Identity governance for small business buyers
Asked as “identity governance platform”, and as “identity governance and administration tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 60 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
27%
Contested · AccessOwl 17%
27Microsoft Entra ID Governance17AccessOwl15JumpCloud42others
27% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▲+9Since October 2026: 18% → 27%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Microsoft Entra ID Governance held the lead, +9 points on 18%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Microsoft Entra ID Governance27%Contested▲+9Since October 2026: 18% → 27%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketMicrosoft Entra ID Governance30%Contested▲+5Since October 2026: 25% → 30%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
SailPoint Identity Security Cloud59%Clear leader▲+5Since October 2026: 54% → 59%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Microsoft Entra ID Governance27%Contested▲+9Since October 2026: 18% → 27%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketMicrosoft Entra ID Governance30%Contested▲+5Since October 2026: 25% → 30%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseSailPoint Identity Security Cloud59%Clear leader▲+5Since October 2026: 54% → 59%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Microsoft Entra ID Governance27%9%46accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 18% → 27%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.18% → 27%
Microsoft Entra ID Governance27%9%46accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 18% → 27%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.18% → 27%02
AccessOwl17%0%28accepted challenger▲+12Since October 2026: 5% → 17%, +12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.5% → 17%
AccessOwl17%0%28accepted challenger▲+12Since October 2026: 5% → 17%, +12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.5% → 17%03
JumpCloud15%0%39accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 15% → 15%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 15%
JumpCloud15%0%39accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 15% → 15%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 15%04
Okta Identity Governance10%21%53accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 11% → 10%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 10%
Okta Identity Governance10%21%53accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 11% → 10%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 10%05
tenfold8%0%21accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 8%
tenfold8%0%21accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 8%06
Microsoft Entra ID7%0%22accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 11% → 7%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 7%
Microsoft Entra ID7%0%22accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 11% → 7%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 7%07
Lumos5%7%30accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 8% → 5%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 5%
Lumos5%7%30accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 8% → 5%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 5%08
ConductorOne2%9%11accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%
ConductorOne2%9%11accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Oracle Identity Governance0%100%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Oracle Identity Governance0%100%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%14SailPoint Identity Security Cloud0%96%51criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%
SailPoint Identity Security Cloud0%96%51criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%11
One Identity Manager0%96%23criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
One Identity Manager0%96%23criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%13
Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud0%95%37criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud0%95%37criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Omada Identity0%82%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Omada Identity0%82%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Zluri0%6%17accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%
Zluri0%6%17accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
Head to head
Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs Omada IdentityMicrosoft Entra ID Governance vs LumosMicrosoft Entra ID Governance vs tenfold
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Microsoft Entra ID Governance vs Okta Identity GovernanceMicrosoft Entra ID Governance vs IdenMicrosoft Entra ID Governance vs CormaMicrosoft Entra ID Governance vs SailPoint Identity Security CloudOmada Identity vs LumosOmada Identity vs tenfoldOmada Identity vs Okta Identity GovernanceOmada Identity vs IdenOmada Identity vs CormaOmada Identity vs SailPoint Identity Security CloudLumos vs tenfoldLumos vs Okta Identity GovernanceLumos vs IdenLumos vs CormaLumos vs SailPoint Identity Security Cloudtenfold vs Okta Identity Governancetenfold vs Identenfold vs Cormatenfold vs SailPoint Identity Security CloudOkta Identity Governance vs IdenOkta Identity Governance vs CormaOkta Identity Governance vs SailPoint Identity Security CloudIden vs CormaIden vs SailPoint Identity Security CloudCorma vs SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102030405060708091011121314Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Microsoft Entra ID Governance27%
Microsoft Entra ID Governance27%02AccessOwl17%
AccessOwl17%03JumpCloud15%
JumpCloud15%04Okta Identity Governance10%
Okta Identity Governance10%05tenfold8%
tenfold8%06Microsoft Entra ID7%
Microsoft Entra ID7%07Lumos5%
Lumos5%08ConductorOne2%
ConductorOne2%09Zluri0%
Zluri0%10Omada Identity0%
Omada Identity0%11One Identity Manager0%
One Identity Manager0%12Oracle Identity Governance0%
Oracle Identity Governance0%13Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud0%
Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud0%14SailPoint Identity Security Cloud0%
SailPoint Identity Security Cloud0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
SailPoint Identity Security Cloud96%
49 of 51 labels negative · 14 of 14 models · 20 hard negative
“High caution — often overkill for SMBs ... consistently flagged as platforms small businesses should avoid or approach with extreme caution” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud95%
35 of 37 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 16 hard negative
“Why Avoid: Saviynt positions itself as a modern, converged platform, but in practice, it often demands extensive customization” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Oracle Identity Governance100%
