How much does Okta cost?

Okta publishes per user per month list pricing for its core workforce identity products, but no pricing for Okta for AI Agents was retrieved in this pass and it is unknown whether agent identities are licensed like human seats, like machine identities, or as a separate SKU. That question is the whole commercial story for this product and should be established directly.

What are the best alternatives to Okta?

Based on documented capability coverage across the Agentic Index 14 point taxonomy, the closest alternatives to Okta among security and SOC agents are CyberArk, Portal26, Capsule Security, Clutch Security. Each is graded on the same public evidence, and no vendor pays for placement.

Does Okta support MCP and tool calling?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. Okta publishes public evidence of Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, tool calling, and API or SDK extensibility for connecting agents to external tools. Evidence basis: Auth0 is an extensible developer platform with APIs and SDKs for building identity into applications, Okta describes itself as a neutral and extensible platform putting identity at the heart of the stack, and Okta Workflows provides program. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Does Okta give you tracing and observability into agent runs?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. Okta publishes public evidence of tracing, observability and audit logging into agent runs, so a team can see what an agent did and why. Evidence basis: Core purpose of the agent product is visibility: discovering both SANCTIONED AND UNSANCTIONED agents across cloud and SaaS, giving visibility into non human identities across hybrid environments, with identity level audit trails and a publi. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

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Okta

Q: Who is Okta for?

large enterprise, security and identity teams, public sector under FedRAMP and StateRAMP, regulated industries

Also known as: Okta Inc, OKTA, Okta for AI Agents, Auth0, Universal Directory, Okta Identity Governance, Okta Workflows, Blueprint for the Secure Agentic Enterprise, Okta Platform

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Security / SOC agentpublicVerified 2026-08-07

Entry priceCore products publish per user pricing; agent identity pricing not retrievedFull pricing detail

The identity layer extended to agents: Okta for AI Agents makes each agent a first class identity with its own lifecycle rather than one shared service account, and discovers unsanctioned agents across the estate.

Okta is the identity layer most enterprises already run, and in 2026 it extended that position to cover AI agents as a distinct class of identity. At Showcase 2026 it announced a Blueprint for the Secure Agentic Enterprise and Okta for AI Agents, which reached general availability on 30 April 2026.

The architectural move is the important part. Okta expanded its Universal Directory to treat AI agents as first class identities, so that instead of many agents operating behind a single shared human service account, each agent receives its own identity with a defined lifecycle. That makes the three governance questions answerable: where the agents are, what they can access, and what they are permitted to do. The product discovers both sanctioned and unsanctioned agents across cloud and SaaS estates, gives visibility into non human identities across hybrid environments, and provides real time remediation for autonomous workloads.

Okta frames agents as an attack surface requiring verifiable identity and task scoped authorisation, and cites its own research that as many as 88 percent of organisations have already experienced a security incident involving AI or automated agents. Okta Identity Governance supplies the enforcement side, with published customer examples of zero standing privileges.

What this record is not is an agent platform. Okta issues and governs the identities agents use; it does not orchestrate agent work, hold agent memory, route models or evaluate agent output, and the grid reflects that honestly. Its value to this index is positional rather than functional.

Security credentials are extensive: SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, HIPAA, FedRAMP, StateRAMP, PCI DSS, CSA STAR, NIST and GDPR, published through a SafeBase trust centre with a public bug bounty programme.

Vendor details

Canonical URL

https://www.okta.com

Subcategory

Agent identity and non human identity governance

Funding status

Public company, Okta Inc, NASDAQ: OKTA. Operates two platforms, Okta for workforce and non human identity and Auth0 for customer identity.

Company status

public

Use cases & customers

Primary use cases

issuing and governing identities for AI agentsdiscovering sanctioned and unsanctioned agents across cloud and SaaStask scoped authorisation for autonomous workloadsworkforce and customer identity managementidentity governance and zero standing privileges

Target customers

large enterprisesecurity and identity teamspublic sector under FedRAMP and StateRAMPregulated industries

Deployment options

SaaS cloudOkta government cloud under FedRAMP and StateRAMP authorisation

Integrations

The Okta Integration Network provides very broad prebuilt connectivity across enterprise SaaS and cloud, and Okta for AI Agents is architected to discover both sanctioned and unsanctioned agents across an organisation cloud and SaaS footprint. Auth0 supplies developer facing identity APIs and SDKs, and Okta Workflows provides no code automation across connected systems.

