Google Cloud Identity vs Okta Workforce Identity vs Oracle Identity Cloud Service comparison

Google and Okta are both solutions in the Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) category. Google is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.9, while Okta is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.3. Google holds a 10.0% mindshare in IAMS, compared to Okta’s 11.0% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Okta users who would recommend it.

Google Cloud Identity

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91% willing to recommend

Okta Workforce Identity

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94% willing to recommend

Oracle Identity Cloud Service

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Identity, Okta Workforce Identity, and Oracle Identity Cloud Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Cloud Identity is 10.0%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Okta Workforce Identity is 11.0%, down from 15.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Identity Cloud Service is 0.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Okta Workforce Identity	11.0%
Google Cloud Identity	10.0%
Oracle Identity Cloud Service	0.8%
Other	78.2%

Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS)

Featured Reviews

Joel Prodigalidad

Central and Enduser Computing Manager at Infopro Business Solutions, Inc.

User-friendly solution simplifies modern application integration and streamlines data investigation

We do not use these capabilities of Google Cloud Identity because of the limitations for Active Directory integration. Google Cloud Identity could have impacted our organization positively, but if it weren't for the Active Directory integration requirement, we could have been using the Google Identity solution. Google Cloud Identity can be improved by having better integration with Active Directory, but since Active Directory is also a Microsoft solution, we don't think it will happen; that's the only disadvantage of Google. The Active Directory integration that Entra has is a better implementation compared to Google, which we found lacking.

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SumitMundik

Lead Admin Systems at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Authentication process improves security with quick and intuitive user interface

The best feature is the speed and execution of Okta Workforce Identity. The moment you click on single sign-on, you immediately get the notification on your mobile phone, then you do the authentication and within a second you get authenticated. The entire customer experience is very good. The user interface is pretty simple, straightforward, and really good. Multi-factor authentication in Okta Workforce Identity is very useful so people who do not have access or are trying to access using just a user ID and password will be completely blocked because of this two-factor authentication. You will get the code, and as your device is authorized in the system, only that device can be used for the authentication purpose. A third person trying to access or hack your data will not be able to do that anymore. Additionally, you don't have to remember your passwords going forward. Previously, every 60 days or 90 days, passwords kept changing. With the two-factor authentication or single sign-on option in Okta Workforce Identity, you don't have to remember it anymore or write down passwords in plain text. If something goes wrong, we have the IAM team which can unlock your account immediately if you have issues.

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Amimesh Anand

Senior Architect at Cognizant

Offers single sign-on capabilities to users

Suppose you are totally dependent and have requirements where you have a cloud application or several applications for integration with the cloud. In that case, I will suggest the use of Oracle Identity Cloud Service. Oracle Identity Cloud Service has much scope for customization. If you have a high customization level, then I would suggest IAM. The tool's multifactor authentication capabilities are easy to implement. If a client has a banking system, they need a strong authentication service, and only a password is not required; the user has to authenticate via fingerprint, face recognition, or go for or any RSA token. Double authentication is required where the banking department has access to very critical applications, or else they cannot go ahead and give the password. It is very difficult to hack once you have MFA in place. You have to either give the print fingerprint or any RSA token, making it not so easy to hack the system. We suggest MFA to clients who have the most critical application with them. I recommend the tool for every client we have, but it depends on how they want to have it because some customers don't want to go for the cloud application, and they might be thinking about changing the cloud vendors. Suppose a company has some costs in mind, and if they have a large number of employees, like 50,000 or 1,00,000 users, then it will be costlier for them than having an on-prem tool, like IAM. If a customer has 5,000, 10,000, or 20,00 employees, Oracle Identity Cloud Service can be a cheaper tool than the IAM product. I will suggest Oracle Identity Cloud Service only for smaller organizations. The tool does not have any AI capabilities. I would recommend the tool to everyone. I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

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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

"I used it as an administrator without implementing it myself. As for valuable aspects or benefits, the significant point is that it's a straightforward, single solution that just works."

