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Alternatives to HID Global
21 cybersecurity tools sit alongside HID Global in this directory. Below is what separates each from HID Global on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- -
- HID Global starts at
- On request
Why people look past HID Global
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the HID Global entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for HID Global carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
HID Global publishes a single plan, HID Access and Identity Products at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The identity platform for builders
- Can be used without paying; HID Global cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500), where HID Global does not.
- 5 tiers to HID Global's 1.
Trusted access for all users, all devices
- Can be used without paying; HID Global cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where HID Global does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 4 tiers to HID Global's 1.
Free TOTP two-factor authentication app that gained optional cloud sync in 2023
- Can be used without paying; HID Global cannot.
- Sold on a Free, no in-app purchases model rather than quote.
Real-time transaction fraud and financial crime detection for banks and payment processors
Priced and rated the same as HID Global on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Workforce and customer authentication from a certificate authority
- Publishes an entry price of $2/month, where HID Global does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to HID Global's 1.
Adaptive behavioural analytics for payment fraud and financial crime
Priced and rated the same as HID Global on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every HID Global alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HID Global (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| OktaIf the requirement is workforce authentication for applications rather than physical doors | Free, then $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500) | - | 5 | vs HID Global |
| Cisco DuoMuch simpler and cheaper for logical multi-factor authentication with no physical access component | Free | Subscription | 4 | vs HID Global |
| Google Authenticator | Free | Free, no in-app purchases | 1 | vs HID Global |
| Feedzai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
| Entrust Identity as a Service | $2/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs HID Global |
| Featurespace ARIC Risk Hub | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
| Dahua Technology | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
| Genetec Security Center | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
| Envysion | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
| IDnow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
| Delinea | On request | Quote | 3 | vs HID Global |
| DTiQ | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
| Hanwha Vision | On request | One-time purchase | 1 | vs HID Global |
| BeyondTrust | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
| Fenergo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
| iDenfy | On request | Per verification | 1 | vs HID Global |
| March Networks | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
| Jumio | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
| Eagle Eye Networks | On request | Per camera per month | 1 | vs HID Global |
| Camio | $4.99/month | Per camera per month | 2 | vs HID Global |
| Beyond Identity | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HID Global |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the HID Global badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (3)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Okta , Free, then $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500)
- Cisco Duo , Free
- Google Authenticator , Free
What you would be giving up
HID Global is most often brought in for an enterprise moving from plastic badges to phone-based credentials without replacing every reader in the estate, a government agency needing card issuance and pki credentials under a national identity programme, a hospital consolidating access control, visitor screening and clinician authentication onto one credential, an organisation retiring cloneable legacy proximity cards after a physical penetration test found them trivially copied. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If HID Global is broadly right and the question is cost, the HID Global pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Cybersecurity category lists everything the directory holds, and best cybersecurity tools ranks them.
HID Global runs on web, windows, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about HID Global alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to HID Global?
- 21 other cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by Okta, Cisco Duo, Google Authenticator, Feedzai. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to HID Global?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Okta, Cisco Duo, Google Authenticator.
- Why do people look for an alternative to HID Global?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from HID Global?
- HID Global is most often brought in for an enterprise moving from plastic badges to phone-based credentials without replacing every reader in the estate, a government agency needing card issuance and pki credentials under a national identity programme, a hospital consolidating access control, visitor screening and clinician authentication onto one credential, an organisation retiring cloneable legacy proximity cards after a physical penetration test found them trivially copied. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to HID Global?
- None of the cybersecurity tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these HID Global alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Cybersecurity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare HID Global against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against HID Global covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every cybersecurity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Cybersecurity category, 21 tools beside HID Global. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.