In practice

A security team discovers how many agents are actually running across its SaaS estate, including ones no one registered, and gives each a distinct identity instead of a shared service account.

A platform team scopes authorisation per task so an agent can only do the specific thing it was deployed for, rather than inheriting the broad rights of the account it was running under.

A regulated organisation runs identity in the Okta government cloud under FedRAMP and StateRAMP authorisation while extending the same governance to its agent fleet.

Sources & related URLs

Research sources

https://www.okta.com/solutions/secure-ai/ https://www.okta.com/blog/ai/okta-securing-ai-agent-identity/ https://www.okta.com/resources/whitepapers/guide-agentic-ai-identity-maturity/ https://security.okta.com/ https://trust.okta.com/ https://hyperframeresearch.com/2026/03/16/identity-as-the-last-firewall-analyzing-okta-for-ai-agents/

Agentic Index coverage score

7.5 / 14 capabilities · 54%

Integrations & Tool CallingThe Okta Integration Network provides very broad prebuilt enterprise connectivity, Okta for AI Agents discovers agents across an organisation cloud and SaaS footprint, and Auth0 supplies developer facing identity integration. Okta platform and Okta for AI Agents documentation 2026-08-07	Full
Workflow OrchestrationManages the full identity lifecycle for agents and provides real time remediation for autonomous workloads, with Okta Workflows supplying no code automation across connected systems, but Okta does not orchestrate agent work itself. It governs the identities agents use rather than the tasks they perform. Okta for AI Agents announcement and platform pages 2026-08-07	Partial
Knowledge Grounding & RAGThe Universal Directory functions as an authoritative inventory of identities including agents, and discovery builds a picture of sanctioned and unsanctioned agents across hybrid environments, but this is an identity graph rather than a knowledge or retrieval layer for grounding agent reasoning. Okta for AI Agents analysis 2026-08-07	Partial
Human Oversight & GuardrailsThe Blueprint for the Secure Agentic Enterprise governs the agent lifecycle around three questions including WHAT AGENTS ARE PERMITTED TO DO, delivered through task scoped authorisation and Okta Identity Governance, with a published customer example of enforcing ZERO STANDING PRIVILEGES and real time remediation when an autonomous workload steps outside its scope. Okta for AI Agents announcement and governance pages 2026-08-07	Full
Security, Identity & GovernanceSOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, HIPAA, FedRAMP, StateRAMP, PCI DSS, CSA STAR, NIST and GDPR, published through a SafeBase trust centre at security.okta.com with a public bug bounty programme and reports available under NDA. HONEST LIMIT CARRIED SEPARATELY: Okta has a documented breach history including the 2022 LAPSUS$ compromise and the 2023 HAR file and support case compromise, and third party risk assessment rates it moderate risk on that basis. The certifications are current and real, so the grade stands, but the incident history belongs beside it. Okta trust centre and independent risk assessment 2026-08-07	Full
Observability & AuditabilityCore purpose of the agent product is visibility: discovering both SANCTIONED AND UNSANCTIONED agents across cloud and SaaS, giving visibility into non human identities across hybrid environments, with identity level audit trails and a public trust portal reporting service availability. Okta for AI Agents announcement and trust pages 2026-08-07	Full
Memory & State PersistenceIdentity records and lifecycle state persist in the Universal Directory, but that is identity state rather than agent memory, and no conversation or task context persistence exists. Architecturally expected for an identity provider. Okta platform documentation 2026-08-07	Unable to verify
Deployment & Data ResidencyCloud SaaS with a separately authorised government environment evidenced by FedRAMP and StateRAMP, which implies isolated infrastructure for public sector workloads, but no self hosting option and no published regional residency matrix were retrieved in this pass. Okta compliance listings 2026-08-07	Partial
Prebuilt Agents, Templates & PacksThe Okta Integration Network ships extensive prebuilt connectors and the Blueprint for the Secure Agentic Enterprise provides a structured governance framework, but no library of prebuilt agents, policy packs or templates for the agent identity product was retrieved. Okta platform and Showcase 2026 announcement 2026-08-07	Partial
Triggers & Channel CoverageReal time remediation for autonomous workloads implies event driven response, and Okta Workflows is an event triggered automation product, but no documented trigger or channel inventory for the agent identity product was retrieved. Okta for AI Agents announcement 2026-08-07	Partial
Model Flexibility & RoutingOkta does not run, route or select models. It governs the identities of agents that call models. Honest absence and architecturally expected for an identity provider. Okta product documentation 2026-08-07	Unable to verify
APIs, SDKs & MCP ExtensibilityAuth0 is an extensible developer platform with APIs and SDKs for building identity into applications, Okta describes itself as a neutral and extensible platform putting identity at the heart of the stack, and Okta Workflows provides programmable automation across connected systems. No MCP support was retrieved. Okta and Auth0 platform pages 2026-08-07	Full
Testing, Debugging & OptimizationNo agent evaluation, testing, simulation or debugging capability exists or would be expected; Okta does not run the agents whose identities it governs. Honest absence. Okta product documentation 2026-08-07	Unable to verify
Browser & Computer UseOkta operates on identity and authorisation flows; no browser control, page navigation or computer use capability exists or would be architecturally expected. Okta product documentation 2026-08-07	Unable to verify

