AuthentikOpen source, self-hosted identity provider for unified authentication.

OktaSecuring every identity, from AI to human

Comparison · Identity & Access Management · weekly run Nov 3

Authentik vs Okta

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Okta is the stronger AI pick in Identity & Access Management: it has a visibility score of 56.9 versus 2.7 for Authentik, and ranks ahead in 0% of the answers that name both.

Choose Authentik if…

You want a free plan to start
AI answers describe it more positively (67% vs 39% positive)
You need OpenID Certified coverage
fully open-source, self-hosted IAM platform

Choose Okta if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (56.9 vs 2.7)
You need ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO/IEC 27017 or ISO/IEC 27018 or SOC 2 Type II or FedRAMP High or FedRAMP Moderate or FIPS 140-2 or DoD Impact Level 4 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (5,000+ employees)
Market-leading IAM platform

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Authentik	Okta
Visibility score	2.7%	56.9%
Change vs last week	up+1.7%	down−0.9%
Rank in Identity & Access Management	#24	#2
Share of voice	0.6%	12.2%
Mentions this run	2	38
Positive in AI answers	67%	39%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Authentik +1.0000000000000002pp · Okta −3.3000000000000043pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Okta leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

7.7%

68.4%

AI Mode

3.7%

60%

Perplexity

1.7%

53.9%

AuthentikOkta

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1Authentik ranked higher

0Okta ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Authentik	Okta
Most affordable identity and access management platform that is still reliable	ChatGPT	#3	#4

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Authentik	Okta
Pricing model	Per seat	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $5 per seat / mo	$6 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	No · 30-day trial
Deployment	Self-hosted (Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker Compose, AWS CloudFormation); no hosted version offered	Cloud (SaaS)
Integrations	—	8000+
Compliance	OpenID Certified	ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, SOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP High, FedRAMP Moderate, FIPS 140-2, DoD Impact Level 4
Support	Community Discord, GitHub community support, Ticket-based support (Enterprise over $1k), Dedicated support with SLAs (Enterprise Plus)	Online support (24x5), Knowledge base, Community forum, Premier Success Plans
Founded	2018	2009
Headquarters	—	San Francisco, California, United States
Employees	1–10	5,000+
Funding	Later-stage VC · $2M raised	IPO
Best for	Organizations that want to self-host their identity provider and keep control of their identity data, from homelabs to enterprises with thousands of users.	Organizations that need to secure workforce, customer, partner and AI agent identities from one cloud identity platform.