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| Product | PingAuthorize View product | Descope by Descope View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | What does PingAuthorize do? It covers dynamic authorization engine. See typical use cases, cloud or on-premises deployment and how it compares to rivals. | 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 | Attribute-Based Dynamic Authorization | Developer-Friendly Drag-and-Drop CIAM & Authentication Engine |
| Best for | Financial Services, Healthcare, Open Banking, Insurance | 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 | CloudOn-Premise | SaaSCloud |
| Deployment details | Cloud; On-premises; Software service; Container cluster; Cloud deployment | Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS |
| Data residency | On-premises or customer cloud | United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| 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: no | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | API GatewaysMicroservicesData Services | Web ApplicationsNative Mobile AppsSingle Page AppsAPI Backends |
| Compliance | XACMLOpen BankingHIPAAGDPR | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAFIDO Alliance Member |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | API GatewaysPingAccessPingFederateREST APIsGraphQL | ReactNext.jsAngulariOSAndroidNode.jsPythonOkta+1 more |
| Industries | Financial ServicesHealthcareOpen BankingInsurance | TechnologyE-CommerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaSRetail |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Ping Identity | Descope |
| Headquarters | Denver, Colorado, USA | Los Altos, California, USA |
| Company size | 1,500+ | 201-500 |
| Founded | 2002 | 2022 |
Overview
What it is
PingAuthorize
What does PingAuthorize do? It covers dynamic authorization engine. See typical use cases, cloud or on-premises deployment and how it compares to rivals.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
PingAuthorize
Attribute-Based Dynamic AuthorizationDescope
Developer-Friendly Drag-and-Drop CIAM & Authentication EngineBest for
PingAuthorize
Financial Services, Healthcare, Open Banking, InsuranceDescope
Technology, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS, RetailPricing
Pricing model
PingAuthorize
Contact VendorDescope
Contact VendorFree trial
PingAuthorize
Free trial: yesDescope
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
PingAuthorize
CloudOn-Premise
Descope
SaaSCloud
Deployment details
PingAuthorize
Cloud; On-premises; Software service; Container cluster; Cloud deploymentDescope
Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaSData residency
PingAuthorize
On-premises or customer cloudDescope
United States; European Union; AWS Cloud InfrastructureKey features
What it offers
PingAuthorize
- Dynamic authorization engine
- Attribute-based access control
- Real-time JSON API data filtering & masking
- Attribute-based authorization
- Real-time API data masking
- Consent enforcement
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
PingAuthorize
API access: yesDescope
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
PingAuthorize
SSO: yesDescope
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
PingAuthorize
RBAC: yesDescope
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
PingAuthorize
Multi-tenant: yesDescope
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
PingAuthorize
Mobile app: noDescope
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
PingAuthorize
API GatewaysMicroservicesData Services
Descope
Web ApplicationsNative Mobile AppsSingle Page AppsAPI Backends
Compliance
PingAuthorize
XACMLOpen BankingHIPAAGDPR
Descope
SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAFIDO Alliance Member
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
PingAuthorize
API GatewaysPingAccessPingFederateREST APIsGraphQL
Descope
ReactNext.jsAngulariOSAndroidNode.jsPythonOkta+1 more
Industries
PingAuthorize
Financial ServicesHealthcareOpen BankingInsurance
Descope
TechnologyE-CommerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaSRetail
Regions
PingAuthorize
Global
Descope
Global
Vendor
Company
PingAuthorize
Ping IdentityDescope
DescopeHeadquarters
PingAuthorize
Denver, Colorado, USADescope
Los Altos, California, USACompany size
PingAuthorize
1,500+Descope
201-500Founded
PingAuthorize
2002Descope
2022