DescopeDrag & drop customer and agentic IAM for apps, AI agents and MCP servers.

OktaSecuring every identity, from AI to human

Comparison · Identity & Access Management · weekly run Nov 3

Descope 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 1.9 for Descope, and ranks ahead in 67% of the answers that name both.

Choose Descope if…

You want a free plan to start
AI answers describe it more positively (62% vs 39% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type 2 or ISO 27001 or CSA STAR Level 2 or PCI DSS or HIPAA 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 1.9)
You want a lower entry price ($6 vs $249)
You need ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO/IEC 27017 or ISO/IEC 27018 or SOC 2 Type II 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	Descope	Okta
Visibility score	1.9%	56.9%
Change vs last week	down−3%	down−0.9%
Rank in Identity & Access Management	#26	#2
Share of voice	0.6%	12.2%
Mentions this run	2	38
Positive in AI answers	62%	39%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Descope −2pp · Okta −3.3000000000000043pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Okta leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

1.4%

68.4%

AI Mode

60%

Perplexity

3.7%

53.9%

DescopeOkta

Head to head in AI answers

3 engine answers name both brands

1Descope ranked higher

2Okta ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Descope	Okta
Top identity and access management platform options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#7	#1
Top identity and access management platform options for B2B SaaS companies	Perplexity	#5	#9
Which identity and access management platform has the best reviews?	Perplexity	#4	#1

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Descope	Okta
Pricing model	Usage-based	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $249 / mo	$6 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	No · 30-day trial
Deployment	Cloud SaaS	Cloud (SaaS)
Integrations	—	8000+
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, CSA STAR Level 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP High	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 support, Web and email support, Slack support, Dedicated CS engineer	Online support (24x5), Knowledge base, Community forum, Premier Success Plans
Founded	2022	2009
Headquarters	Los Altos, California, United States	San Francisco, California, United States
Employees	51–200	5,000+
Funding	Seed extension · $88M raised	IPO
Best for	Startups, SaaS companies and enterprises adding customer auth, B2B SSO/SCIM, or identity for AI agents and MCP servers.	Organizations that need to secure workforce, customer, partner and AI agent identities from one cloud identity platform.