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The Okta Identity Cloud

Overview

What is The Okta Identity Cloud?

Okta is an enterprise grade identity management service, built in the cloud. IT can manage access across any application, person or device. Whether the people are employees, partners or customers or whether the applications are in the cloud, on premises…

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Happy Okta user!

9 out of 10
January 29, 2024
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My organization uses the Okta Identity Cloud across all our apps for easy access. The ability to quickly access everything from a single …
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Tried and True

10 out of 10
January 11, 2024
Incentivized
My organization uses Okta as a single sign-on tool for various websites we use internally. It makes signing in super easy and secure.
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Popular Features

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  • ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO) (152)
    9.5
    95%
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (142)
    9.2
    92%
  • ID-Management Access Control (144)
    9.1
    91%
  • Password Management (138)
    8.7
    87%

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Pricing

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Single Sign on

$2.00

Cloud
Per User Per Month

Multi Factor Authentication

$3.00

Cloud
Per User Per Month

Single Sign on Adaptive

$5.00

Cloud
Per User Per Month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Identity Management

Identity management software manages information about the identity of software users and controls access to corporate resources

8.8
Avg 8.0
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Product Details

What is The Okta Identity Cloud?

Okta is an independent identity provider. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With more than 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta aims to provide simple and secure access to people and organizations everywhere, giving them the confidence to reach their full potential. The vendor boasts more than 13,050 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Siemens, Slack, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, as users of Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.

The Okta Identity Cloud Features

Identity Management Features

  • Supported: ID-Management Access Control
  • Supported: ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)
  • Supported: Multi-Factor Authentication
  • Supported: Password Management
  • Supported: Account Provisioning and De-provisioning
  • Supported: ID Management Workflow Automation
  • Supported: ID Risk Management

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The Okta Identity Cloud Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone

Frequently Asked Questions

Okta is an enterprise grade identity management service, built in the cloud. IT can manage access across any application, person or device. Whether the people are employees, partners or customers or whether the applications are in the cloud, on premises or on a mobile device, Okta helps IT become more secure and maintain compliance. The Okta service provides directory services, single sign-on, authentication, provisioning, workflow, and built in reporting. ment systems.

The Okta Identity Cloud starts at $0.

Cross Identity, Xpress Password, and ServiceControl are common alternatives for The Okta Identity Cloud.

Reviewers rate ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO) highest, with a score of 9.5.

The most common users of The Okta Identity Cloud are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have been an The Okta Identity Cloud Administrator since 2019. It helps our company to protect our end users by securing their access as well as the automation on provisioning less complex less work. It is also a user friendly platform that anyone can easily understand on how to manage users. The Okta Identity Cloud IAM is very recommended. Every company must have this solution.
  • Security
  • Access Management
  • LCM
  • MFA
  • SSO
  • The Okta Identity Cloud Support is sometimes delayed on replying issues.
The Okta Identity Cloud Workforce Identity is very reliable solution to manage identities especially in terms of security. It helps us to lessen the work of help desk admin as well as us IAM Admin. The only thing I hate with The Okta Identity Cloud is that the support engineer are delaying the issues like they are not available or sometimes no align internally.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Single-sign on and user identity management services at a 6000 employee organization. The Okta Identity Cloud is the the main user management tool we use and is integrated across the enterprise architecture to securely administer user access to business apps across the world.
  • Provisioning
  • User data mapping
  • User access auditing
  • Admin user interface
  • Master data management
  • Reporting
Well suited in providing end users a clean UI and clear use cases. Less appropriate in providing clear usage reports on app access and audit logs - the UX on reports is cumbersome
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use The Okta Identity Cloud to manage and make sure all user identities across multiple services and applications are secured. It is also used as a single sign on service company-wide, meaning users only have to remember and authenticate a single account to get access to mutiple apps and services from other parties.
  • single sign on service
  • account management
  • secured services
  • Homepage interface
The Okta Identity Cloud is great integrating with other platforms and directories. It also offers great flexibility and scalabilities for companies of any sizes. It is definitely a great solution as a single sign on service. The Okta Identity Cloud might not be recommended if a company has limited resources and is looking for a more budget friendly alternative.
January 29, 2024

Happy Okta user!