"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"Google Cloud Identity uses what they call organizational units (OUs) instead of the security groups you'd find in Microsoft's Entra."

"The solution is moderate to difficult to use. I found the approach was practical. Following the steps made it very easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is that you can manage users from one central location."

"Cloud Identity is scalable enough for our needs. It's serving more than 3,000 users in our organization."

"Although we have not looked at the whole product and explored it completely, we find that all the authentication features that we are using now are valuable."

"The most valuable feature is the performance."

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"I am able to authenticate my users on cloud and SaaS applications such as Workday through Okta workflows."

"The feature that is most valuable to me is the automated user provisioning that we set up using Okta as a major part of that process."

"We find the solution to be stable."

"The solution can scale very well."

"Its simplicity and its integration with various vendor-agnostic platforms are the most valuable features."

"The MFA part is the best. MFA provided most of the security that we were looking at with respect to the second level of authentication. Okta Workforce Identity provides a number of options with respect to multifactor authentication, such as the app, phone call, and text. These options provide different ways of logging in for users, and they were a lot more than what we needed. This is certainly a very good feature of Okta Workforce Identity."

"The tool provides a single place of contact for managing users. We only need to manage users in Okta Workforce Identity, eliminating the need to duplicate efforts across different systems. For example, if a user needs to be decommissioned, we don't have to go through all the systems and cloud services; we delete the user in one place. This process is automated with our HR system for both organizations, simplifying user lifecycle management."

"Okta controls all the users. It has context-based access from the user and type of device. It identifies the risk and can do a step of authentication when that user is trying to access some sensitive application from an unknown device."

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"The most valuable features are the high stability and good performance."

"The APIs are well documented, which has allowed us to access the IDCS security applications in our custom APIs."

"Identity Cloud has simplified our migrations. Since we're primarily working with native Oracle solutions, we can adopt many features of Oracle Identity Cloud Management."

"The tool's most valuable feature is its single sign-on capabilities."

"Federation and Identity let us create users and send federation tools, giving the authentication and authorization to users. With the on-premise solution, I can do the installation, configuration, and integration of Identity Access Management. This gives us direct access. The integration with the single solution E-business suite is also very valuable."

"The most valuable feature is identity management."

"Onboarding of new employees, consultants, and partners has rapidly increased. We reduced the time to onboard them and the ease of onboarding has been improved. Therefore, we recognize there has been efficiency which has been brought into our organization."

"The most valuable feature is the reduced maintenance burden for the client."

Cons

"Google Cloud Identity can be improved by having better integration with Active Directory, but since Active Directory is also a Microsoft solution, we don't think it will happen; that's the only disadvantage of Google."

"Mobile device management could be improved. Through Google Cloud Identity, we can manage Android applications and have control over iOS devices, but container functionality is missing."

"The customer service and support team is not so good."

"Technical support is slow."

"We cannot manage the attributes of SSPR."

"Google Cloud Identity the UI could improve."

"Google Cloud Identity should improve its compatibility with other products without any impact, such as Jamf Cloud."

"The solution needs to better integrate with Mac's OS."

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"We still had to write several internal programs/scripts to complete the user-provisioning process. Okta does not have the ability to provision mailbox accounts for on-premise Exchange or in a hybrid O365 environment. The Group Push function from Okta to AD did not work reliably in our environment."

"We had an issue with the Okta Workforce Identity dashboard once in 2023 when we had an outage, but it recovered in a few minutes."

"A room for improvement in Okta Workforce Identity is its price. It could be cheaper. The biggest benefit of the solution is that everything works securely without extra steps, so you're saving on your workforce's time and effort because your applications work smoothly and securely, but you'd need to pay some amount of money for that. Another area that could be improved, though not necessarily regarding Okta Workforce Identity, is the SSO applications because so many of the source applications charge extra money to put the SSO to work, which means you have to buy a more expensive license. Nowadays, SSO is a mainstream functionality and it should be out-of-the-box in those applications because it's so easy to set up."

"Okta Workforce Identity can improve by having more features in governance."

"It's not compatible with on-premises installations, unless you host it as a SaaS. We were not able to do that. For example, imagine a scenario where the cloud is not available. Then, Okta will not work for you. That use case will readily fail because it doesn't have an on-premises installation that you can use to authenticate or provide identity and access management. If you have a purely on-premises solution that is not connected to the internet, then this will not work. This is one area that can be improved."

"The pricing could be improved."

"The solution can be quite expensive."

"The error logging could be improved. Okta doesn't provide enough details when you are troubleshooting an issue. It's often difficult to fix it from our end, so we always need additional support from Okta."

More Okta Workforce Identity cons

"We still see a lot of bugs in any of the versions that Oracle comes out with. So, there are a lot of bugs that need to be fixed."

"The cost of this solution should be reduced."

"Self Service features are still limited in IDCS, and there is a need for more customization of the self-service screens."

"The tool doesn't have many out-of-the-box connectors for the target integration."

"The protocol could be easier to use."

"The initial setup was a little complex. At that time, the method of integration was a bit complicated due to the scripts that we were required to write for the integration."

"Oracle needs to improve the GUI and many other aspects of the cloud console. It isn't as slick as Azure, Google, or IWS cloud. The documentation could be better, too."

"The IDs that are not used for a particular number of days should be disabled automatically."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is not expensive."

"The product is billed on a monthly basis depending on the number of users."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"When I worked on Cloud Identity, they offered a free or enterprise version. You can synchronize and create up to 100 user identities in the free version. After that, you have to purchase a business or enterprise license. In that model, you'll be charged based on the number of users."

"Licensing fees are on a yearly basis."

"The fees are paid monthly and there are no additional costs other than the licensing fees."

"I rate the product price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

"The pricing is a bit expensive."

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"The product is expensive compared to other vendors."

"The solution's pricing model could be better for SMBs."

"The cost per user for this solution is really high and could be reduced."

"The price of Okta Workforce Identity is competitively priced. We pay annually for the use of the solution."

"The solution is not the cheapest but not the most expensive. They are in the middle rating."

"License is around US$20,000 annually."

"Workforce Identity is well-priced."

"Price-wise, Okta Workforce Identity is a cheap solution. The overall cost depends on the license since you can negotiate with Okta or any of Okta's partners only if you opt for many licenses."

More Okta Workforce Identity pricing and cost advice

"Our licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

"The tool's implementation costs totally depend on the number of users. The cost depends on how many users are going to use it, so a per-user cost model is needed for the tool."

"The foundation tier that is offered with other cloud services subscriptions is fairly extensive and supports the use of identities, groups, and privileges in those cloud services."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

No data available

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	30
Midsize Enterprise	16
Large Enterprise	32

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

How does Google Cloud Identity compare with Microsoft Intune?

Microsoft Intune offers not only an easy-to-deploy data protection and productivity management solution, but also ...

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What do you like most about Google Cloud Identity?

The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Identity is its stability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Identity?

It's crucial to monitor costs carefully, as there can be unexpected charges. I have been charged even when there was ...

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What do you like most about Okta Workforce Identity?

Okta has introduced the Universal Directory. It has custom attribute capability and user permissions to read/write on...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Okta Workforce Identity?

Pricing for Okta is reasonably not that much, however, I don't have access to the commercial aspect.

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What needs improvement with Okta Workforce Identity?

Currently, in Okta Workforce Identity we get the two-digit authentication code. Instead of getting the two-digit auth...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Identity Cloud Service?

The tool's implementation costs totally depend on the number of users. The cost depends on how many users are going t...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Identity Cloud Service?

The tool doesn't have many out-of-the-box connectors for the target integration. The connectors are very small and do...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Identity Cloud Service?

I use the solution in my company as it is the same version of the tools' IAM product but on the cloud. If we look at ...

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Comparisons

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Compared 63% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud vs Google Cloud Identity

Compared 3% of the time

Microsoft Entra External ID vs Google Cloud Identity

Compared 2% of the time

SOTI MobiControl vs Google Cloud Identity

Compared 2% of the time

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Microsoft Entra ID vs Okta Workforce Identity

Compared 20% of the time

SailPoint Identity Security Cloud vs Okta Workforce Identity

Compared 13% of the time

Saviynt vs Okta Workforce Identity

Compared 7% of the time

Auth0 vs Okta Workforce Identity

Compared 2% of the time

IBM Security Verify Access vs Okta Workforce Identity

Compared 2% of the time

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SailPoint Identity Security Cloud vs Oracle Identity Cloud Service

Compared 38% of the time

Microsoft Entra ID vs Oracle Identity Cloud Service

Compared 35% of the time

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Also Known As

Cloud Identity, Cloud Identity Premium

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Overview

Cloud Identity is an Identity as a Service (IDaaS) and enterprise mobility management (EMM) product. It offers the identity services and endpoint administration that are available in G Suite as a stand-alone product. As an administrator, you can use Cloud Identity to manage your users, apps, and devices from a central location - the Google Admin console.

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Okta Workforce Identity is a comprehensive identity and access management (IAM) solution designed to enhance security and streamline user experiences for businesses of all sizes. As a cloud-based platform, it offers a suite of tools that simplify user authentication, authorization, and management across a variety of applications and services.

Core Features

Single Sign-On (SSO): Enables users to access multiple applications with a single set of credentials, enhancing convenience and reducing password fatigue.
Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Provides robust security by requiring additional verification factors, which can adapt based on the user's location, device, and behavior.
Lifecycle Management: Automates user account creation, updating, and deactivation, ensuring access rights are current and compliant with company policies.
Universal Directory: A centralized directory service that supports user and group management across various applications, simplifying administrative tasks.
API Access Management: Safeguards APIs by implementing policies that control how and when they can be accessed, which is crucial for protecting sensitive data.

PeerSpot users often praise Okta Workforce Identity for its ease of use and robust security features. IT professionals appreciate the streamlined integration with numerous applications and the flexibility in configuring access policies. Business executives value the enhanced security posture and the ability to enforce compliance across their digital assets.

For IT professionals, Okta Workforce Identity offers a scalable and efficient solution to manage user identities and access rights. The ability to automate routine tasks like user provisioning and deactivation significantly reduces administrative overhead, allowing IT teams to focus on more strategic initiatives. Furthermore, the platform's comprehensive reporting capabilities aid in monitoring and auditing access, which is critical for maintaining security and compliance.

Business executives will find that Okta Workforce Identity aligns with broader organizational goals of operational efficiency and risk management. Its intuitive user experience minimizes disruptions to workforce productivity, while advanced security features like adaptive MFA help mitigate the risk of data breaches. The platform's cloud-based nature ensures scalability and agility, enabling businesses to adapt quickly to changing market conditions and workforce dynamics.

Okta Workforce Identity stands out as a versatile and secure IAM solution, adept at meeting the complex needs of modern enterprises. Its combination of user-friendly features and robust security measures makes it a top choice for organizations aiming to streamline their identity management processes while bolstering their cybersecurity defenses.

Okta

Oracle Identity Cloud Service enables organizations to automate security, compliance, and IDM activities regardless of where they are on their journey to the cloud.

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Sample Customers

ExtraHop Networks, HealthChannels

FedEx, Zoom, Takeda, Lululemon Athletica, GrunHub, jetBlue, McKensson, Bain & Company, Engie, Peloton, Sonos, T-Mobile, Hewlett Packard, MGM Resorts, Ally Financial, Priceline, Albertsons, Itercom, Classy, FICO, Kensho, Live Nation, Drata, Rotary, and others.

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