Identity governance has moved from a compliance checkbox to a core security control, driven by the explosion of cloud entitlements, non-human identities, and AI agent credentials that must be managed at scale. The average enterprise now manages over 45,000 entitlements across 200+ applications, making manual access reviews impossible. Market consolidation is accelerating: SailPoint returned to the public markets via Thoma Bravo’s November 2024 IPO, Ping Identity and ForgeRock completed their merger (2023) to create a combined AM/IGA platform, and CyberArk’s pending $25 billion acquisition by Palo Alto Networks will merge privileged access with network security. We evaluated IGA platforms across access lifecycle management, certification workflows, AI-driven analytics, and compliance automation.

How We Evaluated

Platforms were assessed on:

  • Access lifecycle management covering joiner/mover/leaver automation, provisioning, and deprovisioning across hybrid environments
  • Access certification including campaign management, micro-certifications, risk-based reviews, and reviewer experience
  • AI and analytics with machine learning for access recommendations, outlier detection, and role mining
  • Integration breadth covering connector ecosystem, SCIM support, API quality, and ITSM integration
  • Compliance automation including SoD enforcement, regulatory reporting, and audit trail completeness
  • Non-human identity support for service accounts, API keys, machine identities, and AI agent credential governance

1. SailPoint Atlas

Score: 96/100

SailPoint returned to the public markets in November 2024 (Thoma Bravo IPO, NYSE: SAIL) after its $6.9 billion take-private in 2022. The Atlas SaaS platform represents a complete rearchitecture with multi-tenant, event-driven design built around an AI-powered identity security engine. SailPoint commands the largest market share in IGA with over 2,000 enterprise customers and the deepest connector ecosystem in the industry.

Atlas SaaS platform features multi-tenant architecture, 99.95% SLA, and continuous delivery. AI-driven Access Recommendations reduce rubber-stamping in certification campaigns by 60%+. Identity Security Cloud brings IGA, CIEM, non-human identity, and data access governance into one platform. Over 350 native connectors come with SCIM, API, and a low-code integration framework. Autonomous identity scoring uses peer group analysis to identify over-entitled users.

Best for: Large enterprises requiring the deepest IGA capabilities, broadest connector ecosystem, and AI-driven access intelligence at scale

2. Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud

Score: 93/100

Saviynt is the strongest SailPoint challenger, offering a converged platform that combines IGA, cloud PAM, CIEM, and application access governance in a single SaaS solution. Saviynt’s cloud-native architecture and aggressive pricing have driven rapid growth in the enterprise segment, particularly among organizations replacing legacy on-premises IGA solutions.

The converged platform covers IGA, cloud PAM, CIEM, and application GRC in a single SaaS instance. Fine-grained application access governance covers SAP, Epic, Oracle, and Workday. Control Exchange provides 200+ pre-built SoD rulesets for major ERP and business applications. Cloud-native architecture uses Kubernetes-based microservices and continuous deployment. The platform has a strong healthcare and financial services presence with HIPAA and SOX compliance automation.

Best for: Organizations wanting a converged IGA/PAM/CIEM platform with deep application-level governance for SAP, Epic, and Oracle

3. CyberArk Identity Governance

Score: 90/100

CyberArk’s expansion from PAM into IGA, accelerated by its acquisition strategy and the pending $25 billion Palo Alto Networks acquisition, creates a unified identity security platform spanning privileged access, workforce identity, and governance. CyberArk’s strength is the seamless connection between “who has access” (IGA) and “who is using access” (PAM session monitoring).

Unified identity security covers IGA, PAM, workforce SSO, and endpoint privilege management on one platform. The pending Palo Alto Networks acquisition ($25B) will integrate identity governance with network security. Privileged access certification links IGA campaigns directly to PAM vault entitlements. Strong just-in-time access provisioning includes session recording and real-time monitoring. Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) identifies compromised identities across access events.

Best for: Organizations prioritizing the convergence of privileged access and identity governance with real-time threat detection

4. One Identity Manager

Score: 88/100

One Identity Manager (Quest Software / Clearlake Capital) delivers a comprehensive IGA platform with particular strength in heterogeneous directory environments and complex on-premises deployments. The Starling SaaS analytics layer adds AI-driven access insights to the on-premises governance engine.

Deep Active Directory, Azure AD, LDAP, and Unix/Linux identity lifecycle management is included. Starling SaaS layer provides AI-driven analytics, risk scoring, and access recommendations. Strong SAP integration includes fine-grained role and transaction-level governance. IT Shop self-service portal includes customizable approval workflows and a shopping cart metaphor. The attestation engine supports complex certification schedules with risk-based reviewer assignment.

Best for: Organizations with complex on-premises identity infrastructure and deep Active Directory and SAP governance requirements

5. Omada Identity Cloud

Score: 86/100

Omada offers a modern SaaS-native IGA platform that emphasizes rapid time-to-value through pre-built best-practice processes and a connectivity framework that accelerates deployment. The platform is particularly strong in European markets and among mid-to-large enterprises seeking faster IGA implementation timelines.

Modern SaaS architecture with pre-built identity lifecycle processes accelerates deployment. The connectivity framework includes 150+ pre-built connectors and a low-code integration studio. Risk-based access certification includes configurable campaigns and micro-certification support. Strong compliance reporting covers NIS2, GDPR, SOX, and ISO 27001 frameworks. Omada was named a Leader in the 2025 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for IGA.

