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CIAM capability matrix.

Last verified 2026-08-19. Newest profile date in this build: 2026-08-19. Maintained by Deepak Gupta.

How to cite

“CIAM Compass (guptadeepak.com/ciam-compass), capability matrix, last verified 2026-08-19.” Link this page, not a vendor homepage. TCO bands use 60% activity, one MFA factor, two SSO connections, standard support, and US residency. They are estimates, not invoices.

What flipped on 2026-08-19

Matrix changes are editorial and dated. These are the 19 August 2026 flips that affect ranking pages. Older profile changelog lines stay on each vendor page.

  • 2026-08-19. Descope passkey_native set to false; passwordless_only_flows partial; orchestration 3/5. Descope is identity orchestration, not a passwordless-native CIAM.
  • 2026-08-19. MojoAuth passkey_orchestration_quality raised to 5/5. Ranked as a passwordless-native pick with published scale pricing.
  • 2026-08-19. Azure AD B2C timeline corrected: 15 March 2026 retired P2 only. P1 supported until at least May 2030.
  • 2026-08-19. SSOJet last_verified bumped; ranked as the transparent connection-priced enterprise SSO pick for fast-growing B2B.
  • 2026-08-19. Clerk scoped to native Next.js and Node.js. Not an enterprise-stack CIAM.
CIAM Compass vendor matrix snapshot 2026-08-19
VendorVerifiedPasskey nativeOrch. 1-5DX 1-5TCO 100kTCO 1M
Akamai Identity Cloud2026-05-08yes43$8,000$40,000
Amazon Cognito2026-08-19yes23$275$5,225
Auth02026-08-19yes35$1,200$9,500
Authelia2026-04-29yes33$100$600
Authentik2026-03-13yes33$600$3,500
Authress2026-04-30yes34$350$2,900
Authsignal2026-05-08yes55$700$4,800
BetterAuth2026-05-18yes35$200$1,600
Beyond Identity2026-04-13yes54$5,000$28,000
Casdoor2026-06-02yes23$350$2,200
Clerk2026-08-19yes45$800$5,500
Corbado2026-03-20yes54$700$4,500
Curity2026-04-08yes44$4,500$25,000
CyberArk Identity2026-05-08yes43$5,500$30,000
Descope2026-08-19no35$850$5,800
Firebase Authentication2026-05-06no24$250$4,800
ForgeRock2026-08-19yes43$8,000$38,000
Frontegg2026-08-19yes34$900$6,500
FusionAuth2026-08-19yes34$400$3,000
Hanko2026-03-26yes54$700$4,500
IBM Verify2026-05-08yes43$7,000$38,000
Keycloak2026-08-19yes23$800$5,000
Kinde2026-03-27yes35$480$3,600
LoginRadius2026-05-30no12n/an/a
Logto2026-03-31yes34$200$1,600
Microsoft Entra External ID2026-08-19yes33$165$3,300
miniOrange2026-06-05yes33$600$4,800
MojoAuth2026-08-19yes54$550$4,200
Oracle IAM Identity Domains2026-05-26yes33$5,500$32,000
Ory2026-03-12yes34$350$2,800
Ping Identity2026-08-19yes43$6,000$30,000
PropelAuth2026-05-21yes34$600$4,200
Rownd2026-04-01yes34$350$2,700
SAP Customer Data Cloud2026-04-07yes43$8,500$45,000
Scalekit2026-05-20yes34$99$2,400
SlashID2026-04-24yes44$350$2,700
SSOJet2026-08-19yes34$99$2,800
Stack Auth2026-05-05yes35$290$2,600
Strivacity2026-05-11yes44$4,500$24,000
Stytch2026-08-19yes55$950$6,200
Supabase Auth2026-04-06yes35$100$1,500
SuperTokens2026-08-19yes34$200$1,800
Tesseral2026-05-15yes34$290$2,500
Transmit Security2026-05-27yes53$6,500$35,000
WorkOS2026-08-19yes45$0$3,500
Wristband2026-04-28yes34$250$2,200
WSO2 Identity Server2026-04-16yes33$900$6,000
Zitadel2026-05-14yes34$600$4,500

Full axes (authentication, authorization, agentic identity, compliance) are on each profile and in vendors.json. Ranking by job: best CIAM 2026.