Okta

**What it is**
Okta is a cloud identity and access management platform from Okta, Inc. It provides workforce and customer identity products for authentication, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, lifecycle management and related governance and threat-protection capabilities sold as SaaS suites and add-ons.

**What it helps with**
- Centralising workforce sign-in with SSO across cloud and on-premises applications
- Enforcing MFA and adaptive, risk-based authentication policies
- Automating joiner-mover-leaver provisioning through lifecycle management
- Governing access reviews and least-privilege workflows on licensed governance modules
- Securing customer-facing login experiences via Customer Identity / Auth0 platform offerings described on Okta's site

**Who it's for**
IT, security and identity teams in organisations that need a cloud identity provider for employees, partners and (where licensed) customers. Suites are subscription-based; higher tiers and Customer Identity configurations are sales-assisted.

**Worth knowing**
Okta and Auth0 are presented as related platforms under Okta, Inc. Published Workforce Starter and Essentials per-user prices appear on the official pricing page and can change; Professional, Enterprise and Customer Identity pricing often require a quote. This listing is complementary to password-manager tools such as 1Password: Okta is an identity provider and access layer, not a personal credential vault. Copy reflects public product and pricing pages only.