Beyond Identity

Phishing-resistant passwordless authentication with device trust enforced at every login

As of 1 September 2026, Beyond Identity's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Authentication that removes shared secrets entirely, using device-bound asymmetric keys plus continuous device posture checks. Softwr lists it under Cybersecurity. Beyond Identity is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS.

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Overview

What Beyond Identity does

Beyond Identity provides passwordless, phishing-resistant authentication using private keys stored in the hardware secure enclave of the user device. There is no password, no one-time code and no push notification, which removes the credential categories that phishing and MFA fatigue attacks depend on. At each authentication it also evaluates device posture, checking things like disk encryption, firewall state, operating system patch level and endpoint detection agent presence, and denies access when the device falls out of policy. The commercially distinguishing point is the combination. Plenty of vendors sell passkeys and plenty sell device posture; enforcing posture at the authentication event means an out-of-compliance laptop cannot get a session at all, rather than being flagged in a report someone reads next week. That is what appeals to organisations whose incidents came through contractor or bring-your-own devices. Buyers are security teams at technology companies, financial services and organisations recovering from a credential-based breach. The trade-off is architectural: Beyond Identity is an authenticator, not a full identity provider, so it typically federates with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID or Ping. You keep paying for the identity provider and add this on top, and the combined per-user cost is what should go into the comparison.

What people use it for

An organisation that suffered a breach through MFA push fatigue and needs a factor that cannot be socially engineered
A software company enforcing that code is only signed from a managed device with current patches
A firm with contractors on unmanaged laptops that must meet posture requirements before reaching internal systems
A security team wanting to remove passwords from the helpdesk workload rather than adding another factor on top

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Beyond Identity.

It is an authentication layer, not an identity provider, so you keep and keep paying for Okta or Entra ID underneath and the combined per-user cost is roughly double a single-vendor approach.
Every device that authenticates needs the platform authenticator installed, which makes onboarding contractors, third parties and shared kiosks awkward and sometimes impossible.
Pricing is quoted per user with no published rates, so buyers cannot benchmark it against the increasingly capable passkey support now included in identity provider base licences.
Losing all enrolled devices requires an administrative recovery path, and organisations that design that path poorly reintroduce a social-engineering target at the helpdesk.
Legacy applications that only speak passwords or older protocols need a federation shim or stay outside the policy, so coverage is rarely complete in an estate with old systems.

Cross-shopped

What people choose instead of Beyond Identity

Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.

Beyond Identityvs
Okta
Okta: If you want a single vendor for identity and are content with its native phishing-resistant options
Beyond Identityvs
Cisco Duo
Cisco Duo: Cheaper and simpler where the goal is broad multi-factor coverage rather than eliminating passwords entirely
Beyond Identityvs
1Password
1Password: If the practical problem is credential hygiene across many applications rather than workforce authentication policy

Pricing

What Beyond Identity costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Secure Access Platform

On request

Per-user annual subscription quoted by seat count
Deployed alongside an existing identity provider rather than replacing it
Device posture integrations with major EDR and MDM vendors included
SOC 2 Type II attested

Capabilities

Features

Device-bound credentials
Private keys generated in and never leaving the hardware secure enclave
Continuous device posture
Encryption, patch level, firewall and EDR checks evaluated at every authentication
No shared secrets
No passwords, one-time codes or push notifications, removing the phishable factors
Identity provider integration
Federates with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Ping and Google Workspace as the authentication step
Secure developer signing
Enforces that only verified developers on compliant devices can sign and push code
Administrator policy engine
Conditional rules combining user, device, application and risk signals

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.

Does it replace Okta or Entra ID?

No. It sits in front of them as the authentication method. Budget for both.

What happens when a user loses their laptop?

They authenticate from another enrolled device, or go through an administrative recovery flow. Designing that recovery well matters, because it is the weakest point.

Is it different from passkeys?

The credential mechanism is similar in spirit. The difference is enforcing device security posture at every authentication, which standard passkeys do not do.

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