Okta alternatives
In short
Teams searching for Okta alternatives usually need consumer sign-in rather than workforce identity, which is a different product category entirely.
- A workforce identity product is being used for customer sign-in, at workforce prices.
- Per-user subscription costs scale with the customer base, not with revenue.
- Every change to customer sign-in needs IT to make it.
| SingleSign | Okta | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Consumer sign-in | Workforce identity |
| Priced per user | No | Yes |
| Needs IT administration | No | Yes |
| SCIM provisioning, access reviews | No | Yes |
| SAML federation | No | Yes |
| OAuth 2.0 / OIDC, PKCE, MFA | Yes | Yes |
| Time to first working sign-in | Minutes | Weeks |
What moving off Okta actually involves
- 1
Separate the two jobs first
Most Okta estates cover both employees and customers. Only the customer half is a candidate to move — keep workforce identity where it is.
- 2
The OIDC integration carries over
If your customer-facing app already talks to Okta over OpenID Connect, swapping the issuer and client is a small change.
- 3
Customer accounts are re-established, not migrated
Customers sign in with SingleSign and link their account. Budget for an overlap period and clear in-product messaging.
- 4
Keep the enterprise tenants on Okta
Customers who federate their own identity provider to you should stay on the Okta path. Running both is normal and is not a failed migration.
When to stay on Okta
- The accounts in question are employees.
- Compliance requires centrally administered, auditable access policy.
- Your customers federate their own identity providers to you.
Still deciding rather than migrating? The head-to-head comparison covers the same ground for someone who has not committed yet.
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