Best Customer Identity and Access Management Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Amazon Cognito is ranked #1 of 17 as of 3 October 2026, ahead of Okta Customer Identity Cloud and FusionAuth. The best-ranked option with a free plan is FusionAuth. The lowest first paid tier on this page is cidaas at €1.40/mo.
17 customer identity and access management software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Customer SSO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Cognito | 8.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 2 | Okta Customer Identity Cloud | 8.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $35/mo | Yes | 3,000 /mo | — | View |
| 3 | FusionAuth | 8.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $162/mo | Yes | 162 /mo | — | View |
| 4 | Frontegg | 8.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 5 | Authgear | 8.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $50/mo | Yes | 50 /mo | — | View |
| 6 | Descope | 7.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $249/mo | Yes | 249 /mo | — | View |
| 7 | Curity Identity Server | 7.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 8 |  cidaas | 7.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | €1.40/mo | No | — | — | View |
| 9 | IBM Verify | 6.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 10 |  Stytch | 6.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 11 | Keycloak | 6.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 12 | LoginRadius | 6.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 13 |  OpenCIAM | 5.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 14 |  ZITADEL | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | 100 /mo | — | View |
| 15 |  Hanko | 5.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | 29 /mo | — | View |
| 16 |  Transmit Security Mosaic | 4.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $4166.67/mo | No | — | — | View |
| 17 |  Signicat IAM | 4.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
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Questions about this list
Which customer identity and access management software is ranked first on Inferse?
Amazon Cognito is ranked #1 of 17 with a score of 8.8. Okta Customer Identity Cloud is second and FusionAuth third.
How many of these have a free plan?
6 of the 17 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, cidaas has the lowest first paid tier we found: €1.40/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.