Best for: European and global enterprises seeking rapid IGA deployment with pre-built processes and strong regulatory compliance

6. IBM Security Verify Governance

Score: 84/100

IBM Security Verify Governance (formerly IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence) integrates identity governance with IBM’s broader security portfolio including QRadar SIEM, Guardium data security, and watsonx AI. The platform provides strong activity-based access certification that validates whether entitlements are actually being used.

Activity-based certification shows whether users are actually exercising their entitlements. Watson AI integration provides risk scoring and access recommendation capabilities. Deep integration with IBM QRadar SIEM, Guardium, and Resilient SOAR is available. Business activity modeling connects technical entitlements to business processes and roles. A comprehensive SoD engine includes pre-built policy libraries for financial regulations.

Best for: IBM ecosystem customers wanting identity governance integrated with QRadar, Guardium, and the broader IBM security portfolio

7. Microsoft Entra ID Governance

Score: 82/100

Microsoft Entra ID Governance brings identity lifecycle, access reviews, and entitlement management natively into the Microsoft Entra identity platform. For Microsoft-centric environments, the native integration with Entra ID (Azure AD), Microsoft 365, and Defender eliminates the need for a separate IGA product.

Native Entra ID integration has zero connector overhead for Microsoft and Azure resources. Lifecycle Workflows automate joiner/mover/leaver processes with Logic Apps extensibility. Entitlement Management includes access packages, catalogs, and automated expiration policies. Access Reviews include machine learning recommendations based on sign-in activity and peer analysis. Privileged Identity Management (PIM) provides just-in-time activation for Azure and Entra roles.

Best for: Microsoft-centric organizations wanting native identity governance without deploying a separate IGA platform

8. RadiantLogic

Score: 80/100

RadiantLogic specializes in identity data unification, aggregating fragmented identity data from diverse directories, databases, and applications into a single authoritative identity hub. This makes it a critical enabler for IGA programs where poor identity data quality undermines governance effectiveness.

Identity Data Fabric unifies identity data across Active Directory, LDAP, HR systems, and databases. RadiantOne intelligent directory provides a single identity view for downstream IGA and PAM consumers. Identity Analytics includes peer group analysis, outlier detection, and role mining. Pre-built identity correlation resolves duplicate and fragmented identity records. The platform enables IGA platforms to function effectively by solving the underlying identity data quality challenge.

Best for: Organizations with fragmented identity data across multiple directories needing a unified identity foundation for governance

9. Ping Identity (Thales)

Score: 78/100

Following the Ping Identity-ForgeRock merger (2023) and subsequent Thales acquisition, Ping provides a combined access management and governance platform. PingOne for Enterprise includes identity governance capabilities that integrate natively with the PingOne access management platform, though IGA remains secondary to its core AM strength.

The combined access management and governance platform comes from the Ping-ForgeRock merger. PingOne Governance provides access certifications, SoD policies, and entitlement management. AI-driven Access Insights recommends access changes based on peer group and usage analysis. PingFederate and PingOne SSO provide enterprise-grade federation and single sign-on. Strong CIAM capabilities manage external customer and partner identities alongside workforce.

Best for: Organizations already invested in Ping Identity access management wanting integrated governance without a separate IGA vendor

10. ForgeRock Identity Governance (Ping)

Score: 76/100

ForgeRock’s Identity Governance, now part of the Ping Identity portfolio following the 2023 merger, provides autonomous identity governance powered by AI. The platform focuses on continuous governance rather than periodic campaigns, using machine learning to detect access anomalies and recommend changes in real time.

Autonomous Identity uses AI to continuously score and recommend access changes. Confidence scoring for every entitlement helps reviewers prioritize high-risk access decisions. Strong developer experience includes open-standards-based APIs and extensive documentation. Identity Orchestration enables low-code identity journey design for complex governance workflows. The platform provides a solid foundation for organizations transitioning from ForgeRock AM to integrated AM/IGA.

Best for: Organizations seeking AI-driven continuous governance and already invested in the ForgeRock/Ping Identity ecosystem

Several trends are shaping the identity governance market in 2026.

IGA is converging with PAM and CIEM. SailPoint, Saviynt, and CyberArk are merging governance, privileged access, and cloud entitlement management into unified identity security platforms. Standalone IGA is becoming a feature, not a product.

Non-human identity governance is emerging. Service accounts, API keys, OAuth tokens, and AI agent credentials now outnumber human identities 50:1. IGA platforms are racing to add machine identity lifecycle management.

AI is eliminating rubber-stamp certifications. Machine learning models that analyze peer groups, usage patterns, and risk signals now auto-approve low-risk access and flag anomalies, reducing certification fatigue by 60%+.

Mega-acquisitions are reshaping the market. Palo Alto’s $25B CyberArk deal and Thales’s Ping Identity acquisition signal that identity governance is being absorbed into security platforms and conglomerates.

Identity-first security is becoming board-level. NIS2, DORA, and evolving SEC cybersecurity rules mandate demonstrable identity governance, driving IGA adoption beyond traditional compliance-driven buyers into security-driven programs.