Entro Security: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Akeyless: first choice in 4 of those 83
- GitGuardian NHI Governance: first choice in 4 of those 83
- HashiCorp Vault: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Delinea: first choice in 3 of those 83

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Okta (Okta is #11 of 15 at 2%).

- CyberArk Identity Security Platform: first choice in 14 of those 82
- Oasis Security: first choice in 6 of those 82
- Aembit: first choice in 5 of those 82
- HashiCorp Vault: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Akeyless: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Astrix Security: first choice in 3 of those 82
- One Identity: first choice in 3 of those 82
- SailPoint Machine Identity Security: first choice in 3 of those 82

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