20 of 20 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 16 hard negative
“Why SMBs should avoid: OIG is a legacy enterprise suite designed for massive on-premises or hybrid environments” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
One Identity Manager96%
22 of 23 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 12 hard negative
“avoid or proceed with extreme caution with the classic enterprise IGA suites (SailPoint, Saviynt, One Identity, Omada, and similar platforms)” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
67 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 735 links across 147 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 29 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Corma34 answers · 38 citations · 11 models
vendor site · AccessOwl33 answers · 56 citations · 13 models
vendor site · G226 answers · 32 citations · 9 models
26 answers · 27 citations · 10 models
24 answers · 36 citations · 9 models
23 answers · 23 citations · 8 models
20 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
publisher (Gane)16 answers · 25 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Microsoft16 answers · 23 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Zluri14 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Lumos13 answers · 16 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Okta12 answers · 14 citations · 6 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
31 answers · 12 models
28 answers · 9 models
22 answers · 8 models
22 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 7 models
15 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best identity governance platform”, “identity governance platform”, “identity governance platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Entra ID Governance 27%, Microsoft Entra ID 7% | 33% | 499 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| AccessOwl accessowl.com | 17% | 34 | 140 | 0 | 1,455 | |||
| JumpCloud jumpcloud.com | 15% | 365 | 12,100 | 244 | 108,479 | $8,612 | 80 | |
| Okta Identity Governance okta.com | 10% | 129 | 390 | 4 | 1,959,740 | 118 | 3 | |
| tenfold tenfold-security.com | 8% | 35 | 12,100 | 278 | 10,369 | $1,605 | 23 | |
| Lumos lumos.com | 5% | 94 | 49,500 | 2,739 | 26,754 | $14 | 23 | |
| ConductorOne conductorone.com | 2% | 18 | 1,300 | 10 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Rippling rippling.com | 2% | 13 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | |
| Iden idenhq.com | 2% | 22 | 2,400 | 488 | 113 | 3 | ||
| Corma corma.io | 2% | 54 | 880 | 7 | 390 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (okta.com, zluri.com). The first result for “best identity governance platform” is gartner.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best identity governance platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which identity governance and administration tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top identity governance platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best identity governance platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating an identity governance platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which identity governance platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5AccessOwlMicrosoft Entra ID, Okta Identity GovernanceChangedAccessOwl, Zluriagainst: Okta Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security CloudAccessOwlno first choiceagainst: One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Four alternatives
JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Identity Governance, ToriiOne alternative
Auth0Three alternatives
ConductorOne, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID GovernanceThree alternatives
Evolveum midPoint, ManageEngine AD360, Microsoft Entra ID GovernanceGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Entra ID Governanceagainst: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudMicrosoft Entra ID GovernanceHeldagainst: SailPoint Identity Security CloudMicrosoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governanceagainst: One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security CloudMicrosoft Entra ID Governanceno first choiceagainst: IBM Security Verify Governance, One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
One alternative
Okta Identity GovernanceOne alternative
Okta Identity GovernanceTwo alternatives
JumpCloud, Okta Identity GovernanceGemini 3.5 FlashConductorOne, Lumosagainst: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudJumpCloudChangedagainst: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudConductorOne, Zilla Securityagainst: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudJumpCloudagainst: Omada Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudMicrosoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governanceagainst: CyberArk IGA, Omada Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloudagainst: IBM Security Verify Governance, Legacy CA Technologies / Broadcom Identity Governance, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise IGA
Five alternatives
AccessOwl, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, Opal Security, ZluriFour alternatives
Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, Zilla SecurityFour alternatives
JumpCloud, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity GovernanceFour alternatives
Evolveum midPoint, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID, RipplingFour alternatives
Indent, Lumos, Opal, RipplingPerplexity SonarLumosagainst: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudMicrosoft Entra ID GovernanceChangedagainst: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudAccessOwlagainst: Omada Identity, One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudAccessOwl, Microsoft Entra ID Governanceagainst: One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security Cloudno first choiceagainst: IBM Verify, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, Omada Identity, One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Two alternatives
Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity GovernanceThree alternatives
AccessOwl, Lumos, Okta Identity GovernanceFive alternatives
JumpCloud, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, ZluriTwo alternatives
Okta Identity Governance, YeshIDGrok 4.20AccessOwl, tenfoldagainst: One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudMicrosoft Entra ID GovernanceChangedagainst: Risotto, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud, ZluriAccessOwl, tenfoldagainst: IBM Security Verify Governance, Okta Identity Governance, Omada Identity, One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloudtenfoldagainst: One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloudtenfoldagainst: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloudagainst: IBM Security Verify Governance, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Symantec Identity Governance and Administration
