Okta Identity Governance

Name: Okta Identity Governance
Brand: Okta

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Est 2009|Valuation $35.2B|Raised $417.7M|180 Ref Customers

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MarketsIdentity Governance & Administration (IGA)

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

#### Where Okta Identity Governance commonly demonstrates strengths - **Unified identity plane:** If Okta is already the workforce identity platform, OIG can reduce architecture sprawl. - **User-facing access request experience:** Okta’s end-user dashboard model supports self-service access requests. - **Operational simplicity versus legacy IGA:** Okta presents OIG as targeting shorter deployment timelines than traditional IGA suites. #### Where competitors may be stronger - **Deep IGA (SailPoint/Saviynt):** Organizations needing sophisticated role mining, SoD controls, complex disconnected app governance, or ERP entitlement depth often consider IGA specialists. - **Ecosystem consolidation (Microsoft Entra):** Microsoft environments can obtain favorable unit economics if governance is bundled with existing enterprise licensing. #### Market trends relevant to buying decisions - Vendors increasingly position identity governance as part of a broader “identity security” platform, including support for non-human identities and governance for automated agents.

	Okta Identity Governance	Microsoft Entra ID Governance	Saviynt Identity Cloud
Starting Price	Not consistently public for OIG standalone; suite pricing and quotes vary	Often positioned as included in Microsoft Entra Suite with per-user licensing in public materials	Pricing is typically quote-based; packages/tiered offerings are published but not simple per-user public pricing
Most applicable for	Okta-centric organizations wanting governance embedded in Workforce Identity	Microsoft/Azure/M365-centric environments consolidating identity + governance	Enterprises needing broader identity governance breadth (SoD, ERP entitlement coverage)
Key Strength	Integrated with Okta SSO/MFA/UD/LM; access requests and certifications are managed within the Okta platform	Tight integration with Microsoft ecosystem and potential licensing leverage	Platform focus on governance breadth and SoD capabilities
Key Weakness	Perception of less depth compared with long-standing IGA specialists; modular cost stacking	Licensing complexity; some features reported as incomplete per independent analysis	Can be complex to deploy; quote-based pricing can be difficult to forecast

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Where Okta Identity Governance commonly demonstrates strengths

Unified identity plane: If Okta is already the workforce identity platform, OIG can reduce architecture sprawl.
User-facing access request experience: Okta’s end-user dashboard model supports self-service access requests.
Operational simplicity versus legacy IGA: Okta presents OIG as targeting shorter deployment timelines than traditional IGA suites.

Where competitors may be stronger

Deep IGA (SailPoint/Saviynt): Organizations needing sophisticated role mining, SoD controls, complex disconnected app governance, or ERP entitlement depth often consider IGA specialists.
Ecosystem consolidation (Microsoft Entra): Microsoft environments can obtain favorable unit economics if governance is bundled with existing enterprise licensing.

Market trends relevant to buying decisions

Vendors increasingly position identity governance as part of a broader “identity security” platform, including support for non-human identities and governance for automated agents.

	Okta Identity Governance	Microsoft Entra ID Governance	Saviynt Identity Cloud
Starting Price	Not consistently public for OIG standalone; suite pricing and quotes vary	Often positioned as included in Microsoft Entra Suite with per-user licensing in public materials	Pricing is typically quote-based; packages/tiered offerings are published but not simple per-user public pricing
Most applicable for	Okta-centric organizations wanting governance embedded in Workforce Identity	Microsoft/Azure/M365-centric environments consolidating identity + governance	Enterprises needing broader identity governance breadth (SoD, ERP entitlement coverage)
Key Strength	Integrated with Okta SSO/MFA/UD/LM; access requests and certifications are managed within the Okta platform	Tight integration with Microsoft ecosystem and potential licensing leverage	Platform focus on governance breadth and SoD capabilities
Key Weakness	Perception of less depth compared with long-standing IGA specialists; modular cost stacking	Licensing complexity; some features reported as incomplete per independent analysis	Can be complex to deploy; quote-based pricing can be difficult to forecast