Okta
Identity and access management
About Okta
Okta is identity and access management. Single sign-on across every application a company uses, multi-factor authentication, lifecycle management that provisions and deprovisions accounts as people join and leave, and the directory integrations enterprises require.
We list it as the reference point for workforce identity. The security argument is simple: one identity to revoke when someone leaves beats hoping you remembered all forty accounts, and that gap is where a meaningful share of breaches actually start.
Microsoft Entra ID, previously Azure AD, is effectively free with Microsoft 365 and the obvious answer for organisations already there. Google Workspace covers SSO adequately for smaller teams without a dedicated product. JumpCloud competes on price with device management included. Auth0, which Okta owns, solves the different problem of authentication for your own product's users rather than your employees — worth keeping the two apart when comparing. For a studio-sized team, Google or Microsoft's built-in identity is usually sufficient; Okta earns its cost at the scale where app sprawl and compliance audits become real.
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Okta alternatives
Other Security tools we use alongside Okta.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Okta?
- Identity and access management Okta is identity and access management. Single sign-on across every application a company uses, multi-factor authentication, lifecycle management that provisions and deprovisions accounts as people join and leave, and the directory integrations enterprises require.
- What category does Okta fall into?
- Okta is a Security tool. Replace Works tracks it in the Company Stack, our public catalogue of the AI tools we evaluate and ship with.
- What are the best alternatives to Okta?
- The closest alternatives we track in the same Security category are Multifactor and 1Password. All of them are listed in the Replace Works Company Stack with our notes on where each one fits.
- Does Replace Works use Okta?
- Okta is listed in our Company Stack as a tool we have evaluated and recommend, but it is not currently in our day-to-day rotation.