Identity governance · November 2026 Edition
Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs Lumos
Four of fourteen models named Microsoft Entra ID Governance first on the direct prompt; three named Lumos. Microsoft Entra ID Governance was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Lumos by eleven and Microsoft Entra ID Governance carries 58 labels and Lumos 32, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
First-choice share30%9%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5832A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft Entra ID Governance reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs Omada Identity · Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs tenfold · Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs Okta Identity Governance
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the identity governance page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Microsoft Entra ID GovernanceFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLumos
Direct43
Paraphrase72
Comparative00
Budget-constrained50
Scale-constrained10
Negative003 against Microsoft Entra ID Governance
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Microsoft Entra ID Governance and Lumos were named in the same answer fifty-eight times, of the 190 answers naming Microsoft Entra ID Governance and the 102 naming Lumos. In those answers Lumos took the first choice six times and Microsoft Entra ID Governance thirteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Microsoft Entra ID Governance and Lumos stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | | |
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Microsoft Entra ID Governance Lumos first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft Entra ID Governance on the left and Lumos on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Microsoft Entra ID Governance and Lumos stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.DeepSeek V4 FlashLumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance alternatives: Okta Identity Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Microsoft Entra ID Governance first, Lumos an alternative
3 of 14 modelsLumos was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Entra ID Governance alternatives: One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
Kimi K2Microsoft Entra ID Governance alternatives: Iden, Lumos, Okta Identity Governance, One Identity Manager
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Entra ID Governance alternatives: Corma, ObserveID, Okta Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
Lumos first, Microsoft Entra ID Governance an alternative
2 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Entra ID Governance was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashConductorOne, Lumos alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Zilla Security, Zluri
Muse Glimmer 30BCorma, Lumos alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, SSOJet, Zluri
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Omada Identity alternatives: ConductorOne, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, One Identity Manager, Zluri
Perplexity SonarOkta Identity Governance alternatives: Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Omada Identity, One Identity Manager
Grok 4.20SailPoint IdentityIQ alternatives: C1, Corma, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Omada Identity, One Identity Manager, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud, Zilla Security
Mistral SmallSailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud alternatives: Corma, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, tenfold
Qwen 3.7 FlashVeza alternatives: Cakewalk, Corma, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Omada Identity, Zluri
MiniMax M2.5Corma alternatives: Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Pathlock, Zluri, tenfold
GPT-6 LunaC1 alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance
Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Microsoft Entra ID Governance leads by twenty-two points.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance27%#1 of 14Lumos5%#7 of 14Mid-marketThe figures above
Microsoft Entra ID Governance leads by twenty-one points.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance30%#1 of 15Lumos9%#3 of 15Enterprise
Microsoft Entra ID Governance leads by twenty-five points.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance25%#2 of 9Lumos0%#– of 9What the models said about Microsoft Entra ID Governance
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Microsoft Entra ID Governance as a universal IGA replacement... governance for non-Microsoft, legacy, mainframe, ERP, and custom applications can be thinner” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Microsoft Entra ID Governance if you need deep governance across a heterogeneous, legacy-heavy application estate.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“works well within its ecosystem but lacks depth for complex enterprise scenarios” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“affordable with domain-based licensing and unlimited objects, making it ideal if your organization is already Microsoft-centric” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“If I had to pick one default recommendation for most mid-sized B2B firms, I'd lean Microsoft Entra ID Governance” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“the default recommendation is Microsoft Entra ID Governance if your organization already uses Microsoft 365” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Lumos
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“a cloud-native SaaS management + IGA platform such as Lumos, Corma for EU, or Zluri gives you provisioning, access reviews and certification” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“or Lumos if you want a modern, fast-to-deploy, SaaS-first platform that won't require a dedicated IAM team” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for SaaS-First B2B Companies: Lumos or ConductorOne” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.