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My organization uses the Okta Identity Cloud across all our apps for easy access. The ability to quickly access everything from a single tile page makes it easy to navigate and operate. Compared to other identity providers, I will always find Okta more user-friendly and easy to operate.
  • App Management.
  • Ease of access.
  • n/a
It's very easy to access sales tools like Clari and Salesforce. Being able to access both easily from the same tile page makes a workflow for forecasting much more seamless and efficient. The ability to log in from a single sign-on outside of just those tabs also helps a lot.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Currently The Okta Identity Cloud is a enterprise tool in our company, that is being used as a single sign-on for all our Business and IT applications. This has definitely helped us with Security, Password management and user management. Moreover, we are in the process of migrating our on-prem applications to the cloud, and The Okta Identity Cloud has greatly helped us with cloud tools integration. With this we even started to implement multifactor authentication as additional security.
  • Integrated very well in Cloud Applications
  • Enhanced security with multifactor authentication
  • Single sign on of all our applications
  • Enhanced user management with assigning the right applications for their need
  • Integration with SAP and Azure needs more improvement
  • Needs more improvement with the Mobile version of the tool
  • Documentation on break fixes is not sufficient
I would definitely suggest this tool to my colleagues. When it comes to single sign to integrate all our applications under one umbrella, this will be the tool to go for sure. In our company, when we were moving our applications to the cloud one by one, we wanted one tool that could serve as a platform for all the applications with one password and with enhanced multi factor authentication and we choose The Okta Identity Cloud.
When it comes to SAP, integration with The Okta Identity Cloud was a little tedious.
Justin Giffin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Okta is being used across our entire organization. The Single-Sign-On allows for an easy flow of software and application access without the requirement of having to login to each application separately. This makes our jobs more efficient and allows us to assist our customers quicker. To be able to get to our customers faster allows for us to make our customers happy. With Okta as our SSO partner, our organization is able to sign in to our plethoraof applications, internal and external.
  • Allows better flexibility with SSO
  • Multiple application access from one source
  • Easy mobile accessibility
  • Needs to address issue of asking same domain to save password
  • Automatic password updates
  • more user customizable
Okta is best set for businesses with multiple Saas applications and resources that will allow users to have streamlined access to the different resources without having to log in to each and every application. The downside of Okta is the ability to have personalization across the different resources, but this really won't hamper the everyday business user.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Okta Identity Cloud helps our organization remain secure by verifying the identiy of users accessing sensitive company information. Multi-factor authentication via push notification, token entry, and text message are convenient for us end users but still keep our environment secure. The Okta Identity Cloud has integrated well within our existing infrastructure to also minimize IT Help Desk impact by automating password resets in certain cases.
  • Multi-Factor Authentication
  • IT Security
  • Identify Verification
  • Delayed Push Notifications
  • Frequent Password Resets
  • Total System Lockout When Errors Occur
I feel like The Okta Identity Cloud is the gold-standard for identity verification and multi-factor authentication. Any organization looking to bolster the security of their infrastructure should consider integrating these additional layers of protection into their protocols. The end user experience is relatively seamless, with an easy-to-use app that provides multiple options for multi-factor authentication.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Okta makes it incredibly easy to manage all of our log ins to the suite of applications we use. It streamlines new account provisioning for our IT and Business Systems team, while giving the end user a single place to go to access each system. An added bonus is you can save log ins to other applications not provisioned through Okta in your account.
  • Ease of use
  • Mobile application
  • Secure passwords
  • Nothing in particular
Okta is the perfect solution once the company has grown to have a tech stack comprising more than 10 applications across at least 20 employees. It makes onboarding and off-boarding nearly seamless and makes it easy for the employee to know where/how to log in to required systems.

