Clerk 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 3.1 for Clerk, and ranks ahead in 75% of the answers that name both.

Choose Clerk if…

You want a free plan to start
AI answers describe it more positively (56% vs 39% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type 2 or HIPAA or GDPR (EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework) or CCPA coverage
Usage-based pricing suits your budget better than per seat

Choose Okta if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (56.9 vs 3.1)
You want a lower entry price ($6 vs $25)
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)

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Clerk	Okta
Visibility score	3.1%	56.9%
Change vs last week	up+1.6%	down−0.9%
Rank in Identity & Access Management	#22	#2
Share of voice	1.3%	12.2%
Mentions this run	4	38
Positive in AI answers	56%	39%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Clerk +0.6000000000000001pp · Okta −3.3000000000000043pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Okta leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

1.1%

68.4%

AI Mode

3.7%

60%

Perplexity

2.4%

53.9%

ClerkOkta

Head to head in AI answers

4 engine answers name both brands

1Clerk ranked higher

3Okta ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Clerk	Okta
Top identity and access management platform options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#8	#1
Top identity and access management platform options for B2B SaaS companies	AI Mode	#4	#2
Top identity and access management platform options for B2B SaaS companies	Perplexity	#6	#9
Best identity and access management platform for startups	Perplexity	#7	#4

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Clerk	Okta
Pricing model	Usage-based	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $25 / mo	$6 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	No · 30-day trial
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS)	Cloud (SaaS)
Integrations	—	8000+
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, GDPR (EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework), CCPA	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, Email support, Priority support, Dedicated technical account manager	Online support (24x5), Knowledge base, Community forum, Premier Success Plans
Founded	2019	2009
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA, United States	San Francisco, California, United States
Employees	51–200	5,000+
Funding	Series C · $101M raised	IPO
Best for	Developers building React and Next.js apps who want prebuilt auth and user management, including B2B SaaS needing organizations and SSO	Organizations that need to secure workforce, customer, partner and AI agent identities from one cloud identity platform.