The Agentic Index coverage score grades every vendor Full, Partial or Unable to verify against the same 14 buyer facing capabilities, from public evidence only. Each capability links to how all vendors in the index score on it. How this evidence is graded

Pricing

Core products publish per user pricing; agent identity pricing not retrieved

per identity per month, agent identity licensing not disclosed

Free tierTrial available

Included quota

Not disclosed for the agent product.

What is public

Per user pricing for core workforce identity products. Nothing on the agent identity product was retrieved in this pass.

Billing mechanics

Historically per user per month across product lines, with Identity Governance and advanced capabilities licensed separately from core single sign on. Agent identity licensing was not retrieved.

Cost watchouts

**THE CENTRAL RISK IS THE UNIT. Okta's own architectural argument is that each agent should get its own identity rather than sharing a service account. If agent identities are then priced like human identities, the cost of doing the right thing scales with agent count, which is exactly the quantity organisations expect to grow fastest.** Establish this before deployment. Identity Governance has historically been a separate line from core single sign on, so governance capability may not be included in a base quote.

Variable cost rationale

The unit of account is unknown and the product's own logic drives the unit count upward: Okta argues each agent should have its own identity rather than sharing a service account, so the number of billable things grows with agent adoption. Combined with Identity Governance historically sitting on a separate line from core SSO, a buyer cannot forecast the cost of governing an agent fleet from any public source.

Additional watchouts

Do not assume agent identities cost nothing. Ask explicitly how a non human identity is counted, and model it against the agent count you expect in eighteen months rather than today.

Overage / add-ons

Not retrieved.

Sales call required

Mixed (some tiers require a call)

Free / trial

Okta and Auth0 both offer developer tiers historically; not confirmed for the agent product

Commercial notes

Public company (NASDAQ: OKTA), so aggregate financials are visible even though customer level pricing is negotiated. Public sector buyers can access authorised environments under FedRAMP and StateRAMP, which per the Arctic Wolf finding means STATE PROCUREMENT SCHEDULES may carry real Okta pricing - worth checking as an independent source.

Key ambiguities

Whether an AI agent identity is billed as a seat, as a machine or non human identity at a different rate, or bundled. Nothing retrieved answers this and it determines the entire cost profile.

Missing data

Agent identity pricing and unit of account, Identity Governance list pricing, and whether the agent product is a separate SKU.

Agentic Index verified 2026-08-07

Official pricing page

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Alternatives to Okta

The closest documented capability profiles to Okta among security and SOC agents tracked by Agentic Index, ordered by similarity on the same 14 point evidence the rankings use. No vendor pays for placement.

CyberArk7.0 / 14A lighter documented profile than Okta
Portal267.0 / 14Adds documented Testing, Debugging & Optimization
Capsule Security7.5 / 14Adds documented Testing, Debugging & Optimization
Clutch Security6.5 / 14Fuller documented coverage on Triggers & Channel Coverage
Dropzone AI7.5 / 14Adds documented Memory & State Persistence
SGNL6.5 / 14Fuller documented coverage on Triggers & Channel Coverage

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Data confidence: high