For smaller companies without a sophisticated IT team I could Okta being a bit too much to manage to start.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are leveraging capabilities of OKTA in federating Internal and External Applications with SSO using SAML 2.0, Open ID Connect etc. We also manage access policies and enforce MFA sign on polcies via Okta. Okta also helps in identity lifecycle management , access provisioning and deprovisioning via OKTA workflows. Okta workflows are another way to automate several tasks within Okta.
  • SSO
  • Enforcing MFA sign-on policies
  • Automatic Access Provisioning and Deprovisioning
  • Should support enabling SSO by uploading SP XML metadata file
  • Should have better Okta terraform documentation
Okta Identity Cloud is Perfect for SSO integrations, Easy and supported by most of the vendors. Also they are supporting Auth zero and fastpass, passwordless login which again helping organizations in staying ahead in the game. They are providing several such features which would help securing Okta tenant in all ways.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In our company we start using Auth0 in the mobile development team to manage authentication. Then, due to good feedback from developers, we decided to adopt it on quite all of our projects
  • Signup
  • Signin
  • Database integrations
  • Easier mobile SDK integration with custom fields
  • More databases integration
  • Faster web UI
Perfect for big and articulated project, too complex for small and fast project
January 11, 2024

Tried and True

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My organization uses Okta as a single sign-on tool for various websites we use internally. It makes signing in super easy and secure.
  • Simple, strong security
  • Single-sign-on is super convenient
  • Easily view and access various work apps
  • Previously, the setup I had sent a push notification to verify which was a bit inconvenient, but now there's a quicker auto-sign-in option (still very secure) that speeds up the process
  • Some basic UI improvements could be nice, just to jazz up the interface a bit
  • User management and provisioning is a bit clunky.
While I can't speak to the pricing, Okta is pretty user-friendly overall and convenient in managing the provisioning of users and viewing and accessing your commonly used work apps. I also trust that the level of security is strong, minimizing risk.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use the Okta Identity Cloud for a single sign on process throught most applications. These are for example MS Office 365, our travel expense tool, ServiceNow, etc. This ensures a safe login while not having to remember several different passwords. Especially in a world where cyber attacks and phishing is happening all the time, it contributes to our cyber security.
  • SSO
  • Cyber security
  • Addition of new applications
  • Having to enter the password multiple times a day
  • Sometimes slow login
  • Two factor identification when things need to happen fast
Based on my experience the Okta Identity Cloud is well suited for larger corporations with a variety of tools. It helps to add the tools to the portfolio while maintaining a level of cyber security and helping with SSO so the users do not have to remember many passwords.
For smaller corporations or Startups it might be too much.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The license model was a challenge for us as a company with multiple use cases and other external health partners, but the vendor was fair and worked through the unique use cases for acceptable licensing terms. Strong product with more capabilities than we can currently leverage. Great customer support and technical know-how.
  • Single sign-on capabilities
  • Easy integration of our cloud AD services
  • Vast range of options to leverage
  • More detailed reports on threats
  • AI capabilities
  • Dashboards could use some improvement
This product has been in our enterprise for a while and new features are always welcome. Some other SIEM products in the market do offer additional features that Okta Identity Cloud can provide as well.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Used by a client for secure single sign on, the organisation has a single point of access for all applications. Using Okta not only improves security, but onboarding of users which allows less time for setup and more time focusing on the job at hand.
  • Single sign on - sign in once per day to access any app
  • Conditional access - block overseas access
  • Integrations to third party tools
  • Integrations with single sign on - however this does require third parties to work more with Oauth systems
  • Direct integrations with tools with plugins. Eg Wordpress websites, atlassian tools etc
Organisations requiring more custom rules for access, specifically non Microsoft organisations. Having said this it can integrate with Microsoft as well.
Complex onboarding’s for various applications makes things much easier for IT admins as well, setting up users in one location as opposed to various applications. After all that’s what identify management is for!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Okta Identity Cloud has been very useful to me in organizing all of my applications in one centralized hub. I leverage Okta daily to access my various applications that I need to use on a daily basis to complete my job. Prior to using Okta, there was not a scalable SSO solution to access my applications, which made it very tedious and difficult to do my job effectively.
  • Centralized access of applications
  • Ease of SSO
  • Scalability
  • Design customization
  • Lack of personalization
  • Support
Okta Identity Cloud is ideal for any company with multiple users who are looking for an easy way to manage company apps and sign into them with ease. It's a great tool for any company, no matter the size. I used Okta before coming to my current company, and the previous company in mention was much smaller in scale.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Okta Identity Cloud is leveraged extensively throughout our organization. Features utilized include universal directory capabilities via integration with Azure AD, streamlined cloud application distribution, user self-service password reset capabilities, and the ability to protect all of this ecosystem behind a strong multi-factor authentication offering that is very flexible, standardized (via SAML for example) and secure.
  • Universal directory for all users
  • User self-service password resets
  • Multi-factor authentication
  • Cloud application distribution
  • Integration with on-prem directories can be complicated to setup
  • Make it simpler to setup automation
  • Very a la carte in nature, must pay additional for features which I feel should be included
  • Admin interface is a little outdated
The Okta Identity Cloud is in my opinion the premier tool for providing MFA to your workforce. Extremely easy to setup, standards based, stable, and a lot of user self setup/self help features. Makes managing user identify and disparate directories much more simple. Less appropriate for providing a true application portal experience for users as it's integrations in that area are mostly for cloud-based applications and not on-prem systems.
Felipe Blanco | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Zwift as a gaming company uses a vast number of software tools in order to empower itself to create the best software as possible. With this came a new challenge - how do we manage such amount of different systems with security and speed?
In this sense, Okta was a perfect match for us - we were able to integrate multiple softwares through API and SAML, and for most of softwares, use SCIM for account creations. This empowered our ITOps team to manage it with a small number of resources without losing the operational excellence, getting more revenue.
  • Identify Management
  • Security Group
  • Software Integrations
  • Logging
  • Free Basic Training
  • More logging filtering options
Appropriate to: integration in a heterogeneous environment, where threre's multiples system, OS' and roles that need to be setup. Okta works well with multiples OS and guarantee standarization of all these softwares in a unique and easy interface. Okta is also good for startups and medium size company, because besides being expensive you can balance this high cost with a basic IT team, due to the easyness of the software.

