Authentify vs Ping Identity Platform comparison

Prove (formerly Payfone) and Ping Identity are both solutions in the Authentication Systems category. Prove (formerly Payfone) is ranked #31, while Ping Identity is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.3. Prove (formerly Payfone) holds a 1.1% mindshare in AS, compared to Ping Identity’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Prove (formerly Payfone) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Ping Identity users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

Authentify

Ranking in Authentication Systems

31st

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Ping Identity Platform

Ranking in Authentication Systems

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Single Sign-On (SSO) (4th), Data Governance (10th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (6th), Access Management (4th), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (3rd), Directory Servers (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Authentication Systems category, the mindshare of Authentify is 1.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Ping Identity Platform is 3.7%, up from 3.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Authentication Systems Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Ping Identity Platform	3.7%
Authentify	1.1%
Other	95.2%

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davidstrom

Owner at David Strom Inc.

A new way to perform multifactor authentication using specialized SaaS software

Avoids man in the middle or man in the browser exploits that other two factor products are susceptible to One month I got a few error messages which turned out to be themselves errors. I have been using SecurID tokens and wanted something that didn't require hardware authentication devices.…

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Shruthi R Varikoti

Senior ServiceNow Developer at Wells Fargo

Generative AI automates access reviews and provides workflow efficiencies

I work with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), IT Service Management (ITSM), and Customer Service Management (CSM) modules of ServiceNow. My project is related to cybersecurity. I have touched on generative AI and integrations like SOAP APIs. I have used the Ping Identity Platform for seamless…

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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

"Avoids man in the middle or man in the browser exploits that other two factor products are susceptible to."

"Ping Identity Platform can provide a solution for both workforce identity and access management and also for consumer identity and access management, which is CIAM."

"What I like best about PingID is that it's very user-friendly. PingID is well-built as a developer tool and regularly upgrades and updates via patches. I also like that PingID has clear documents that will help you integrate it with other solutions."

"I find the auto-discovery feature the most valuable. It helps us automate a lot of things using a single password across applications."

"I work on the application onboarding process because we have multiple customers and get data from different sources."

"I like PingFederate."

"It is a very stable solution."

"People use the solution to secure their applications and authenticate particular processes."

"It provides very good possibilities and it's much better than other technology that we have used before which was unstable and slower."

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Cons

"I got a few error messages which turned out to be themselves errors."

"PingFederate's UI could be streamlined. They have recently made several improvements, but it's still too complex. It's a common complaint. The configuration should be simplified because the learning curve is too steep."

"Ping Identity Platform must improve its UI since its management console is complicated."

"PingID would benefit from a better user interface for integration."

"Some colleagues have mentioned API connectivity, data security, and privacy issues."

"It has a long way to go until it is a cloud-based solution."

"If the solution is going to compete with Microsoft, they need to offer more unique functionality to keep their current user base."

"Currently, the main integration is SAML-based, but other integration methodologies need to be supported."

"Sometimes, there are issues with its stability."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Ping Identity Platform is not an expensive solution."

"Ping offers flexible pricing that's not standardized."

"PingID pricing is a ten out of ten because it's a little bit cheaper than other tools, such as Okta and ForgeRock, and supports multiple tools."

"The tool is quite affordable."

"The pricing is neither too expensive nor too cheap."

"PingID's pricing is pretty competitive."

"The product is costly."

"Ping Identity Platform is not very expensive."

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Financial Services Firm

21%

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Manufacturing Company

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	20

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What do you like most about PingFederate?

PingFederate is very flexible. We can do many customizations, and it also provides an SDK to tailor it to our specific requirements. There are also numerous plugins available. I've worked with tool...

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What needs improvement with PingFederate?

It requires some expertise to set up and manage. Also, having dedicated support is helpful. It's not something anyone can just set up and run without assistance – ideally, a team using PingFederate...

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What is your primary use case for PingFederate?

We use PingFederate to provide SSO (Single Sign-On) solutions to enterprise applications. We support protocols like SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language), OAuth, and OpenID Connect. For example...

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Also Known As

xFA

Ping Identity (ID), PingFederate, PingAccess, PingOne, PingDataGovernance, PingDirectory, OpenDJ

Overview

Authentify takes advantage of a smartphone's sensors, processing power, and data channels to offer flexible authentication. It offers an authentication process users will love, eliminates the need to type passwords and defeats keystroke loggers and other threats.

Prove (formerly Payfone)

IDENTITY DEFINED SECURITY PLATFORM delivers a unified, standards-based platform that can be deployed as SaaS, software or both and can scale to handle millions of identities. From multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to access security, directory and data governance, our capabilities work together to give employees, partners and customers secure access to cloud, mobile and enterprise applications, securing and streamlined everything from sign-on to sign-off and everywhere in between.

Ping Identity

Sample Customers

Midwestern Bank

Equinix, Land O'Lakes, CDPHP, Box, International SOS, Opower, VSP, Chevron, Truist, Academy of Art University, Northern Air Cargo, Repsol

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