# Ping Identity alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 590 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where Ping Identity holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ping-identity/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Microsoft Entra ID: 137
- Cisco Duo: 75
- JumpCloud: 55
- Clerk: 28
- Okta Workforce Identity: 27
- Auth0: 25

## Workforce identity and SSO

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Ping Identity (Ping Identity is #9 of 9 at 0%).

- JumpCloud: first choice in 45 of those 82
- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 24 of those 82
- Okta Workforce Identity: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Google Cloud Identity: first choice in 3 of those 82
- OneLogin: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Cisco Duo: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Ping Identity (Ping Identity is #7 of 9 at 0%).

- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 25 of those 64
- Okta Workforce Identity: first choice in 13 of those 64
- JumpCloud: first choice in 10 of those 64
- OneLogin: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Google Cloud Identity: first choice in 1 of those 64

**Enterprise**: 39 of 84 answers did not name Ping Identity (Ping Identity is #3 of 10 at 2%).

- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 14 of those 39
- Okta Workforce Identity: first choice in 9 of those 39
- Microsoft Entra Suite: first choice in 1 of those 39

## Customer identity and access management

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Ping Identity.

- Clerk: first choice in 26 of those 84
- WorkOS AuthKit: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Auth0: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Kinde: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Descope: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Frontegg: first choice in 6 of those 84
- FusionAuth: first choice in 2 of those 84
- LoginRadius: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Ping Identity (Ping Identity is #13 of 16 at 0%).

- Auth0: first choice in 10 of those 61
- WorkOS AuthKit: first choice in 7 of those 61
- Frontegg: first choice in 4 of those 61
- Kinde: first choice in 4 of those 61
- FusionAuth: first choice in 3 of those 61
- Clerk: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Firebase Authentication: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Keycloak: first choice in 2 of those 61

**Enterprise**: 40 of 84 answers did not name Ping Identity (Ping Identity is #2 of 13 at 17%).

- Auth0: first choice in 5 of those 40
- FusionAuth: first choice in 2 of those 40
- Amazon Cognito: first choice in 1 of those 40
- Auth0 [Okta Customer Identity Cloud]: first choice in 1 of those 40
- Auth0/Okta Customer Identity Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 40
- Curity Identity Server: first choice in 1 of those 40
- Keycloak: first choice in 1 of those 40
- LoginRadius: first choice in 1 of those 40

## Multi-factor authentication

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Ping Identity.

- Cisco Duo: first choice in 35 of those 84
- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 28 of those 84
- Google Authenticator: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Google Workspace 2-Step Verification: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Microsoft Authenticator: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Microsoft 365: first choice in 3 of those 84
- YubiKey: first choice in 3 of those 84
- WorkOS: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Ping Identity (Ping Identity is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Cisco Duo: first choice in 28 of those 75
- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 20 of those 75
- YubiKey: first choice in 8 of those 75
- Okta Verify: first choice in 6 of those 75
- Google Authenticator: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Google Titan: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Google Workspace 2-Step Verification: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Microsoft Authenticator: first choice in 3 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Ping Identity (Ping Identity is #4 of 8 at 3%).

- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 26 of those 61
- Cisco Duo: first choice in 11 of those 61
- Okta Verify: first choice in 7 of those 61
- FIDO2/WebAuthn: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Google Titan: first choice in 2 of those 61
- YubiKey: first choice in 2 of those 61
- FIDO2 security keys: first choice in 1 of those 61
- PingID: first choice in 1 of those 61

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