Ping Identity PingAccess

Name: Ping Identity PingAccess
Brand: Ping Identity
Rating: 4.4 (679 reviews)

Leader

Identity Security for the Global Enterprise

Est 2002|Valuation $1.9B|Raised $54.6M

LinkedIn 170K|Website|Web traffic 2.7M|FTEs 2,311|HQ Denver, CO

MarketsIdentity Provider (IdP) & SSO Identity Provider (IdP) & Single Sign-On (SSO)

Platform CoversFirewalls API Management

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Okta Access Gateway appeals where customers want to retain Okta as the identity platform and extend access to on-premises applications through an Okta-managed pattern.
Akamai Enterprise Application Access addresses the VPN replacement and ZTNA use case with cloud-delivered per-application access.
Microsoft Entra often wins in organizations standardized on Microsoft 365 and Azure AD due to integration and licensing alignment.

Where PingAccess tends to perform based on documentation and reviews:

Complex enterprise hybrid deployments with detailed compatibility matrices and deep configuration options, acknowledging that these strengths are coupled with higher operational complexity.

- Okta Access Gateway appeals where customers want to retain Okta as the identity platform and extend access to on-premises applications through an Okta-managed pattern. - Akamai Enterprise Application Access addresses the VPN replacement and ZTNA use case with cloud-delivered per-application access. - Microsoft Entra often wins in organizations standardized on Microsoft 365 and Azure AD due to integration and licensing alignment. Where PingAccess tends to perform based on documentation and reviews: - Complex enterprise hybrid deployments with detailed compatibility matrices and deep configuration options, acknowledging that these strengths are coupled with higher operational complexity.

	PingAccess	Okta Access Gateway	Akamai Enterprise Application Access
Starting Price	Not publicly listed; typically quote-based and negotiated for enterprise contracts	Published per-user pricing appears in some third-party sources and varies by plan and add-ons	Not always published; vendor offers trials and enterprise quoting
Typical Use Case	Enterprises requiring hybrid or on-premises control and policy enforcement in front of applications and APIs, especially where integration with other Ping components is desired	Organizations standardizing on Okta that need an on-prem access gateway for legacy apps while using Okta for identity	Organizations seeking cloud-delivered ZTNA to replace VPN for workforce access to private apps
Key Strength	Flexible deployment models (gateway/agent/sideband) and extensive configuration and interoperability options	Integrated with Okta ecosystem and cloud-first operational model	Cloud-delivered ZTNA offering fast rollout and global performance characteristics
Key Weakness	Operational complexity and infrastructure footprint; fragmented admin experiences across product components	Pricing and add-on complexity across ecosystem plans	Reduced control when fully self-managed, since the model is cloud-delivered