# Identity governance for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "identity governance platform" and as "identity governance and administration tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-governance/2026-09/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-governance/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** SailPoint Identity Security Cloud leads with 53% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 45 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [SailPoint Identity Security Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sailpoint-identity-security-cloud/index.md) | 53% | 26% | 53 |
| 2 | [Microsoft Entra ID Governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-entra-id-governance/index.md) | 20% | 17% | 41 |
| 3 | [Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/saviynt-enterprise-identity-cloud/index.md) | 9% | 23% | 53 |
| 4 | [Omada Identity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/omada-identity/index.md) | 2% | 4% | 23 |
| 12 | [One Identity Manager](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/one-identity-manager/index.md) | 0% | 3% | 29 |
| 13 | [Okta Identity Governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/okta-identity-governance/index.md) | 0% | 28% | 50 |
| 19 | [Oracle Identity Governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/oracle-identity-governance/index.md) | 0% | 36% | 14 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 61 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Oracle Identity Governance
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud; alternatives ConductorOne, EmpowerID, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance
- Perplexity Sonar: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives One Identity Manager, WorkOS
- Grok 4.20: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance
- Mistral Small: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud; alternatives Okta Identity Governance, Omada Identity
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- Llama 4 Maverick: SSOJet; alternatives One Identity Manager, SAP Access Control, WorkOS
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID, Ping Identity Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- Kimi K2: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Omada Identity, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, One Identity Manager, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- MiniMax M2.5: Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud

## Sources the answers cite

66 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- gartner.com: 39 answers, 50 citations
- oneidentity.com: 34 answers, 43 citations
- zluri.com: 32 answers, 40 citations
- aimultiple.com: 32 answers, 32 citations
- idenhq.com: 28 answers, 42 citations
- startwithidentity.com: 22 answers, 27 citations
- securityboulevard.com: 21 answers, 23 citations
- lumos.com: 19 answers, 22 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/identity-governance-administration (38 answers)
- https://oneidentity.com/learn/top-5-identity-governance-and-administration-tools-in-2025.aspx (32 answers)
- https://aimultiple.com/iga-solutions (32 answers)
- https://checkthat.ai/answers/best-identity-and-access-governance-solutions (17 answers)
- https://expertinsights.com/identity-and-access-management/top-identity-governance-and-administration-solutions (15 answers)
- https://securityboulevard.com/2025/12/top-12-identity-and-access-management-platforms (15 answers)
- https://solutionsreview.com/identity-management/the-best-identity-governance-tools-and-vendors-2 (15 answers)
- https://zluri.com/blog/identity-governance-and-administration-tools (15 answers)
- https://cipherssecurity.com/best-identity-governance-platform-2026 (13 answers)
- https://oleria.com/blog/top-identity-governance-vendors (13 answers)

## Warned against

- SailPoint Identity Security Cloud: 14 of 53 labels negative. "Avoid or be extremely cautious with legacy IGA platforms... SailPoint is notorious for difficult implementations, slow maturity timelines, and high costs." (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud: 12 of 53 labels negative. "Users report complex implementations, performance issues (lag, slow response times), and significant integration challenges with legacy systems." (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Okta Identity Governance: 14 of 50 labels negative. ""Light IGA" from Identity Providers — Okta, Microsoft Entra, and similar vendors offer governance features, but these are not full IGA solutions" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)
- SailPoint IdentityIQ: 6 of 9 labels negative. "Performance degradation at scale... Expensive and complex... Heavy customization required" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, September 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.