Keycloak 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 5.6 for Keycloak, and ranks ahead in 80% of the answers that name both.

Choose Keycloak if…

Free and open-source software
Strong flexibility and customization for technical teams
Top pick as a self-hosted option
Backed by Red Hat and community; popular open-source IAM tool

Choose Okta if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (56.9 vs 5.6)
AI answers describe it more positively (39% vs 33% positive)
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

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Keycloak	Okta
Visibility score	5.6%	56.9%
Change vs last week	down−0.3%	down−0.9%
Rank in Identity & Access Management	#15	#2
Share of voice	2.1%	12.2%
Mentions this run	7	38
Positive in AI answers	33%	39%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Keycloak −0.7000000000000002pp · Okta −3.3000000000000043pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Okta leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

3.9%

68.4%

AI Mode

3.1%

60%

Perplexity

53.9%

KeycloakOkta

Head to head in AI answers

5 engine answers name both brands

1Keycloak ranked higher

4Okta ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Keycloak	Okta
What are the best Identity & Access Management tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#8	#2
Top identity and access management platform options for B2B SaaS companies	Perplexity	#7	#9
Best identity and access management platform for startups	Perplexity	#6	#4
Alternatives to the most popular identity and access management platform	Perplexity	#8	#1
Most affordable identity and access management platform that is still reliable	Perplexity	#5	#3

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Keycloak	Okta
Pricing model	—	Per seat
Entry price	—	$6 per seat / mo
Free plan	—	No · 30-day trial
Deployment	Self-hosted; ships as a single lightweight container image, with clustering for scalability and availability	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	Community support via GitHub Discussions, Commercial support via Red Hat build of Keycloak	Online support (24x5), Knowledge base, Community forum, Premier Success Plans
Founded	2014	2009
Headquarters	—	San Francisco, California, United States
Employees	—	5,000+
Funding	—	IPO
Best for	Teams that want to self-host standards-based single sign-on and identity brokering for their applications	Organizations that need to secure workforce, customer, partner and AI agent identities from one cloud identity platform.