Not appropriate to: companies that relies strongly in solutions of a single supplier, like Microsoft or Google. In these scenarios, will be chepear and faster to the inherit SSO solution.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Most of the tools we are using is under the Okta Identity Cloud and because of that, we are positive that our access is always secured, protected and always up to date. The good things I found in using the Okta Cloud is it always reminds me every time the password I am using on my tools is already close to the expiry. Not only that, it also suggesting me to change the password before it gets expired and what are the days before it gets expired. In that way I can decide for my self if I want it to update my password right away or maximize the expiration date. I love the way it gives me the freedom to choose what day should I reset my password. In case I really missed the days on updating the password, the time I logged on my tools it will ask me to update my password right away so it will not cause me any inconvenience in the future. It is friendly-user and at the same time, the security is tight and as long as you follow the instructions, you will never get any confusions or inconvenience in using it. I highly recommend it to other business organizations because it is easy and safe to use.
  • Maintenance of the tools we are using under Okta
  • Easy access or friendly user of the tools under Okta
  • The security of Okta making sure our personal information will be safe
  • Fast and reliable sources that helps our work more accurate
  • As of now, I can't think of any because it has always helped me out on my work every single day
On my daily basis of using Okta, it never failed to amuse me in every work-related concerns. Using the updated tools I am using under Okta, I can confidently provide best and quality options to every customer and clients I deal with. Because of the up to date information we have on the tools we are using, as a team lead coordinator talking with clients about hotel group reservations, we are able to assist them and look for the best available hotel that meets their preferences using the accurate information we have on the tools under Okta. Because of this, our repeat customers are also recommending our service to their friends and colleagues. In that way we also improve our sales and expand our growing team with the help of Okta. Easy to access, secured logins and accurate information designed for success for every business. I will receive a call from a client looking for a group reservation for a particular event, using the tools under Okta, I will provide the available hotels we have that suites the needs of the client then, close the booking as easy as that. Okta helps to make the work easier as I am using it when I started this company way back August 16, 2021.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Okta Identity Cloud is a great product that is employed as a single sign-on service for my company. It stores log-in information for several different applications and platforms. All you have to do is log in to The Okta Identity Cloud in the beginning of the day and it will automatically sign you into stored platforms as you access them throughout the day. It is a great tool.
  • Single Sign-On service
  • Securely store and protect log-in information
  • Access to many different applications in one place
  • Face ID
  • Frequency of required sign-ins
  • More applications added to the central dashboard
The Okta Identity Cloud is very well suited to act as a single sign-on tool for an enterprise. It allows you to sign-in once at the beginning of your day and then automatically signs you in to other platforms that you access throughout the day. For example, your email, calendar, HR software, or any other application can be linked to the system. It reduces the risk of forgetting log-in credentials and saves time throughout the day.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Secure single sign on is what Okta is used for plus all tools are managed through Okta in our org that we need to log on to
  • push notification on mobile to log in
  • managing apps that are being used for busienss putpose
  • remote log in
  • ap navigation and being able to delete old ones without admin
securing desctop and laptop pc and mac and tools used on them
Melissa Strong | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In my current company, we use Okta to manage security through SSO as well as using it to manage our applications. We have currently many applications/software that we use in each different team, so utilizing SSO and creating an application homepage per your role is really helpful and saves us time in terms of connection while ensuring security.
  • Single Sign-On
  • App Integration
  • Bring your Own Device
  • The mobile app opens to the browser which can be a bit annoying especially if you are signing in with a work account. It would be a lot easier and straight to the point if it recognized you have the mobile app.
  • It logs you out pretty often which can be a bit painful to have to relogin to things every week.
  • Customization of the application homepage
I think it get's the job done and the features they have are great.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We Implement Okta for Different customers. Okta used for federated authentication mainly Access management.Integartion of Okta with different apps using Protocols Like Oauth , SAML, OpenID etc for Seamless single sign on experience . Our organisation conduct internal trainings also for Okta, so that we are well verse with all its feature and provide solution to Customers as per their requirements
  • Single Sign ON
  • Federated Authentication
  • Password Management
  • App Integration
  • Okta Integration Network
  • Its more Centered towards Directory
  • Not more customization Options I feel
Basically, there are whole lot of Applications in OKta Integration Network. So whenever you want to integrate those , you are just few steps away. More understandable rules and policies . OKtA is best suited for Single sign on federated authentication. There are options Like Just in Time provision So as soon as user is there in Source you can provision it with no wait
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I am a sales rep and it provides easy, secure access to the cloud apps use daily so I can be productive regardless of device (e.g. my computer, my tablet, my phone).
  • Secure access regardless of device.
  • Multiple app integrations.
  • Supports bring your own device.
  • The mobile app opens to the browser. It would be nice if it recognized you have the mobile app of the app you're trying to open, and it opens that instead of a browser.
It's ideal for all employees -- whether you are in the office, working from home, or on the road traveling -- and regardless of device.
October 14, 2022

