How much does Okta cost?

Okta publishes 5 tiers, from $6/user/month for Starter Suite up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.

Does Okta have a free plan?

Yes, Okta is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.

What is the difference between Starter Suite and Core Essentials Suite on Okta?

Core Essentials Suite costs $14/user/month against $6/user/month, and adds adaptive mfa, privileged access, lifecycle management, 50 workflows.

Is the Enterprise plan on Okta worth it?

That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is api access management, access gateway, machine-to-machine tokens. It costs On request against $6/user/month for Starter Suite. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.

Which technology tools can I use without paying?

1 of the 8 technology tools listed alongside Okta have a free tier: Canny.

What am I actually paying for with Okta?

The record lists 28 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for employee sso, customer identity, b2b integration.

Does Okta charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 5 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Okta prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Okta against before paying?

The closest technology tools in this directory are Personetics, Zeta, Finxact, Thought Machine. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Okta covering price, platforms and features.

Technology · pricing

Okta pricing

Okta publishes 5 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.

As of 30 August 2026, Okta pricing is free, then $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500) across 5 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.

Entry price: Free, then $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500)
Model: Not recorded
Tiers: 5
Free tier: Yes

Okta plans, side by side

Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.

Okta pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Starter Suite	$6/user/month	5	Entry tier
Core Essentials Suite	$14/user/month	4	+$8/user/month, 4 more features
Essentials Suite	$17/user/month	2	+$3/user/month, 2 more features
Professional Suite	On request	4	Priced on request
Enterprise	On request	3	Priced on request

What each tier adds

The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.

Starter Suite

$6/user/month

The entry tier. It covers sso, mfa, universal directory, 5 workflows, security basics.

Core Essentials Suite

$14/user/month

Over Starter Suite, this tier adds:

Adaptive MFA
Privileged Access
Lifecycle Management
50 workflows

Essentials Suite

$17/user/month

Over Core Essentials Suite, this tier adds:

Same as Core Essentials
Most popular

Professional Suite

On request

Over Essentials Suite, this tier adds:

Device Access
Identity Security Posture
Threat Protection
Unlimited workflows

Enterprise

On request

Over Professional Suite, this tier adds:

API Access Management
Access Gateway
Machine-to-Machine tokens

What the product covers

The full Okta feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

Other

Single sign-on (SSO)
Multi-factor authentication
Lifecycle management
Universal directory
API access management
B2B integration
Passwordless authentication
Adaptive MFA

Integrations

Microsoft 365
Google Workspace
Salesforce
Box
Slack
Zoom
AWS
ServiceNow

Security

SOC2
ISO27001
FedRAMP
HIPAA

Deployment

Cloud deployment

Platform

Web support
Mobile support
Api support

Localization

English language support
Japanese language support
German language support
French language support

People bring Okta in for employee sso, customer identity, b2b integration, zero trust security, compliance. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Okta are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Technology

Across the 3 technology tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $400/month. Okta starts at $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500), which puts it below the middle of its category.

Okta entry price against other Technology tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Okta (this page)	Free, then $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500)	-	-
Personetics	On request	quote	-	vs Okta
Zeta	On request	quote	-	vs Okta
Finxact	On request	quote	-	vs Okta
Thought Machine	On request	quote	-	vs Okta
Alkami	On request	quote	-	vs Okta
Datadog	$15/month	-	-	vs Okta

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Okta badges page.

Before you pay for Okta

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 5 tiers between $6/user/month and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

Okta runs on web, saas, and is published by Okta Inc of San Francisco, CA. The full record is on the Okta review, and the rest of the category is under best technology tools.

Okta pricing on the vendor's own site

Okta pricing questions

How much does Okta cost?: Okta publishes 5 tiers, from $6/user/month for Starter Suite up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
Does Okta have a free plan?: Yes, Okta is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.
What is the difference between Starter Suite and Core Essentials Suite on Okta?: Core Essentials Suite costs $14/user/month against $6/user/month, and adds adaptive mfa, privileged access, lifecycle management, 50 workflows.
Is the Enterprise plan on Okta worth it?: That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is api access management, access gateway, machine-to-machine tokens. It costs On request against $6/user/month for Starter Suite. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
Is Okta expensive for a technology tool?: It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 3 technology tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $400/month; Okta starts at $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500).
Which technology tools can I use without paying?: 1 of the 8 technology tools listed alongside Okta have a free tier: Canny.
What am I actually paying for with Okta?: The record lists 28 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for employee sso, customer identity, b2b integration.
Does Okta charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 5 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Okta prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Okta against before paying?: The closest technology tools in this directory are Personetics, Zeta, Finxact, Thought Machine. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Okta covering price, platforms and features.