Google Cloud IAM 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 0.9 for Google Cloud IAM, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Google Cloud IAM if…

Suitable for controlling permissions on cloud resources

Choose Okta if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (56.9 vs 0.9)
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
Market-leading IAM platform
Independent, cloud-native identity platform

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Google Cloud IAM	Okta
Visibility score	0.9%	56.9%
Change vs last week	New	down−0.9%
Rank in Identity & Access Management	#31	#2
Share of voice	0.6%	12.2%
Mentions this run	2	38
Positive in AI answers	—	39%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Google Cloud IAM +0.9pp · Okta −3.3000000000000043pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Okta leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

68.4%

AI Mode

60%

Perplexity

1.9%

53.9%

Google Cloud IAMOkta

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

0Google Cloud IAM ranked higher

2Okta ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Google Cloud IAM	Okta
What are the best Identity & Access Management tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#10	#2
Compare the leading Identity & Access Management platforms	Perplexity	#10	#2

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Google Cloud IAM	Okta
Pricing model	—	Per seat
Entry price	—	$6 per seat / mo
Free plan	—	No · 30-day trial
Deployment	Built into Google Cloud, with policies managed through the Console or CLI.	Cloud (SaaS)
Integrations	—	8000+
Compliance	—	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	—	Online support (24x5), Knowledge base, Community forum, Premier Success Plans
Founded	—	2009
Headquarters	Mountain View, California	San Francisco, California, United States
Employees	5,000+	5,000+
Funding	—	IPO
Best for	Teams that need to control access to Google Cloud resources at a fine-grained level.	Organizations that need to secure workforce, customer, partner and AI agent identities from one cloud identity platform.