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Okta

Okta Identity Cloud

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

82 Reviews Write a Review

What is Okta Identity Cloud?

Okta's products manage identity and access for millions of people on millions of devices. We offer products in two lines: IT Products and Platform.

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Awards & Recognition

Okta Identity Cloud won the following awards in the Identity and Access Management category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

11 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

11 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2024

Okta Identity Cloud Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

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100 Plan to Renew

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87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Okta Identity Cloud?

1% Negative

4% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Altruistic
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Web Cloud Single Sign on (SSO)

Privileged Access Management

Identity Governance

Activity Monitoring Alerts

Provisioning Deprovisioning

Reporting

Access Request Management

Mobility Support

Password Management

Advanced Provisioning

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Okta Identity Cloud Reviews

Amanda D.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Okta Identity Cloud from other similar products?

Okta doesn’t crash as often as Beyond Identity

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Push notifications

What do you dislike most about this product?

Setting up my account was clunky

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is a better acquisition than BeyondIdentity

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Mayank J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2026

Excellent software ever used

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Okta Identity Cloud from other similar products?

It's features can't match other software in the market.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Clean and vary fast to connect anytime.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as such to mention here.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it and experience the best in the market.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Rick R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2025

‎Secure and reliable access platform

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Okta Identity Cloud from other similar products?

‎Okta Identity Cloud differentiates itself from other identical solutions through its comprehensive, cloud-based platform. It has helped us in centralizing user authentication and access control. Okta’s extensive integration network, scalability, and user-friendly interface provide us with a secure, reliable, and flexible solution that stands out in enterprise identity management.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

‎Okta makes logging into multiple applications seamless with single sign-on, saving me time daily. I love the multi-factor authentication feature, which enhances security without complicating my workflow.

What do you dislike most about this product?

‎I have nothing to describe as a dislike of this platform. It is evolving day by day to meet my working environment.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

‎I would recommend that you plan your user provisioning and role-based access workflows carefully to streamline onboarding and offboarding. Also, to make the most of reporting and monitoring features, understand its adaptive security policies.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Effective Service

How We Deliver

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

Okta Identity Cloud Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Okta Identity Cloud?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Supports multi-factor device and app authentication.

Web Cloud Single Sign on (SSO) Single sign-on capability extends to web and cloud application instances.

Privileged Access Management Software provides visibility into specific user access patterns

Identity Governance Software allows identities and access to be centrally managed through policies.

Activity Monitoring Alerts User access patterns can be monitored with rule-based alerts for sensitive data access requests.

Provisioning Deprovisioning Functionality for providing access rights to new users/removing access rights in an intuitive way.

Reporting Software provides reporting functionality

Access Request Management Software allows IT to track and manage user access requests.

Mobility Support Software is optimized for mobile usage.

Password Management Software provides credential management and retrieval functionality.

Advanced Provisioning Software provides advanced customization and automation for user access provisioning.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Okta Identity Cloud Reviews

Amanda D.

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mayank J.

Excellent software ever used

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rick R.

‎Secure and reliable access platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Web Cloud Single Sign on (SSO)

Privileged Access Management

Identity Governance

Activity Monitoring Alerts

Provisioning Deprovisioning

Reporting

Access Request Management

Mobility Support

Password Management

Advanced Provisioning

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement