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Alternatives to Ping Identity
23 cybersecurity tools sit alongside Ping Identity in this directory. Below is what separates each from Ping Identity on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 4
- Cheaper to start
- 2
- Ping Identity starts at
- $3/month
Why people look past Ping Identity
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Ping Identity entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Ping Identity carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 4 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Ping Identity publishes 4 tiers, from $3/month up to $50000/year. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Ping Identity pricing page breaks each one down.
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; Ping Identity cannot.
- Starts $3 a user/month (annual minimum $1,500) dearer, at $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500).
- 5 tiers to Ping Identity's 4.
Open-source identity and access management server.
- Can be used without paying; Ping Identity cannot.
- Starts $3 a one-time cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a open-source model rather than Per user per month.
- 1 tier to Ping Identity's 4.
Secure access for everyone
- Can be used without paying; Ping Identity cannot.
- Starts $32 a month dearer, at $35/month.
- 3 tiers to Ping Identity's 4.
Free TOTP two-factor authentication app that gained optional cloud sync in 2023
- Can be used without paying; Ping Identity cannot.
- Sold on a Free, no in-app purchases model rather than Per user per month.
- 1 tier to Ping Identity's 4.
Real-time transaction fraud and financial crime detection for banks and payment processors
- Sold on a quote model rather than Per user per month.
- 1 tier to Ping Identity's 4.
Workforce and customer authentication from a certificate authority
- Starts $1 a month cheaper, at $2/month.
- 2 tiers to Ping Identity's 4.
Every Ping Identity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ping Identity (this page) | $3/month | Per user per month | 4 | |
| OktaOkta for a comparable enterprise platform without a 5,000 user floor | Free, then $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500) | - | 5 | vs Ping Identity |
| KeycloakKeycloak if you have the engineering capacity to run open source identity and want no licence cost | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Auth0Auth0 for customer identity at a scale where a 35,000 USD annual entry price is not justifiable | Free, then $35/month | - | 3 | vs Ping Identity |
| Google Authenticator | Free | Free, no in-app purchases | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Feedzai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Entrust Identity as a Service | $2/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Ping Identity |
| Featurespace ARIC Risk Hub | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Dahua Technology | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Genetec Security Center | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Envysion | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| IDnow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Delinea | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Ping Identity |
| DTiQ | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Hanwha Vision | On request | One-time purchase | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| BeyondTrust | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| HID Global | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Fenergo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| iDenfy | On request | Per verification | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| March Networks | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Jumio | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Eagle Eye Networks | On request | Per camera per month | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
| Camio | $4.99/month | Per camera per month | 2 | vs Ping Identity |
| Beyond Identity | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Ping Identity |
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 Ping Identity badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (4)
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)
- Keycloak , Free
- Auth0 , Free, then $35/month
- Google Authenticator , Free
Cheaper than Ping Identity (2)
Entry price under Ping Identity's $3/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Keycloak , Free
- Entrust Identity as a Service , $2/month
What you would be giving up
Ping Identity is most often brought in for a bank that must keep identity data on premises in one country while running saas identity elsewhere, an airline or telco with tens of millions of customer identities needing a directory that holds that scale, an enterprise assembling authentication journeys that call several external verification and risk vendors, an existing forgerock customer deciding what its upgrade path looks like under ping ownership. 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 Ping Identity is broadly right and the question is cost, the Ping Identity 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.
Ping Identity runs on web, linux, windows. 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 Ping Identity alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Ping Identity?
- 23 other cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by Okta, Keycloak, Auth0, Google Authenticator. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Ping Identity?
- 4 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Okta, Keycloak, Auth0, Google Authenticator.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Ping Identity?
- Yes. 2 of the alternatives below start under Ping Identity's $3/month: Keycloak at Free, Entrust Identity as a Service at $2/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Ping Identity?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Ping Identity?
- Ping Identity is most often brought in for a bank that must keep identity data on premises in one country while running saas identity elsewhere, an airline or telco with tens of millions of customer identities needing a directory that holds that scale, an enterprise assembling authentication journeys that call several external verification and risk vendors, an existing forgerock customer deciding what its upgrade path looks like under ping ownership. 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 Ping Identity?
- Keycloak is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Ping Identity 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 Ping Identity against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Ping Identity 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, 23 tools beside Ping Identity. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.