Axiad Conductor vs Frontegg comparison

Axiad and Frontegg are both solutions in the Authentication Systems category. Axiad is ranked #23, while Frontegg is ranked #36. Axiad holds a 0.7% mindshare in AS, compared to Frontegg’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Axiad users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Frontegg users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 22, 2025

Frontegg and Axiad Conductor are competitors in the identity management sector. Frontegg excels in affordability and ease of deployment, whereas Axiad Conductor stands out for its extensive feature set and robust identity and access management capabilities.

Features: Frontegg provides seamless integration with diverse applications, supports rapid development cycles through its fully managed authentication, and includes an SSO authentication with Gmail and LDAP. Axiad Conductor focuses on advanced multi-factor authentication, credential management, and the ease of deploying and managing authentication devices. Axiad also ensures security with smart card and YubiKey management.

Room for Improvement: Frontegg could enhance its multi-factor authentication policies and improve support for more complex credential requirements. It may also benefit from expanded integration options beyond Python and React environments. Additionally, more robust auditing features could further strengthen security. Axiad Conductor could streamline its complex deployment process and reduce its pricing premium to become more competitive. Simplifying user enrollment and credential loading processes could improve user satisfaction. Enhanced support for diverse platforms could broaden its market appeal.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Frontegg is characterized by quick deployment and user-friendly configuration, significantly benefiting developers with limited setup time. Axiad Conductor, while involving more complex implementations, provides comprehensive customer service to navigate its sophisticated feature set, ensuring users efficiently utilize its capabilities.

Pricing and ROI: Frontegg offers value through transparent pricing and rapid return on investment, making it financially accessible. Axiad Conductor justifies its higher cost with a long-term value proposition through robust features, which many users feel are worth the initial investment.

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Categories and Ranking

Axiad Conductor

Ranking in Authentication Systems

23rd

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Identity Management (IM) (59th), Privileged Access Management (PAM) (40th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (27th), Passwordless Authentication (9th), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (41st), Insider Risk Management (25th), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) (8th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (15th)

Frontegg

Ranking in Authentication Systems

36th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Single Sign-On (SSO) (19th), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Authentication Systems category, the mindshare of Axiad Conductor is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Frontegg is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Authentication Systems Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Axiad Conductor	0.7%
Frontegg	0.6%
Other	98.7%

Authentication Systems

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Eric Brown

Cybersecurity Director - Enterprise Identity & Access Management at SAIC

The day-to-day tasks, running the servers, and making sure that everything is patched is all handled by the platform

The most valuable feature is the overhead management of the platform. There is less for my team to worry about. The day-to-day tasks, running the servers, and making sure that everything is patched is all handled by the platform. We just consume the service and work with them to refine it, making it even more valuable. Aside from Active Directory, anything that is a multi-factor platform is handled through Axiad Cloud. It is critical for helping to enforce usage of authentication devices across our organization. One of our requirements to continue some of our contracts is to have multi-factor authentication across all devices accessing the network. It is extremely easy to enroll a user with “One Click Issuance”. I have had very few calls to the service desk regarding enrollment. It takes a couple of minutes to enroll a user with "One Click Issuance". Deploying and managing authenticators is very easy, either done by a mobile application or enrollment of an OTP token. It is very simple. This is important to my userbase, which makes it important to me. Functionality-wise, it is pretty solid.

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reviewer1660836

DevOps Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Gives us everything we need to ensure that our customers have a safe and reliable authentication system

It would be nice to have a export button to file with all tenants/users so that in case of a disaster we will have the option to restore the users from file. For security certifications, we need to make sure we can restore all of our products and data in minimal time. We are backing up the data using the API but it will be better to export everything to an external file so in case of a disaster or mistake from our side, we can have the option to reload all the users and assign them to the relevant tenant as fast as possible

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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

"The life cycle management of credentials is the aspect that we have found to be the most useful... The differentiator that Axiad provided was the ability to provide users a way to self-serve the updating of their credentials on their private keys. That was the feature we were most interested in and Axiad does an excellent job of it."

"The solution has also saved us time by having end-users troubleshoot issues through the MyCircle feature, and has definitely reduced the efforts of our administrators. It is saving us five to 10 minutes per incident."

"Aside from Active Directory, anything that is a multi-factor platform is handled through Axiad Cloud. It is critical for helping to enforce usage of authentication devices across our organization."

"What I have found most valuable is the overall way Axiad listened to our problems and helped us solve them. They provided guidance and expertise, with their experience, that enabled us to be successful in a very challenging space."

"It's very user-friendly. We're issuing YubiKeys for our corporate users and they just plug it in, go to the Axiad Cloud portal, and click the issue button. It's a couple of steps."

"And when it comes to enrolling a user, it's super easy with One Click Issuance... It's so easy now that we can offload the process to our clients who can self-enroll. Previously, we would have to do the enrollment process because it was so complicated."

"The MFA policy via Frontegg allows us to enable/disable/enforce the Multi-Factor Authentication policy of our users and to enhance security and adhere to modern standards."

