Identity governance · November 2026 Edition
Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs Okta Identity Governance
Four of fourteen models named Microsoft Entra ID Governance first on the direct prompt; one named Okta Identity Governance. Both were named by all fourteen models and Microsoft Entra ID Governance carries 58 labels and Okta Identity Governance 47, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share30%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%26%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5847A 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.Lumos was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs Omada Identity · Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs Lumos · Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs tenfold
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 modelsOkta Identity Governance
Direct41
Paraphrase703 against Okta Identity Governance
Comparative001 against Okta Identity Governance
Budget-constrained501 against Okta Identity Governance
Scale-constrained12
Negative003 against Microsoft Entra ID Governance · 7 against Okta Identity 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 Okta Identity Governance were named in the same answer 120 times, of the 190 answers naming Microsoft Entra ID Governance and the 156 naming Okta Identity Governance. In those answers Okta Identity Governance took the first choice four times and Microsoft Entra ID Governance thirty-two.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Microsoft Entra ID Governance and Okta Identity Governance 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 Okta Identity Governance first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft Entra ID Governance on the left and Okta Identity Governance on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Microsoft Entra ID Governance and Okta Identity Governance stood in it.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance first, Okta Identity Governance an alternative
4 of 14 modelsOkta Identity Governance 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
DeepSeek V4 FlashLumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance alternatives: Okta Identity Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity 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
Okta Identity Governance first, Microsoft Entra ID Governance an alternative
1 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Entra ID Governance was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarOkta Identity Governance alternatives: Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Omada Identity, One Identity Manager
Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 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
Gemini 3.5 FlashConductorOne, Lumos alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Zilla Security, Zluri
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
Muse Glimmer 30BCorma, Lumos alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, SSOJet, Zluri
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 seventeen points.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance27%#1 of 14Okta Identity Governance10%#4 of 14Mid-marketThe figures above
Microsoft Entra ID Governance leads by twenty-five points.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance30%#1 of 15Okta Identity Governance5%#5 of 15Enterprise
Microsoft Entra ID Governance leads by twenty-four points.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance25%#2 of 9Okta Identity Governance2%#4 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 Okta Identity Governance
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“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 · soft negative
“Okta and Microsoft Entra are identity providers that handle authentication and basic lifecycle management, but they are not full identity governance platforms” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Governance add-ons to an access-management platform—for example, Okta Identity Governance—if you're expecting them to replace a full IGA program.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Excellent option if you already use Okta for SSO/Lifecycle Management and want an integrated experience.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Okta Identity Governance is the best default choice” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“For broader SaaS, consider Okta or Omada.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
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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.