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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "identity governance platform" and as "identity governance and administration tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-governance/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** SailPoint Identity Security Cloud leads with 59% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 51 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) | 59% | 21% | 70 |
| 2 | [Microsoft Entra ID Governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-entra-id-governance/index.md) | 25% | 16% | 68 |
| 3 | [Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/saviynt-enterprise-identity-cloud/index.md) | 4% | 18% | 71 |
| 4 | [Okta Identity Governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/okta-identity-governance/index.md) | 2% | 25% | 56 |
| 10 | [One Identity Manager](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/one-identity-manager/index.md) | 0% | 20% | 40 |
| 11 | [Omada Identity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/omada-identity/index.md) | 0% | 14% | 28 |
| 15 | [IBM Security Verify Governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ibm-security-verify-governance/index.md) | 0% | 32% | 19 |
| 16 | [Ping Identity Governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ping-identity-governance/index.md) | 0% | 20% | 10 |
| 63 | [Oracle Identity Governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/oracle-identity-governance/index.md) | 0% | 63% | 19 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 63 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: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Identity Confluence, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Identity Governance, One Identity Manager
- GPT-5.4 mini: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- Perplexity Sonar: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Auth0, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, One Identity Manager
- Grok 4.20: SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, Omada Identity, One Identity Manager
- Mistral Small: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, One Identity Manager, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- Llama 4 Maverick: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, One Identity Manager, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- Kimi K2: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, One Identity Manager, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- MiniMax M2.5: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- GPT-6 Luna: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- Muse Glimmer 30B: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, SAP Access Control, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud

## Sources the answers cite

70 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 13 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- c1.ai: 39 answers, 41 citations
- g2.com: 28 answers, 31 citations
- learn.microsoft.com: 18 answers, 31 citations
- startwithidentity.com: 17 answers, 22 citations
- synk.to: 17 answers, 20 citations
- expertinsights.com: 17 answers, 17 citations
- saviynt.com: 16 answers, 27 citations
- sailpoint.com: 16 answers, 26 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://c1.ai/guides/iga-solutions (37 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/identity-governance-and-administration-iga (19 answers)
- https://expertinsights.com/identity-and-access-management/top-identity-governance-and-administration-solutions (16 answers)
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/identity-governance-administration (15 answers)
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/id-governance/identity-governance-overview (12 answers)
- https://sailpoint.com/compare (12 answers)
- https://aimultiple.com/iga-solutions (11 answers)
- https://synk.to/blog/sailpoint-saviynt-okta-entra-id (10 answers)
- https://gitnux.org/best/identity-governance-software (9 answers)
- https://inalogy.com/identity-governance-software-compared-2026 (9 answers)

## Warned against

- Microsoft Entra ID Governance: 11 of 68 labels negative. "Avoid using it as the sole IGA platform when the estate is highly mixed or non-Microsoft-centric." (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- SailPoint Identity Security Cloud: 15 of 70 labels negative. "notorious for difficult implementations, slow maturity timelines, and high costs" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud: 13 of 71 labels negative. "Some analyses recommend proceeding with extreme caution or avoiding it unless your organization is prepared for significant implementation effort." (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Oracle Identity Governance: 12 of 19 labels negative. "When to avoid: If your environment is multi-vendor, cloud-heavy, or prioritizes quick time-to-value." (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud at 59%.

- SailPoint Identity Security Cloud: 54% to 59%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 1 of 63, unchanged.
- Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud: 9% to 4%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 3 of 63, unchanged.
- Microsoft Entra ID Governance: 21% to 25%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 2 of 63, unchanged.
- Okta Identity Governance: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 of 63, unchanged.
- Omada Identity: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 6 → 11 of 63.
- One Identity Manager: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 10 of 63.
- IBM Security Verify Governance: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 50 → 15 of 63.
- Ping Identity Governance: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 54 → 16 of 63.
- Oracle Identity Governance: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 75 → 63 of 63.

## Record

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