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Product	Okta Customer Identity Cloud by Okta View product	Descope by Descope View product
Overview
What it is	Okta Customer Identity Cloud by Okta: Auth0 Actions. Ideal for customer identity. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Identity Security alternatives.	Descope covers visual drag-and-drop auth flows, passkeys and WebAuthn passwordless auth and enterprise SSO for enterprise B2B SSO federation. Compare top CIAM tools.
Product type	Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM)	Developer-Friendly Drag-and-Drop CIAM & Authentication Engine
Best for	Cross-industry, Retail, Consumer Apps, SaaS Platforms, FinTech	Technology, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS; Elastic cloud-native SaaS platform (Auth0)	Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS
Data residency	Global; US; EU; APAC; Australia	United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Universal login Social authentication Enterprise federation Auth0 Actions Bot detection Breached password guard Customer identity (CIAM) Social auth	Visual drag-and-drop auth flows Passkeys and WebAuthn passwordless auth Enterprise SSO (SAML/OIDC) Adaptive risk-based authentication Developer SDKs Customer identity and access management Passkeys passwordless deployment Enterprise B2B SSO federation
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: no
Supported platforms	Web AppsMobile AppsConsumer Portals	Web ApplicationsNative Mobile AppsSingle Page AppsAPI Backends
Compliance	SOC 2ISO 27001HIPAAGDPRPCI DSS	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAFIDO Alliance Member
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	ReactiOSAndroidNode.jsPythonSalesforceGoogleApple	ReactNext.jsAngulariOSAndroidNode.jsPythonOkta+1 more
Industries	Cross-industryRetailConsumer AppsSaaS PlatformsFinTech	TechnologyE-CommerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaSRetail
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Okta	Descope
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Los Altos, California, USA
Company size	6,000+	201-500
Founded	2009	2022

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

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Overview

What it is

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Okta Customer Identity Cloud by Okta: Auth0 Actions. Ideal for customer identity. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Identity Security alternatives.

Descope

Descope covers visual drag-and-drop auth flows, passkeys and WebAuthn passwordless auth and enterprise SSO for enterprise B2B SSO federation. Compare top CIAM tools.

Product type

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM)

Descope

Developer-Friendly Drag-and-Drop CIAM & Authentication Engine

Best for

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Cross-industry, Retail, Consumer Apps, SaaS Platforms, FinTech

Descope

Technology, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Contact Vendor

Descope

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Descope

Deployment

Deployment options

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

SaaSCloud

Descope

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Cloud SaaS; Elastic cloud-native SaaS platform (Auth0)

Descope

Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS

Data residency

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Global; US; EU; APAC; Australia

Descope

United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Universal login
Social authentication
Enterprise federation
Auth0 Actions
Bot detection
Breached password guard
Customer identity (CIAM)
Social auth

Descope

Visual drag-and-drop auth flows
Passkeys and WebAuthn passwordless auth
Enterprise SSO (SAML/OIDC)
Adaptive risk-based authentication
Developer SDKs
Customer identity and access management
Passkeys passwordless deployment
Enterprise B2B SSO federation

Platform & access

API access

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Descope

Single sign-on (SSO)

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Descope

Role-based access (RBAC)

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Descope

Multi-tenant

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Descope

Mobile app

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Descope

Supported platforms

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Web AppsMobile AppsConsumer Portals

Descope

Web ApplicationsNative Mobile AppsSingle Page AppsAPI Backends

Compliance

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

SOC 2ISO 27001HIPAAGDPRPCI DSS

Descope

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAFIDO Alliance Member

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

ReactiOSAndroidNode.jsPythonSalesforceGoogleApple

Descope

ReactNext.jsAngulariOSAndroidNode.jsPythonOkta+1 more

Industries

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Cross-industryRetailConsumer AppsSaaS PlatformsFinTech

Descope

TechnologyE-CommerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaSRetail

Regions

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Global

Descope

Global

Vendor

Company

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Okta

Descope

Headquarters

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

San Francisco, California, USA

Descope

Los Altos, California, USA

Company size

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

6,000+

Descope

201-500

Founded

Okta Customer Identity Cloud

2009

Descope

2022