"The admin portal layer is super useful and saves valuable front-end development time."

"It has Audit Log and many cool features that if we were to develop them by ourselves, it would require a lot of research and development resources. Frontegg gives us everything we need to ensure that our customers have a safe and reliable authentication system in which they can also manage some of the features and roles by themself which gives them more control over their environment."

"We like the SSO, permissions and roles, multiple workspaces, and react login components."

"Every feature is multi-tenant by design, making different customer requests effortless to provide."

"Their developers were always willing to meet even though we are in very different time zones."

Cons

"With their licensing model, it becomes hard to scale. For example, we couldn't roll it out enterprise-wide because if you scale it across more than 100,000 users, the cost becomes too exorbitant."

"I would like a more modern look to the portal."

"We would prefer that the solution be hosted in Canada because we're a Canadian entity. That would be nice to have. It's not a feature, as such, but it would really make us a lot happier if it could be located in Canada."

"There are just some minor tweaks that could be made on the front end. It would be cool to have nicknames for authenticator devices. If you have more than one, it's hard to discern what you have."

"I'm looking forward to seeing how they move to FIDO U2F as their primary authentication method across all of their solutions."

"macOS is notoriously ever-evolving and it's difficult to keep pace with it as it pertains to certain kinds of crypto authentication. That's really not even on Axiad. That's a decision by Apple, but it makes it a moving target."

"We really like the ability to add the same user across tenants. From a UX perspective, the flow can be betterized."

"We're hoping to see more user management-related features, according to Frontegg's roadmap."

"It would be nice to have a backup export with all tenant/users so that in case of a mistake we can have the option to restore the users."

"The PHP SDK is limited. It's not a huge deal as we can just use their web API directly, but it is something to note if you're using PHP.‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎"

"Frontegg is fairly stable, however, we are looking forward to some promised capabilities, such as more tightly integrated Feature Flag support."

"The web interface is missing a way to delete a workspace. I have accidentally created a workspace and was not able to delete it. It's a minor thing that should be supported."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is very competitive for what is offered at the level that we need. They are right there with what the industry standards are. They tend to be a little bit less, in terms of cost, when we are talking about security at government standards. So, I would say that they have a slight advantage on cost compared to the industry average. They are the lower cost solution and the best bargain out on the market today."

"Axiad's pricing was what we were expecting. It was at the right spot. They were competitive."

"It's very cheap on a per-year basis. The cards themselves last about three years and the license is on the order of double-digit dollars per user, and not hundreds of dollars per user, per year."

"Don't just focus on the hardware or software costs of acquiring a solution, but look at it from the perspective that so much of what it takes to run a PKI environment has to do with the people who are running it.... look at the total cost of ownership and not just the cost of acquisition."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

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Small Business

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Overview

Axiad Conductor offers a user-friendly platform for managing multifactor authentication and credential lifecycle, supporting seamless transitions to cloud environments for enhanced security compliance and access control.

Axiad Conductor stands out with intuitive management of multifactor authentication systems, assertive device lifecycle management, and a managed cloud solution that streamlines operations. It promotes user self-service for credential updates, minimizing the need for extensive training. With the capability to handle large networks, it enhances efficiency while meeting contract demands. Addressing user suggestions, plans include interface design updates and Canadian hosting, although macOS's frequent updates pose integration challenges.

What are the principal features of Axiad Conductor?

"One Click Issuance": Simplifies user enrollment through easy interface actions.
Multifactor Authentication: Manages critical authentication processes securely.
PKI Support: Facilitates seamless management in PKI environments.
Credential Self-Service: Empowers users to handle updates independently.
Cloud Management: Reduces operational burdens due to its managed environment.

What should users look for in terms of ROI and benefits?

Efficiency: Streamlined operations boost productivity across large networks.
Flexibility: Adaptability to meet evolving challenges and contract requirements.
User Empowerment: Enables users to manage their credentials autonomously.
Compliance: Supports regulation adherence effortlessly.

In diverse industries, Axiad Conductor is implemented to manage multifactor authentication and PKI elements like smart cards and YubiKeys. Organizations leverage it to ensure compliance, facilitate secure workforce access, and transition PKI systems to the cloud, handling substantial volumes of smart card and machine certificates with ease.

Axiad

Frontegg is a user management platform, designed for the Product-Led Growth (PLG) era. Frontegg provides blazing-fast integration of a powerful user infrastructure, designed to handle modern application use-cases.

Our platform supports app builders by covering all the way from fundamental authentication flows to the most advanced capabilities such as complex organizational structures (multi-tenancy), fine-grained authorization, API-token management, self-service admin portal for end-users, subscription enforcement, single-sign-on (SSO), and much more.

Frontegg’s interfaces are embedded as a UI layer within your app and becomes a customer-facing management interface for your end-users, both on the personal and workspace levels. Frontegg also powers-up your backend through rich SDKs supported in various languages and frameworks.

Pricing: Starts at $249/m

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