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

SailPointAdaptive identity security for every human, machine and AI identity

Comparison · Identity & Access Management · weekly run Nov 3

Authentik vs SailPoint

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

The short answer

SailPoint is the stronger AI pick in Identity & Access Management: it has a visibility score of 14.3 versus 2.7 for Authentik.

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (14.3 vs 2.7)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need CSA STAR Level 2 or C5 or EU-US DPF or FedRAMP Moderate or GovRAMP or IRAP or ISO/IEC 27001:2022 or ISO/IEC 27017 or ISO/IEC 27018 or ISO/IEC 27701 or SOC 1 Type 2 or SOC 2 Type 2 or SOC 3 or Common Criteria coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Authentik	SailPoint
Visibility score	2.7%	14.3%
Change vs last week	up+1.7%	up+0.4%
Rank in Identity & Access Management	#24	#8
Share of voice	0.6%	5.3%
Mentions this run	2	17
Positive in AI answers	67%	50%

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

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Authentik +1.0000000000000002pp · SailPoint −1.1999999999999993pp over 1 weekly runs.

SailPoint leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

7.7%

21.4%

AI Mode

3.7%

10.2%

Perplexity

1.7%

18.5%

AuthentikSailPoint

0 engine answers name both brands

0Authentik ranked higher

0SailPoint ranked higher

Dimension	Authentik	SailPoint
Pricing model	Per seat	—
Entry price	Free; paid from $5 per seat / mo	—
Free plan	Yes	—
Deployment	Self-hosted (Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker Compose, AWS CloudFormation); no hosted version offered	Cloud (multi-tenant SaaS) and on-premises (IdentityIQ)
Integrations	—	200+
Compliance	OpenID Certified	CSA STAR Level 2, C5, EU-US DPF, FedRAMP Moderate, GovRAMP, IRAP, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, Common Criteria
Support	Community Discord, GitHub community support, Ticket-based support (Enterprise over $1k), Dedicated support with SLAs (Enterprise Plus)	Customer support requests
Founded	2018	2005
Headquarters	—	Austin, Texas, United States
Employees	1–10	1,001–5,000
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.	Large enterprises with complex, hybrid or heavily regulated environments needing identity governance for human, machine and AI identities