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Product	Okta Single Sign-On by Okta View product	Descope by Descope View product
Overview
What it is	Okta Single Sign-On offers pre-integrated catalog of 7,000+ apps, SAML/OIDC SSO and unified user launchpad. Use it for enterprise single sign-on. See SSO 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	Enterprise Cloud Single Sign-On	Developer-Friendly Drag-and-Drop CIAM & Authentication Engine
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Mid-Market, Education	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; Cloud-native SaaS service	Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS
Data residency	Global; US; EU; APAC; Australia	United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Pre-integrated catalog of 7,000+ apps SAML/OIDC SSO Unified user launchpad Automated session timeouts Enterprise single sign-on Centralized app catalog Session management	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	7,000+ Cloud & On-Premises Applications	Web ApplicationsNative Mobile AppsSingle Page AppsAPI Backends
Compliance	SOC 2ISO 27001FedRAMPHIPAA	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAFIDO Alliance Member
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Okta Integration NetworkActive DirectoryLDAPWorkday	ReactNext.jsAngulariOSAndroidNode.jsPythonOkta+1 more
Industries	Cross-industryEnterpriseMid-MarketEducation	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 Single Sign-On

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Overview

What it is

Okta Single Sign-On

Okta Single Sign-On offers pre-integrated catalog of 7,000+ apps, SAML/OIDC SSO and unified user launchpad. Use it for enterprise single sign-on. See SSO 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 Single Sign-On

Enterprise Cloud Single Sign-On

Descope

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

Best for

Okta Single Sign-On

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Mid-Market, Education

Descope

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Okta Single Sign-On

Contact Vendor

Descope

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Okta Single Sign-On

Descope

Deployment

Deployment options

Okta Single Sign-On

SaaSCloud

Descope

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Okta Single Sign-On

Cloud SaaS; Cloud-native SaaS service

Descope

Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS

Data residency

Okta Single Sign-On

Global; US; EU; APAC; Australia

Descope

United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

Okta Single Sign-On

Pre-integrated catalog of 7,000+ apps
SAML/OIDC SSO
Unified user launchpad
Automated session timeouts
Enterprise single sign-on
Centralized app catalog
Session management

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 Single Sign-On

Descope

Single sign-on (SSO)

Okta Single Sign-On

Descope

Role-based access (RBAC)

Okta Single Sign-On

Descope

Multi-tenant

Okta Single Sign-On

Descope

Mobile app

Okta Single Sign-On

Descope

Supported platforms

Okta Single Sign-On

7,000+ Cloud & On-Premises Applications

Descope

Web ApplicationsNative Mobile AppsSingle Page AppsAPI Backends

Compliance

Okta Single Sign-On

SOC 2ISO 27001FedRAMPHIPAA

Descope

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAFIDO Alliance Member

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Okta Single Sign-On

Okta Integration NetworkActive DirectoryLDAPWorkday

Descope

ReactNext.jsAngulariOSAndroidNode.jsPythonOkta+1 more

Industries

Okta Single Sign-On

Cross-industryEnterpriseMid-MarketEducation

Descope

TechnologyE-CommerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaSRetail

Regions

Okta Single Sign-On

Global

Descope

Global

Vendor

Company

Okta Single Sign-On

Okta

Descope

Headquarters

Okta Single Sign-On

San Francisco, California, USA

Descope

Los Altos, California, USA

Company size

Okta Single Sign-On

6,000+

Descope

201-500

Founded

Okta Single Sign-On

2009

Descope

2022