# Workforce identity and SSO for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "workforce identity platform" and as "single sign-on and identity provider for employees", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/workforce-identity-and-sso/2026-10/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/workforce-identity-and-sso/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** Microsoft Entra ID leads with 49% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 59 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Microsoft Entra ID](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-entra-id/index.md) | 49% | 12% | 72 |
| 2 | [Okta Workforce Identity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/okta-workforce-identity/index.md) | 44% | 19% | 79 |
| 3 | [Ping Identity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ping-identity/index.md) | 3% | 8% | 62 |
| 5 | [OneLogin](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/onelogin/index.md) | 2% | 45% | 22 |
| 6 | [CyberArk Identity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cyberark-identity/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 27 |
| 7 | [IBM Verify](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ibm-verify/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 17 |
| 8 | [SailPoint Identity Security Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sailpoint-identity-security-cloud/index.md) | 0% | 21% | 19 |
| 9 | [JumpCloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/jumpcloud/index.md) | 0% | 27% | 15 |
| 13 | [ForgeRock Identity Platform](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/forgerock-identity-platform/index.md) | 0% | 35% | 17 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 48 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: Okta Workforce Identity; alternatives Auth0, Frontegg, JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID
- GPT-5.4 mini: Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity; alternatives Ping Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity; alternatives CyberArk Identity, Ping Identity
- Perplexity Sonar: Okta Workforce Identity; alternatives CyberArk Identity, Microsoft Entra ID
- Grok 4.20: Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity; alternatives CyberArk Identity, Ping Identity
- Mistral Small: Okta Workforce Identity; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID, Ping Identity
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Okta Workforce Identity; alternatives CyberArk Identity, Microsoft Entra ID
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity; alternatives ForgeRock Identity Platform, IBM Verify, Ping Identity
- Kimi K2: Microsoft Entra ID; alternatives CyberArk Identity, Okta Workforce Identity, Ping Identity
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Okta Workforce Identity; alternatives IBM Verify, Microsoft Entra ID, OneLogin, Ping Identity
- MiniMax M2.5: Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity; alternatives CyberArk Identity, Ping Identity, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud
- GPT-6 Luna: Okta Workforce Identity; alternatives Microsoft Entra ID, Ping Identity
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Microsoft Entra ID; alternatives Okta Workforce Identity

## Sources the answers cite

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

- securityboulevard.com: 43 answers, 67 citations
- startwithidentity.com: 40 answers, 67 citations
- siit.io: 32 answers, 41 citations
- okta.com: 32 answers, 37 citations
- expertinsights.com: 22 answers, 25 citations
- microsoft.com: 20 answers, 31 citations
- gane.ai/index: 20 answers, 23 citations
- pingidentity.com: 20 answers, 23 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://securityboulevard.com/2025/12/top-12-identity-and-access-management-platforms (25 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/identity/workforce-identity-and-sso/enterprise (18 answers)
- https://siit.io/blog/best-iam-tools (16 answers)
- https://startwithidentity.com/articles/top-6-workforce-identity-platforms (16 answers)
- https://expertinsights.com/identity-and-access-management/top-identity-and-access-management-solutions (16 answers)
- https://startwithidentity.com/rankings (15 answers)
- https://forrester.com/blogs/announcing-the-forrester-wave-workforce-identity-platforms-q1-2024 (12 answers)
- https://securityboulevard.com/2026/05/identity-authentication-services-what-they-do-top-8-providers-and-pricing-guide (12 answers)
- https://startwithidentity.com/articles/top-10-enterprise-iam-platforms-2026 (12 answers)
- https://zluri.com/blog/identity-and-access-management-tools (12 answers)

## Warned against

- Okta Workforce Identity: 15 of 79 labels negative. "Okta Workforce Identity (High Security Risk & Vendor Fatigue)... Caution is warranted if you lack the internal IAM team to harden it" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Microsoft Entra ID: 9 of 72 labels negative. "one comparison explicitly says to avoid it as the primary platform unless the macOS or Linux population is small" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- OneLogin: 10 of 22 labels negative. "Flagged for high negative sentiment (50% negative labels), with recommendations to avoid using it as a primary workforce identity provider" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- ForgeRock Identity Platform: 6 of 17 labels negative. "extremely cautious about organizations heavily reliant on Ping Identity and ForgeRock due to their recent merger" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Okta Workforce Identity (53%) to Microsoft Entra ID (47%). Margin 2 points, within noise.

- Okta Workforce Identity: 53% to 45%, −8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 1 → 2 of 46.
- Ping Identity: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 of 46, unchanged.
- OneLogin: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 47 → 5 of 46.
- Microsoft Entra ID: 47% to 47%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 2 → 1 of 46.
- CyberArk Identity: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 → 6 of 46.
- IBM Verify: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 7 of 46.
- SailPoint Identity Security Cloud: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 5 → 8 of 46.
- JumpCloud: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 35 → 10 of 46.
- ForgeRock Identity Platform: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 13 of 46.

## Record

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