Okta = Easy

Amanda Duron | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We work with finances and highly sensitive information nationwide. We use The Okta Identity Cloud to provide an added layer of security to log into the tech programs we use. This protects our client’s information and helps them feel confident in honoring the privacy of our customers.
  • Ease of sign on
  • Options for multiple ways to sign on
  • Option to stay signed on
  • Functional on mobile devices
  • Longer sign-on options; I have to log on multiple times a day
  • Might be nice to have a plug-in option for saved browsers
I think this works well for dual login to any financial, proprietary, or CRM information that requires (or should require) an extra layer of security. We also use this to sign on to Microsoft 365 and other softwares jointly shared across our network. This program may not be appropriate for small businesses that does not require file sharing or logins to Cloud based systems.
Wayne Ragusa | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Okta was used by Many of our Customers. Most of our customers are looking for Ease of use and a single place for their base to go and sign into their software securely. Using OKTA has not only been a big Benefit for them but has also helped Ease the onboarding of new employees
  • SSO
  • Single Pane of glass
  • Ease of USE
  • MFA
  • Cost Reduction
  • Improved App integration
I have been happy with OKTA 1. Easy to onboard New Employees 2. Easy to Terminate Users (close) many accounts at once. 3. Set up groups of Apps Based on Job Roles 4. Secure Access to software with Easy to Use MFA. 5. you don't have to supply users with their passwords to APPS
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