Two alternatives
ManageEngine ADManager Plus, Tools4ever HelloIDThree alternatives
AccessOwl, Lumos, Okta Identity GovernanceTwo alternatives
JumpCloud, ManageEngine ADManager PlusFour alternatives
ConductorOne, Lumos, ManageEngine ADManager Plus, Microsoft Entra ID GovernanceNine alternatives
BalkanID, Corma, Josys, Lumos, ManageEngine ADManager Plus, Microsoft 365, Okta Identity Governance, Omada Identity, ZluriMistral SmallAccessOwlMicrosoft Entra ID GovernanceChangedJumpCloud, Okta Identity Governanceagainst: SailPoint Identity Security CloudAccessOwl, Idenagainst: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloudno first choiceagainst: Broadcom (CA) Identity Suiteagainst: CyberArk Identity, Okta Identity Governance, Oracle Identity Governance, Ping Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Three alternatives
JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity GovernanceTwo alternatives
AccessOwl, JumpCloudThree alternatives
Corma, Microsoft Azure AD, tenfoldDeepSeek V4 FlashJumpCloud, Okta Identity Governanceagainst: CyberArk IGA, Omada Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudMicrosoft Entra ID Governance, tenfoldChangedagainst: IBM Security Verify Governance, One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudAccessOwl, tenfoldagainst: SailPoint Identity Security CloudAccessOwlagainst: Okta Lifecycle Management, One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudMicrosoft Entra ID, Okta Identity Governanceagainst: Omada Identity, One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloudagainst: Omada Identity, One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Three alternatives
AccessOwl, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID GovernanceTwo alternatives
ConductorOne, LumosTwo alternatives
Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID GovernanceThree alternatives
JumpCloud, ManageEngine ADManager Plus, tenfoldFour alternatives
Iden, JumpCloud, Rippling, tenfoldLlama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Entra ID GovernanceMicrosoft Entra ID GovernanceHeldAccessOwlagainst: LumosAccessOwlno first choiceagainst: CyberArk Identity, Okta Identity Governance, Oracle Identity Governance, Ping Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Three alternatives
ConductorOne, Corma, LumosTwo alternatives
ConductorOne, Okta Identity GovernanceOne alternative
IdenQwen 3.7 FlashRipplingagainst: Okta Identity Governance, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security CloudMicrosoft Entra IDChangedagainst: One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security CloudMicrosoft Entra IDagainst: Ping Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security CloudMicrosoft Entra IDagainst: SailPoint Identity Security CloudBitium, Terraagainst: SailPoint Identity Security Cloudagainst: IBM Verify, One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SAP GRC, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Veracode
Six alternatives
AccessOwl, Drata, Idem, JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, VantaTwo alternatives
JumpCloud, ZluriFour alternatives
JumpCloud, Okta Workflows, One Identity Manager, RipplingThree alternatives
JumpCloud, Keycloak, PingOneTwo alternatives
Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra IDKimi K2JumpCloudagainst: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudLumosChangedagainst: CyberArk IGA, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudJumpCloudagainst: Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudJumpCloudagainst: CyberArk IGA, SailPoint Identity Security Cloudno first choiceagainst: ForgeRock, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloudagainst: IBM ISAM, Microsoft Entra ID P2 Access Reviews, One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint IdentityIQ / Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Four alternatives
Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID, Zluri, tenfoldThree alternatives
Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity Governance, tenfoldFive alternatives
C1, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Identity Governance, tenfoldThree alternatives
AccessOwl, Microsoft Entra ID, tenfoldFour alternatives
JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Identity Governance, RipplingGLM 4.7 FlashXJumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID GovernanceJumpCloudChangedAccessOwlagainst: Okta Identity Governance, SailPoint Identity Security CloudJumpCloudagainst: Okta Identity Governanceno first choiceagainst: IBM ISAM, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Workforce Identity, One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud, Symantec Identity Governance and Administration
Two alternatives
Cisco Duo, Okta Identity GovernanceThree alternatives
ManageEngine AD360, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, tenfoldTwo alternatives
Apono, Microsoft Entra IDTwo alternatives
Microsoft Entra ID, tenfoldMiniMax M2.5JumpCloud, Okta Identity GovernancetenfoldChangedOkta Workforce IdentityOkta Identity Governanceagainst: CyberArk IGA, SailPoint Identity Security Cloudno first choiceagainst: CyberArk Identity, Okta Workforce Identity, One Identity Manager, Ping Identity Governance, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Two alternatives
Microsoft Entra ID Governance, OneLoginFour alternatives
C1, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, ZluriFour alternatives
JumpCloud, ManageEngine AD360, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, SecurdenThree alternatives
AccessOwl, JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra IDGPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Entra ID GovernanceMicrosoft Entra ID GovernanceHeldMicrosoft Entra ID Governanceagainst: SailPoint Identity Security CloudMicrosoft Entra ID Governanceagainst: Okta Identity Governanceno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Microsoft Identity Manager, Okta Identity Governance, One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
One alternative
Okta Identity GovernanceTwo alternatives
Microsoft Entra External ID, Okta Identity GovernanceThree alternatives
AccessOwl, C1, Okta Identity GovernanceOne alternative
