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Product	ForgeRock Identity Cloud by Ping Identity View product	Microsoft Entra ID by Microsoft View product
Overview
What it is	ForgeRock Identity Cloud is a cloud-native full-suite enterprise identity platform for Access Management and Customer Identity. See features and IAM alternatives.	Shortlisting Identity Security tools? Microsoft Entra ID by Microsoft brings SSO and MFA, with cloud or hybrid deployment. See strengths and alternatives.
Product type	Cloud-Native Full-Suite Enterprise Identity Platform	Identity and Access Management Platform
Best for	Global Enterprises, FinTech, Retail, Healthcare, Media	Cross-industry
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	CloudHybrid
Deployment details	Cloud-Native SaaS; Multi-Tenant Platform; Cloud-native SaaS; Tenant-isolated architecture	Cloud; Hybrid; Cloud; Hybrid integration
Data residency	Dedicated Tenant Cloud Regions (US, EU, APAC)	Tenant/service region dependent
Key features
What it offers	Full-suite cloud IAM & CIAM Visual journey orchestration Passwordless authentication Automated user lifecycle Tenant isolation IAM Access Management CIAM	SSO MFA Conditional Access Identity protection Application access Passwordless authentication IAM Zero Trust
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: yes	Mobile app: yes
Supported platforms	Web ApplicationsMobile SDKs (iOS/Android)REST APIsCloud	WebWindowsmobileapplication APIs
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPRFedRAMPPCI-DSS	Broad Microsoft compliance portfolio
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Active DirectorySalesforceWorkdayServiceNowPing Identity	Microsoft 365AzureMicrosoft DefenderMicrosoft Intunethousands of SaaS applications
Industries	Global EnterprisesFinTechRetailHealthcareMedia	Cross-industry
Regions	GlobalUSEUAPAC	Global
Vendor
Company	Ping Identity	Microsoft
Headquarters	Denver, Colorado, USA	Redmond, Washington, USA
Company size	1,500+	200,000+
Founded	2002	1975

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

by Ping Identity

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Microsoft Entra ID

by Microsoft

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Overview

What it is

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

ForgeRock Identity Cloud is a cloud-native full-suite enterprise identity platform for Access Management and Customer Identity. See features and IAM alternatives.

Microsoft Entra ID

Shortlisting Identity Security tools? Microsoft Entra ID by Microsoft brings SSO and MFA, with cloud or hybrid deployment. See strengths and alternatives.

Product type

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Cloud-Native Full-Suite Enterprise Identity Platform

Microsoft Entra ID

Identity and Access Management Platform

Best for

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Global Enterprises, FinTech, Retail, Healthcare, Media

Microsoft Entra ID

Cross-industry

Pricing

Pricing model

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Contact Vendor

Microsoft Entra ID

Contact Vendor

Free trial

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Microsoft Entra ID

Deployment

Deployment options

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

SaaSCloud

Microsoft Entra ID

CloudHybrid

Deployment details

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Cloud-Native SaaS; Multi-Tenant Platform; Cloud-native SaaS; Tenant-isolated architecture

Microsoft Entra ID

Cloud; Hybrid; Cloud; Hybrid integration

Data residency

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Dedicated Tenant Cloud Regions (US, EU, APAC)

Microsoft Entra ID

Tenant/service region dependent

Key features

What it offers

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Full-suite cloud IAM & CIAM
Visual journey orchestration
Passwordless authentication
Automated user lifecycle
Tenant isolation
IAM
Access Management
CIAM

Microsoft Entra ID

SSO
MFA
Conditional Access
Identity protection
Application access
Passwordless authentication
IAM
Zero Trust

Platform & access

API access

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Microsoft Entra ID

Single sign-on (SSO)

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Microsoft Entra ID

Role-based access (RBAC)

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Microsoft Entra ID

Multi-tenant

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Microsoft Entra ID

Mobile app

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Microsoft Entra ID

Supported platforms

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Web ApplicationsMobile SDKs (iOS/Android)REST APIsCloud

Microsoft Entra ID

WebWindowsmobileapplication APIs

Compliance

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPRFedRAMPPCI-DSS

Microsoft Entra ID

Broad Microsoft compliance portfolio

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Active DirectorySalesforceWorkdayServiceNowPing Identity

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft 365AzureMicrosoft DefenderMicrosoft Intunethousands of SaaS applications

Industries

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Global EnterprisesFinTechRetailHealthcareMedia

Microsoft Entra ID

Cross-industry

Regions

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

GlobalUSEUAPAC

Microsoft Entra ID

Global

Vendor

Company

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Ping Identity

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft

Headquarters

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

Denver, Colorado, USA

Microsoft Entra ID

Redmond, Washington, USA

Company size

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

1,500+

Microsoft Entra ID

200,000+

Founded

ForgeRock Identity Cloud

2002

Microsoft Entra ID

1975