# Identity governance: 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 a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-governance

**Standing:** Microsoft Entra ID Governance leads with 30% of first choices; verdict contested. 56 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Microsoft Entra ID Governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-entra-id-governance/index.md) | 30% | 5% | 58 |
| 2 | [Omada Identity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/omada-identity/index.md) | 12% | 3% | 34 |
| 3 | [Lumos](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/lumos/index.md) | 9% | 0% | 32 |
| 4 | [tenfold](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/tenfold/index.md) | 7% | 0% | 13 |
| 5 | [Okta Identity Governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/okta-identity-governance/index.md) | 5% | 26% | 47 |
| 6 | [Iden](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/iden/index.md) | 5% | 0% | 14 |
| 7 | [Corma](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/corma/index.md) | 5% | 0% | 10 |
| 10 | [SailPoint Identity Security Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sailpoint-identity-security-cloud/index.md) | 4% | 51% | 53 |
| 11 | [Veza](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/veza/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 10 |
| 16 | [SailPoint IdentityIQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sailpoint-identityiq/index.md) | 2% | 70% | 10 |
| 17 | [Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/saviynt-enterprise-identity-cloud/index.md) | 2% | 54% | 57 |
| 18 | [One Identity Manager](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/one-identity-manager/index.md) | 0% | 23% | 31 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 98 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: Omada Identity; alternatives ConductorOne, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, One Identity Manager, Zluri
- GPT-5.4 mini: Microsoft Entra ID Governance; alternatives One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: ConductorOne, Lumos; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Zilla Security
- Perplexity Sonar: Okta Identity Governance; alternatives Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Omada Identity, One Identity Manager
- Grok 4.20: SailPoint IdentityIQ; alternatives C1, Corma, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance
- Mistral Small: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud; alternatives Corma, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, tenfold
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance; alternatives Okta Identity Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Veza; alternatives Cakewalk, Corma, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Omada Identity
- Kimi K2: Microsoft Entra ID Governance; alternatives Iden, Lumos, Okta Identity Governance, One Identity Manager
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Microsoft Entra ID Governance; alternatives Corma, ObserveID, Okta Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
- MiniMax M2.5: Corma; alternatives Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Pathlock, Zluri
- GPT-6 Luna: C1; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Corma, Lumos; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, SSOJet, Zluri

## Sources the answers cite

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

- corma.io: 30 answers, 40 citations
- idenhq.com: 27 answers, 45 citations
- startwithidentity.com: 26 answers, 35 citations
- g2.com: 21 answers, 22 citations
- c1.ai: 19 answers, 21 citations
- ciopages.com: 18 answers, 18 citations
- linx.security: 17 answers, 18 citations
- aimultiple.com: 17 answers, 17 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://corma.io/blog/top-10-iam-solutions-for-smbs-and-mid-size-companies-2026 (20 answers)
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/identity-governance-administration (18 answers)
- https://aimultiple.com/iga-solutions (17 answers)
- https://linx.security/blog/top-10-iga-tools-a-modern-identity-governance-buyers-guide (17 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/identity-governance-and-administration-iga (16 answers)
- https://c1.ai/guides/iga-solutions (14 answers)
- https://expertinsights.com/identity-and-access-management/top-identity-governance-and-administration-solutions (14 answers)
- https://idenhq.com/en/blog/mid-market-iga-buying-guide-2026 (13 answers)
- https://corma.io/blog/best-iga-solutions-for-mid-market-companies (12 answers)
- https://spotsaas.com/blog/best-identity-governance-software (12 answers)

## Warned against

- Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud: 31 of 57 labels negative. "Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud and One Identity Manager are two platforms that have received negative feedback from various models and labels" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- SailPoint Identity Security Cloud: 27 of 53 labels negative. "Avoid SailPoint and similar enterprise tools unless you have six-figure annual budgets" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- Okta Identity Governance: 12 of 47 labels negative. "it should not automatically be treated as equivalent to a full IGA suite for extensive provisioning, role engineering, legacy applications, and complex segregation-of-duties requirements" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- Oracle Identity Governance: 12 of 15 labels negative. "Criticized for performance issues and complexity, with a notable negative sentiment among users and analysts" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Microsoft Entra ID Governance at 30%.

- tenfold: 0% to 7%, +7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 19 → 4 of 98.
- Zluri: 6% to 0%, −6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 5 → 19 of 98.
- Microsoft Entra ID Governance: 25% to 30%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 1 of 98, unchanged.
- Okta Identity Governance: 9% to 5%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 4 → 5 of 98.
- Omada Identity: 9% to 12%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 3 → 2 of 98.
- Lumos: 12% to 9%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 2 → 3 of 98.
- Corma: 2% to 5%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 16 → 7 of 98.
- One Identity Manager: 3% to 0%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 9 → 18 of 98.
- SailPoint Identity Security Cloud: 2% to 4%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 18 → 10 of 98.
- Veza: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 22 → 11 of 98.
- SailPoint IdentityIQ: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 74 → 16 of 98.
- JumpCloud: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 13 → 20 of 98.

## 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.