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Product	PingFederate by Ping Identity View product	Google Cloud Identity by Google Cloud View product
Overview
What it is	Try PingFederate free: an enterprise identity federation & SSO with cross-domain SSO. See who it suits and how it stacks up against other Identity Security tools.	Google Cloud Identity is an identity as a service & enterprise mobility management for enterprise SSO. See features and Identity Security alternatives.
Product type	Enterprise Identity Federation & SSO	Identity as a Service (IDaaS) & Enterprise Mobility Management
Best for	Cross-industry, Large Enterprise, Global Financial, Government	Cross-industry, Education, Financial Services, Healthcare, Enterprise, Small & Medium Business
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	On-premises; Cloud; On-premises servers; Private cloud; Kubernetes clusters	Cloud; Cloud
Data residency	On-premises or customer cloud	Global; Google infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Enterprise federation server Cross-domain SSO SAML/OAuth token issuance Multi-factor policy trees Enterprise SSO Cross-domain federation Secure token issuance	Unified single sign-on MFA enforcement Context-aware access Mobile device management Automated user lifecycle (SCIM) Directory synchronization Enterprise SSO Endpoint security management
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: yes
Supported platforms	Enterprise ServersCloud VM Instances	Web applicationsMobile devicesCloud identitiesDirectory services
Compliance	SAML 2.0OAuth 2.0OIDCWS-Fed	ISO/IEC 27001SOC 2/3FedRAMPHIPAAGDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Active DirectoryLDAPPingDirectorySalesforceAWSOffice 365	Google WorkspaceGoogle Cloud IAMActive DirectoryAzure AD / Entra IDSAML 2.0OIDC
Industries	Cross-industryLarge EnterpriseGlobal FinancialGovernment	Cross-industryEducationFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnterpriseSmall & Medium Business
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Ping Identity	Google Cloud
Headquarters	Denver, Colorado, USA	Mountain View, California, USA
Company size	1,500+	100,000+
Founded	2002	2008

PingFederate

by Ping Identity

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Google Cloud Identity

by Google Cloud

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Overview

What it is

PingFederate

Try PingFederate free: an enterprise identity federation & SSO with cross-domain SSO. See who it suits and how it stacks up against other Identity Security tools.

Google Cloud Identity

Google Cloud Identity is an identity as a service & enterprise mobility management for enterprise SSO. See features and Identity Security alternatives.

Product type

PingFederate

Enterprise Identity Federation & SSO

Google Cloud Identity

Identity as a Service (IDaaS) & Enterprise Mobility Management

Best for

PingFederate

Cross-industry, Large Enterprise, Global Financial, Government

Google Cloud Identity

Cross-industry, Education, Financial Services, Healthcare, Enterprise, Small & Medium Business

Pricing

Pricing model

PingFederate

Contact Vendor

Google Cloud Identity

Contact Vendor

Free trial

PingFederate

Google Cloud Identity

Deployment

Deployment options

PingFederate

CloudOn-Premise

Google Cloud Identity

Cloud

Deployment details

PingFederate

On-premises; Cloud; On-premises servers; Private cloud; Kubernetes clusters

Google Cloud Identity

Cloud; Cloud

Data residency

PingFederate

On-premises or customer cloud

Google Cloud Identity

Global; Google infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

PingFederate

Enterprise federation server
Cross-domain SSO
SAML/OAuth token issuance
Multi-factor policy trees
Enterprise SSO
Cross-domain federation
Secure token issuance

Google Cloud Identity

Unified single sign-on
MFA enforcement
Context-aware access
Mobile device management
Automated user lifecycle (SCIM)
Directory synchronization
Enterprise SSO
Endpoint security management

Platform & access

API access

PingFederate

Google Cloud Identity

Single sign-on (SSO)

PingFederate

Google Cloud Identity

Role-based access (RBAC)

PingFederate

Google Cloud Identity

Multi-tenant

PingFederate

Google Cloud Identity

Mobile app

PingFederate

Google Cloud Identity

Supported platforms

PingFederate

Enterprise ServersCloud VM Instances

Google Cloud Identity

Web applicationsMobile devicesCloud identitiesDirectory services

Compliance

PingFederate

SAML 2.0OAuth 2.0OIDCWS-Fed

Google Cloud Identity

ISO/IEC 27001SOC 2/3FedRAMPHIPAAGDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

PingFederate

Active DirectoryLDAPPingDirectorySalesforceAWSOffice 365

Google Cloud Identity

Google WorkspaceGoogle Cloud IAMActive DirectoryAzure AD / Entra IDSAML 2.0OIDC

Industries

PingFederate

Cross-industryLarge EnterpriseGlobal FinancialGovernment

Google Cloud Identity

Cross-industryEducationFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnterpriseSmall & Medium Business

Regions

PingFederate

Global

Google Cloud Identity

Global

Vendor

Company

PingFederate

Ping Identity

Google Cloud Identity

Google Cloud

Headquarters

PingFederate

Denver, Colorado, USA

Google Cloud Identity

Mountain View, California, USA

Company size

PingFederate

1,500+

Google Cloud Identity

100,000+

Founded

PingFederate

2002

Google Cloud Identity

2008