SailPoint vs WorkOS

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 9.5 for WorkOS, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose SailPoint if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (14.3 vs 9.5)
You need more native integrations (200+ vs 20+)
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 Common Criteria coverage

Choose WorkOS if…

AI answers describe it more positively (56% vs 50% positive)
You need GDPR or CCPA or SIG Lite coverage
Highly transparent for B2B SaaS authentication
Best overall choice for typical B2B SaaS authentication

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	SailPoint	WorkOS
Visibility score	14.3%	9.5%
Change vs last week	up+0.4%	down−1.3%
Rank in Identity & Access Management	#8	#11
Share of voice	5.3%	3%
Mentions this run	17	10
Positive in AI answers	50%	56%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

SailPoint −1.1999999999999993pp · WorkOS +0.5999999999999996pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

SailPoint leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

21.4%

4.5%

AI Mode

10.2%

6.3%

Perplexity

18.5%

12.8%

SailPointWorkOS

Head to head in AI answers

5 engine answers name both brands

5SailPoint ranked higher

0WorkOS ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	SailPoint	WorkOS
What are the best Identity & Access Management tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#4	#13
Best identity and access management platform for enterprise	Perplexity	#4	#8
Compare the leading Identity & Access Management platforms	Perplexity	#4	#11
Best identity and access management platform with AI features	Perplexity	#2	#4
Which identity and access management platform has transparent pricing?	Perplexity	#6	#8

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	SailPoint	WorkOS
Pricing model	—	Usage-based
Entry price	—	Contact sales
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	Cloud (multi-tenant SaaS) and on-premises (IdentityIQ)	Cloud APIs and SDKs
Integrations	200+	20+
Compliance	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	SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, CCPA, SOC 3, SIG Lite
Support	Customer support requests	Email support, In-dashboard web support, Slack channel, Video calls
Founded	2005	2019
Headquarters	Austin, Texas, United States	San Francisco, California, United States
Employees	1,001–5,000	51–200
Funding	IPO	Seed · $195M raised
Best for	Large enterprises with complex, hybrid or heavily regulated environments needing identity governance for human, machine and AI identities	SaaS and AI companies that need to add enterprise features like SSO and SCIM to sell to large organizations.