JumpCloudMuse Glimmer 30BCorma, SSOJetagainst: IBM ISAM, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt Enterprise Identity CloudAccessOwl, Microsoft Entra ID GovernanceChangedIden, tenfoldagainst: IBM Security Verify Governance, ManageEngine AD Manager Plus, One Identity Manager, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud, Symantec Identity Governance and AdministrationAccessOwlno first choiceagainst: ConductorOne, CyberArk Identity, IBM ISAM, Lumos, Microsoft Entra ID P2 Entitlement Management, Okta Identity Governance, Omada Identity, One Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Governance, Ping Identity Governance, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Five alternatives
AccessOwl, JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Identity Governance, tenfoldOne alternative
JumpCloudFour alternatives
AccessOwl, Corma, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Okta Identity GovernanceThree alternatives
Iden, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, tenfoldBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:27 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:36 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:03 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 9 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:32 | yes | 22 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:01 | yes | 9 | 55 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:24 | yes | 19 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:02 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:08 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:09 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:04 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:19 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:12 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:05 | yes | 8 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:20 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:11 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:28 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 5 | 50 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:35 | yes | 17 | 49 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:21 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:41 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:12 | yes | 2 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:15 | yes | 21 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:42 | yes | 14 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:41 | yes | 7 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:40 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:41 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:26 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:07 | yes | 24 | 53 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:48 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:11 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:28 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:02 | yes | 25 | 40 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:05 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:43 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:01 | yes | 12 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:10 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:49 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:57 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:16 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:20 | yes | 14 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:52 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:20 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:56 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 18 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:58 | yes | 15 | 158 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:26 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:43 | yes | 3 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:06 | yes | 12 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:33 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:41 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:11 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:46 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:31 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:06 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:37 | yes | 24 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:38 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:20 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:43 | no | 0 | 48 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:32 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:35 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:46 | yes | 1 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:15 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:18 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:46 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:02 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:11 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:08 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:41 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:01 | yes | 15 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:56 | yes | 13 | 90 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:32 | yes | 21 | 77 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:44 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:10 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
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CyberArk read as CyberArk IGA
IBM read as IBM Security Verify Governance
Linx read as Linx Security
Microsoft Entra read as Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) read as Microsoft Entra ID
Okta read as Okta Identity Governance
Okta (Enterprise) read as Okta Identity Governance
Okta (with Workforce Identity) read as Okta Identity Governance
Omada read as Omada Identity
One Identity read as One Identity Manager
OneIdentity (by Quest) read as One Identity Manager
OneIdentity (formerly Quest Software) read as One Identity Manager
Oracle read as Oracle Identity Governance
Ping Identity read as Ping Identity Governance
PingIdentity read as Ping Identity Governance
SailPoint read as SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
SailPoint (IdentityIQ or IdentityNow) read as SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
SailPoint (specifically SailPoint IdentityIQ) read as SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
Saviynt read as Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud
Unresolved, counted raw
Accessio
BalkanID
Bitium
Broadcom (CA) Identity Suite
Gocal
Idem
Indent
Legacy CA Technologies / Broadcom Identity Governance
Microsoft Entra ID P2 Access Reviews
Microsoft Entra ID P2 Entitlement Management
Okta Lifecycle Management
Okta Workflows
Saviynt Enterprise IGA
Terra
Workday Rising
YeshID
Zenefits
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.