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Okta vs Silverfort: IAM jobs, prices and limits side by side

Short answer

Okta Identity Threat Protection evaluates session risk and offers Universal Logout; Silverfort responds inline during authentication, including for Active Directory attacks, and lists Okta among the platforms its agent discovery reads. Both cover directory and SSO, privileged access and threat detection. Only Okta covers lifecycle and IGA.

By The Access Desk · Best IAM Tools · Published 2026-10-08

Desk research from public vendor pages read in September 2026, updated 2026-10-11. Editorial profiles, no scores; we did not run the products.

How do they compare job by job?

Coverage as described on each vendor's own pages, read in September 2026 and updated 11 October 2026. Not a score.
Job	Okta	Silverfort
J1Directory and SSO	Documented Universal Directory, SSO and MFA from the Starter suite; 8,000+ pre-built integrations in the Okta Integration Network; FastPass passwordless; Adaptive MFA. Source: Okta pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026 · Source: Okta Integration Network · Read 27 Sep 2026 · Source: Okta FastPass · Read 27 Sep 2026 · Source: Okta Adaptive MFA · Read 27 Sep 2026	Partial Universal MFA for legacy apps, command-line tools and OT with zero agents and zero code changes; Silverfort is not a directory or SSO provider. Source: Silverfort homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026
J2Lifecycle and IGA	Documented Lifecycle Management with HR sources (Workday, BambooHR, SuccessFactors) and SCIM; Okta Identity Governance adds access requests, certifications and entitlement management and requires Okta Workforce Identity. Source: Okta Lifecycle Management · Read 27 Sep 2026 · Source: Okta Identity Governance · Read 27 Sep 2026	Not in our sources No lifecycle management described on the pages reviewed. Source: Silverfort homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026
J3App coverage	Not in our sources Governance of apps outside Okta's integrations is not described on the pages reviewed.	Not in our sources
J4Privileged access	Partial Privileged Access is listed in the Essentials suite on the pricing page; feature detail is not in our sources. Source: Okta pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026	Partial Non-human identity protection for AD and cloud service accounts: a behavioral baseline per account and virtual fences. Its Enterprise package adds Privileged Access Security with just-in-time access. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security · Read 29 Sep 2026 · Source: Silverfort pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
J5Threat detection	Documented Identity Threat Protection evaluates risk during sessions, offers Universal Logout and shares signals with CrowdStrike, Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks and Jamf. Source: Okta Identity Threat Protection · Read 27 Sep 2026	Documented Detects brute force, password spraying, credential stuffing, Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Ticket, Kerberoasting and DCSync, and can block, challenge with MFA or terminate the session inline, before authentication completes. Source: Silverfort: identity threat detection and response · Read 29 Sep 2026

Can you run both in one stack?

They overlap on threat detection, so most stacks would use one of them for that job and the other only for the jobs it adds.

What do they cost and how are they deployed?

Okta

Pricing: Starter $6, Core Essentials $14, Essentials $17 per user per month, billed annually; Professional and Enterprise priced on request; $1,500 annual minimum; 30-day Starter trial. Identity Threat Protection is an add-on from Essentials up and included in Professional. Okta's pricing table marks Identity Governance (OIG) as included from Essentials ($17 per user per month) upward, and Okta's footnote describes OIG as an add-on.
Source: Okta pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026 · Source: Okta Identity Governance · Read 27 Sep 2026
Deployment: Okta cloud service.
Source: Okta pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026
Integrations: 8,000+ pre-built integrations.
Source: Okta Integration Network · Read 27 Sep 2026
Certifications: FastPass page cites FedRAMP High and NIST AAL3 requirements on properly configured devices.
Source: Okta FastPass · Read 27 Sep 2026

Silverfort

Pricing: No list price; Silverfort says pricing is based on the size of the organization. Four packages: Core (ISPM, Universal MFA), Plus (adds NHI Security and AI Agent Security), Advanced (adds Authentication Firewall and ITDR), Enterprise (adds Access Intelligence and Privileged Access Security with just-in-time access). Standard support included; Premier support 10% and Diamond 20% of licence cost.
Source: Silverfort pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
Deployment: Available for on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments; Universal MFA described as needing zero agents.
Source: Silverfort pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026 · Source: Silverfort homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026
Integrations: AI agent discovery through read-only APIs across Entra ID, Okta, AWS, Azure and GCP.
Source: Silverfort: AI agent security · Read 29 Sep 2026
Certifications: Not covered in our sources

What are each one's strengths and limits?

Okta

Strengths

The largest integration catalog in our sources (8,000+).
Source: Okta Integration Network · Read 27 Sep 2026
Published entry prices.
Source: Okta pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026
Directory, lifecycle, governance and threat protection from one vendor.
Source: Okta Lifecycle Management · Read 27 Sep 2026 · Source: Okta Identity Governance · Read 27 Sep 2026 · Source: Okta Identity Threat Protection · Read 27 Sep 2026

Limits

$1,500 annual minimum contract.
Source: Okta pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026
Professional and Enterprise are priced on request, and the footnote describes Identity Governance as an add-on.
Source: Okta pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026
Apps outside the integration catalog are not covered in our sources.
Basis: absence on the pages we read

Silverfort

Strengths

Responds inline, before the authentication completes.
Source: Silverfort: identity threat detection and response · Read 29 Sep 2026
MFA on legacy, command-line and OT systems.
Source: Silverfort homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026
Service account baselines and virtual fences.
Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security · Read 29 Sep 2026

Limits

No lifecycle or governance features described.
Source: Silverfort homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026
No list price, and ITDR comes in the Advanced package and above.
Source: Silverfort pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026

Which should you look at first?

Okta

Look at Okta first if you need: lifecycle and IGA.

Okta's pages highlight: The largest integration catalog in our sources (8,000+).

Source: Okta Integration Network · Read 27 Sep 2026

Silverfort

Look at Silverfort first if you need: the jobs both cover.

Silverfort's pages highlight: Responds inline, before the authentication completes.

Source: Silverfort: identity threat detection and response · Read 29 Sep 2026

Frequently asked questions

Do Okta and Silverfort publish prices?

Okta: Starter $6, Core Essentials $14, Essentials $17 per user per month, billed annually; Professional and Enterprise priced on request; $1,500 annual minimum; 30-day Starter trial. Identity Threat Protection is an add-on from Essentials up and included in Professional. Okta's pricing table marks Identity Governance (OIG) as included from Essentials ($17 per user per month) upward, and Okta's footnote describes OIG as an add-on. Silverfort: No list price; Silverfort says pricing is based on the size of the organization. Four packages: Core (ISPM, Universal MFA), Plus (adds NHI Security and AI Agent Security), Advanced (adds Authentication Firewall and ITDR), Enterprise (adds Access Intelligence and Privileged Access Security with just-in-time access). Standard support included; Premier support 10% and Diamond 20% of licence cost.

Do Okta and Silverfort overlap?

They overlap on threat detection, so most stacks would use one of them for that job and the other only for the jobs it adds.

How can I compare more than two IAM tools?

Use the side-by-side tool, which shows up to five vendors' job coverage, prices and limits in one table.