# Ping Identity / ForgeRock: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ping-identity-forgerock

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Customer identity and access management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/customer-identity-and-access-management/index.md) | 0% | 88 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "Complex implementation: Users consistently report long, technical implementation cycles requiring significant professional services" (Kimi K2, CIAM)
- "Overkill for most 500-person companies unless legacy architecture requires it." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, CIAM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Ping Identity / ForgeRock, from 5 of the 9 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- okta.com: 4
- pingidentity.com: 3 (its own site)
- ciopages.com: 2
- cybersecuritynews.com: 2
- expertinsights.com: 2
- fusionauth.io: 2
- guptadeepak.com: 2
- securityboulevard.com: 2
- startwithidentity.com: 2
- askmeidentity.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/customer-identity-access-management: 2
- https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-ciam-solutions: 2
- https://expertinsights.com/identity-and-access-management/top-customer-identity-and-access-management-ciam-solutions: 2
- https://pingidentity.com/en/platform/pingone-advanced-identity-cloud.html: 2
- https://securityboulevard.com/2026/08/top-5-enterprise-ciam-platforms-in-2026-in-depth-comparison: 2
- https://askmeidentity.com/resources/identity-incidents: 1
- https://assets.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/documents/92471/5131957889400832-pricing-document.pdf: 1
- https://avatier.com/blog/custom-pricing-vs-transparent: 1

## In its own words

What Ping Identity / ForgeRock's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: ForgeRock can help your business provide registration, authentication and anomaly detection all as discrete services in the cloud. (https://videos.pingidentity.com/detail/video/6341859042112/forgerock-identity-cloud)

## 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.