ForgeRock is a comprehensive open-source identity and access management solution designed to meet the unique needs of your users and workforce. With ForgeRock you can orchestrate, manage, and secure the complete lifecycle of identities in any cloud or hybrid environment. ForgeRock allows you to set up bot detection, identity proofing, and risk-based authentication.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| ForgeRock | 5.5% |
| Microsoft Entra ID | 15.8% |
| Okta Platform | 10.2% |
| Other | 68.5% |
| Type | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Access Management | Feb 27, 2026 | Download |
| Product | Reviews, tips, and advice from real users | Feb 27, 2026 | Download |
| Comparison | ForgeRock vs Microsoft Entra ID | Feb 27, 2026 | Download |
| Comparison | ForgeRock vs Okta Platform | Feb 27, 2026 | Download |
| Comparison | ForgeRock vs Ping Identity Platform | Feb 27, 2026 | Download |
| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Entra ID | 4.3 | 15.8% | 95% | 266 interviewsAdd to research |
| SailPoint Identity Security Cloud | 4.1 | N/A | 97% | 72 interviewsAdd to research |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 15 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 4 |
| Large Enterprise | 16 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 158 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 66 |
| Large Enterprise | 367 |
With ForgeRock, you can define access policies and automate the management of the identity lifecycle all from a central, easy to use, and graphical dashboard. ForgeRock Access Management allows you to build safe authentication using options like passwordless and usernameless logins, single sign-on, biometrics, contextual analytics, and behavioral authentication. When threats appear, you can swiftly change how your users access your most sensitive applications and provide users with secure access to the applications, systems, and resources they need on demand.
ForgeRock Benefits and Key Features
Reviews from Real Users
ForgeRock stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust identity and access tools and its being easy to manage and scale with one central dashboard.
PeerSpot users note the effectiveness of these features. A technology solutions leader at an outsourcing company writes, “We need it for multiple clients, multiple implementations. Not all of them are necessarily a multi-tenant solution. We need a very versatile solution that can do a lot of work, but from a single instance that we can centralize authentications and we don't duplicate the efforts and that's where ForgeRock seems to do better.”
Mohamed B., a cyber security consultant at a tech company, writes, "Their access management solution, OpenAM, is most valuable because it meets the needs of a lot of users. ForgeRock secured our system so that it is accessed only by authorized people, and it implemented the SSO."
ForgeRock was previously known as ForgeRock Identity Platform, ForgeRock OpenIDM .
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| java full stack developer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees | 4.0 | At Bank of America, I use ForgeRock for OAuth/SAML authentication, MFA, and fine-grained role-based access across onboarding stages, boosting security, compliance, efficiency, and UX. Integration was flexible but complex; UI, reporting, scalability, and upgrade support could improve. |
| Principal Consultant at Road2Value | 4.0 | I’ve used ForgeRock since 2014 to unify TomTom consumer logins across web, app, and device, and to token-authenticate cars for B2B traffic services. It’s stable, scalable, and well-supported, but licensing and upgrades are complex. |
| Specialist Solutions at a university with 10,001+ employees | 4.0 | I integrated ForgeRock AM with a React/Spring Boot app for OIDC SSO, JWT APIs, and adaptive MFA. It’s stable, scalable, and feature-rich, but complex with a less polished admin UI and heavier deployments; support and ROI were positive overall. |
| IAM CONSULTANT at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees | 3.5 | I’ve used ForgeRock for three years to design customer journeys, including Okta migration, step-up authentication, and self-service. Journeys are highly configurable and scalable in cloud, improving SSO and reducing support calls, but reliance on JavaScript and single realm is limiting. |
| Identity And Access Management at CyberBackbone | 4.0 | I’ve used ForgeRock for over three years and value its flexibility, stable performance, and supportive customer service, especially for automation and deployments. Pricing and licensing are straightforward, and it helps with policy configuration and troubleshooting, but documentation, UI complexity, and token-flow debugging need improvement. |
| CIAM Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees | 4.0 | I use ForgeRock for provisioning, reconciliation, workflows, and federated SSO in CIAM. It’s scalable, developer-friendly, flexible with managed objects, and supports account claiming/linking. I want a unified workflow IDE, easier UI/low-code tools, and more training support. |
| IAM Solution Architect at a tech services company with 1-10 employees | 3.5 | I use ForgeRock for fine-grained customer access management via OAuth2/SAML2 and MFA with remembered profiles. Advanced Identity Cloud enables fast, infrastructure-free setup and flexible workflows. Improvements: AI-driven capabilities and more responsive support, especially during migrations and go-lives. |
| Devops Engineer and Trainer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees | 3.5 | In my company, we utilize ForgeRock for microservice authentications due to its valuable directory services and LDAP integration. Although customization is complex and ForgeOps lacks official support, we continue using ForgeRock after investments in MPIN and biometrics development with its APIs. |