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Okta Customer Identity vs SAP Customer Identity and Access Management comparison

Okta and SAP are both solutions in the Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) category. Okta is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.8, while SAP is ranked #11 with an average rating of 9.0. Okta holds a 7.8% mindshare in CIaA, compared to SAP’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Okta users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAP users who would recommend it.
Okta Customer Identity
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 2025

SAP Customer Identity and Access Management and Okta Customer Identity are competing in identity management. SAP often has the upper hand in pricing and support, while Okta is preferred for its feature set.

Features: SAP Customer Identity and Access Management provides comprehensive access controls, seamless integration with other SAP solutions, and an enterprise-first approach. Okta Customer Identity offers strong security features, a wide range of app integrations, and compatibility with third-party ecosystems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP offers a structured deployment model ideal for existing SAP environments with dedicated support channels. Okta is known for a straightforward deployment and intuitive setup, coupled with responsive support and extensive resources.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Customer Identity and Access Management is often competitively priced, offering attractive ROI for SAP-integrated companies. Okta has a higher price point justified by its feature-rich offering, delivering strong ROI through efficiency and reduced integration complexities.

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Categories and Ranking

Okta Customer Identity
Ranking in Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP Customer Identity and A...
Ranking in Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) category, the mindshare of Okta Customer Identity is 7.8%, down from 7.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Customer Identity and Access Management is 1.9%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Okta Customer Identity7.8%
SAP Customer Identity and Access Management1.9%
Other90.3%
Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
 

Featured Reviews

MiguelPurizaca - PeerSpot reviewer
Focus on seamless integration and advanced security management enhances application usage and threat detection across multiple countries
Okta Customer Identity focuses on providing top-notch identity management solutions. One of its most valuable features is its easy integration with various applications through its extensive application directory, offering hundreds or thousands of applications ready to configure. This integration is significantly easier compared to Microsoft Entra ID, where we encountered numerous issues. We particularly value its real-time reporting capabilities. For example, we detected cyberattacks from countries like Russia and Asia and were able to block those IP addresses and configure our system for more security. These advanced security features and reporting capabilities make it easy to manage.
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Srini-Dhanaraj - PeerSpot reviewer
A set of tools that allows you to manage user access to the Fiori apps and specify what users can do and see in the apps
Seamless integration is the most valuable feature. There is some functionality where you can go and enable and disable everything in no time.  You could use only SAP provided the API to extract. And there is one channel I experienced during the data migration, which allows us to create the…
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Okta has more when it comes to the policy level. It has distinctive features where you can do a mix and combination to have users access applications for various business cases."
"It is very seamless."
"The most valuable feature of this solution for most customers is access management."
"The solution has great multifactor authentication."
"Okta Customer Identity is considered cheaper compared to other tools in the market, such as IBM and CyberArk products."
"As far as our security team is concerned, the ease of implementing multifactor authentication is definitely the biggest value for our organization."
"The most valuable feature of Okta Customer Identity is its SSO because it's very easy to use and it's user-friendly. Even the admin portal of the solution is very user-friendly, and you can walk through it with ease. Okta Customer Identity is not a complicated solution, and even the workflow automation feature is very, very easy to understand."
"We can integrate two-factor authentication with the applications."
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"The most valuable aspect of the product is the provisioning of a lot of SAP systems. It offers automated provisioning."
"Seamless integration is the most valuable feature. There is a there is some functionality where you could go and be enabled and disable everything, you can do it with no time."
 

Cons

"In the future, we'd like to see the product implement more security features, like, for example, zero-trust."
"In Okta Identity Governance and Okta Privileged Access, some features are still being developed. Integration with Active Directory servers, Cisco routers, and switches is not currently available."
"I would like to see the provisioning simplified."
"Okta has a limitation with directory integrations. If you have multiple Active Directory integrations, the user distinguished name (DN) and the manager DN don't get imported properly into the Okta user profile."
"The product must be provided for free."
"What I'd like to see improved in Okta Customer Identity is the process of exporting users. Currently, it lacks this feature, and you have to use a third-party tool to export users from the group. Exporting users should be very easy, though I did notice that Okta Customer Identity is being upgraded from time to time, and I've been seeing much improvement in it compared to the previous years."
"Some limitations in scalability. Each application we work with can be completely different, resulting in highly variable implementation processes."
"The integration process takes a bit longer than we would want it to."
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"Only component, I would think the database is inbuilt. So you could use only SAP provided the API to extract. And there is one channel I experienced during the data migration, which is which allow us to create the customer or delete the Customer. And it won't allow for any change. The data migration needs improvement."
"The automated provisioning only works well with the SAP products and there are some problems with the non-SAP products. Even if it is SAP, if it is a non-ABAP system, it is a little bit problematic."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is fair for what it offers."
"We pay 23 pence (approximately $0.30 USD) per user, annually, for 150,000 users."
"Okta Customer Identity is not an expensive solution."
"Pricing might be high, but it comes down when the number of people using the product goes up."
"The solution is really expensive."
"Okta's pricing is right where it needs to be and right in the middle of the market."
"The pricing of the solution is cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise8
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Okta Customer Identity?
Okta has more when it comes to the policy level. It has distinctive features where you can do a mix and combination to have users access applications for various business cases.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Okta Customer Identity?
Okta Customer Identity is considered cheaper compared to other tools in the market, such as IBM and CyberArk products. Further details on costs would require consultation with our sales team.
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What needs improvement with Okta Customer Identity?
In Okta Identity Governance ( /categories/identity-management-im ) and Okta Privileged Access, some features are still being developed. Integration with Active Directory servers, Cisco routers, and...
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What do you like most about SAP Customer Identity and Access Management?
Seamless integration is the most valuable feature. There is a there is some functionality where you could go and be enabled and disable everything, you can do it with no time.
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What needs improvement with SAP Customer Identity and Access Management?
You could use only SAP provided the API to extract. And there is one channel I experienced during the data migration, which allows us to create the customer or delete the customer. And it won't all...
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What advice do you have for others considering SAP Customer Identity and Access Management?
The implementation is very simplified, and it's a progressive implementation. Overall I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.
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Overview

Okta Customer Identity is an identity service that enables frictionless experience, speed-to-market, centralized management, and internet-scale security. Okta Customer Identity is developer friendly and secure with minimal custom code.

Okta

Power relevant customer experiences based on first-party data. With SAP Customer Identity and Access Management solutions for B2C, you can build rich, centralized customer profiles and synchronize them with all your digital properties.

SAP
 

Sample Customers

FedEx, Adobe, National Geographic, Tyson, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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