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IBM vs Okta

IBM Vault is offered for securing machine and agent identities. Okta sells a platform that secures identities, including the AI agents running across a business. CISO Tribune files both under Workforce IAM and SSO. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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IBM vs Okta: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
IBMIBM Vault is offered for securing machine and agent identities.ibm.comOktaOkta sells a platform that secures identities, including the AI agents running across a business.okta.com
What it sells
  • IBM Cloudant[7]A JSON document database built on CouchDB technology.
  • IBM Maximo Application Suite[9]A unified asset and facilities management solution.
  • Okta for AI Agents[9][12][19]Okta for AI Agents extends discovery, lifecycle management and governance to every agent in the enterprise.
  • Cross App Access[19]Cross App Access is an open standard that Okta makes part of core Okta SSO.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesSan Francisco, United States[2]
Founded
1911[2]2009[2]
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesPublic (NASDAQ: OKTA)[3][12][14][16]
Named customers
Not stated on its pages
Recent news
  • September 24, 2026IBM UK announced its acquisition of Logiq Consulting, a UK cybersecurity consultancy.[16]
  • May 21, 2026IBM joined Project Glasswing, a security initiative focused on protecting critical software infrastructure.[17]
  • March 17, 2026IBM completed its acquisition of Confluent, adding event streaming to its data, integration and enterprise infrastructure portfolio.[15]
  • November 5, 2026Okta announced that its board approved a share repurchase program authorizing purchases of up to $1 billion of its Class A Common Stock, effective immediately.[18]
  • September 22, 2026Okta launched new Okta for AI Agents capabilities, including endpoint discovery of unmanaged agents, an agent gateway and agent-to-agent connection controls.[9]
  • August 26, 2026Okta reported second quarter fiscal 2027 revenue of $805 million, up 11% year over year, with subscription revenue of $793 million.[10]
  • July 30, 2026Okta signed a definitive agreement to acquire Permiso Security, a cloud identity threat detection company covering human, non-human and AI agent identities.[11]
  • March 7, 2026Okta and Datadog added rules from the Okta Security Detection Catalog to Datadog's Cloud SIEM out-of-the-box detections for identity-related threats.[15]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[18]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[16]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, IBM sells to operations, maintenance and facility teams through its asset and facilities management solution. IBM also addresses energy operators with solar, wind and battery storage portfolios. IBM Bob is aimed at development teams working on complex software. IBM offers purchase options aimed at asset-intensive businesses. Maximo Application Suite is delivered as client managed software or software as a service. IBM supports developing optimization models for on-premises, cloud or hybrid environments.From its own pages, Okta addresses organizations securing AI agents, whether those organizations deploy third-party solutions or code agents from scratch. Okta speaks to security teams that need control to contain blast radius and to builders who delegate user authority. Okta places its AI agent security stack across workforce and customer identity use cases. Okta addresses businesses that pursue agentic commerce or offer B2B agentic experiences. Okta's identity offering covers employees, partners and AI agents across an entire business. Okta describes an offering built for enterprise scale and global compliance standards.
Last verified
November 4, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • IBM and Okta are both filed under Workforce IAM and SSO.

Where they differ, field by field

  • IBM's primary category is Data security posture management; Okta's is Workforce IAM and SSO.
  • IBM is also filed under Endpoint management and application control and AI governance. Okta is also filed under Customer identity and access management.
  • IBM lists IBM Cloudant and IBM Maximo Application Suite. Okta lists Okta for AI Agents and Cross App Access.
  • Okta is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
  • IBM was founded in 1911. Okta was founded in 2009.
  • Okta is a public company listed on NASDAQ as OKTA.
  • Okta publicly names Box, HubSpot, Hitachi, News Corp and Jamf.

What it sells: IBM

What IBM Cloudant does[7]
IBM Cloudant supports flexible, schema-free JSON document storage and is built on CouchDB technology with compatible API and replication protocols. IBM Cloudant encrypts all data, with optional user-defined encryption key management through IBM Key Protect, and integrates with IBM Identity and Access Management.
What IBM Maximo Application Suite does[9]
IBM Maximo Application Suite is a unified asset and facilities management solution that brings maintenance, inspections and reliability together in one place for critical equipment and infrastructure. Maximo Application Suite comes in two packages: client managed software or software as a service. MAS is purchased through a credit-based system called AppPoints.

Questions about IBM and Okta

What do IBM and Okta sell?
IBM sells IBM Cloudant and IBM Maximo Application Suite. Okta sells Okta for AI Agents and Cross App Access.
Are IBM and Okta in the same category?
They share Workforce IAM and SSO. IBM's primary category is Data security posture management and Okta's is Workforce IAM and SSO.
Where are IBM and Okta headquartered?
Okta is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
When were IBM and Okta founded?
IBM was founded in 1911. Okta was founded in 2009.
Who owns IBM and Okta?
Okta is a public company listed on NASDAQ as OKTA.
Which customers do IBM and Okta name?
Okta publicly names Box, HubSpot, Hitachi, News Corp and Jamf.
Who are IBM and Okta sold to?
From its own pages, IBM sells to operations, maintenance and facility teams through its asset and facilities management solution. From its own pages, Okta addresses organizations securing AI agents, whether those organizations deploy third-party solutions or code agents from scratch.
What have IBM and Okta announced recently?
September 24, 2026: IBM UK announced its acquisition of Logiq Consulting, a UK cybersecurity consultancy. November 5, 2026: Okta announced that its board approved a share repurchase program authorizing purchases of up to $1 billion of its Class A Common Stock, effective immediately.

About IBM

IBM Vault is offered for securing machine and agent identities. IBM provides governance of machine identities, secrets and access across hybrid environments. Riverty is named as a user of built-in security from IBM Vault. IBM sells watsonx Orchestrate for bringing agents under control. IBM offers management, governance, security and optimization of AI agents across their complete lifecycle, regardless of where they were built or run. Scuderia Ferrari is named as a user of watsonx Orchestrate to automate fan content. Skechers is named as a customer that modernized its cloud infrastructure with IBM Terraform.[1][3]

IBM offers automated governance for managing AI risks, simplifying regulatory compliance and creating responsible, explainable AI workflows. IBM offers an integrated, collaborative, end-to-end developer studio that features an AI developer toolkit and full AI lifecycle management for developing custom AI applications. IBM offers data management that prepares and integrates data from anywhere, in any format. IBM watsonx Code Assistant provides AI-powered playbook generation, code explanations and personalized recommendations for IT automation.[4]

IBM states that AI is increasing the speed and scale of vulnerability discovery across applications, dependencies and infrastructure. IBM states that vulnerability scoring systems like CVSS measure technical severity, not real-world exploitability, business context or operational impact. IBM Concert Protect applies AI-powered automation and contextual risk intelligence to application vulnerability management. Concert generates AI-powered insights including tailored remediation steps, attack vectors and guidance. Concert has a unified dashboard that shows vulnerabilities across applications, containers and infrastructure. Code-based auto-remediation enables fixes directly in code before production. Concert has built-in SCA capabilities that extend visibility into SBOMs, CI/CD pipelines and software packages, and scan open-source and third-party components for vulnerabilities, outdated libraries and license compliance issues.[3][5]

IBM Concert for Z is an AI-powered IT operations management hub for mainframe resilience. IBM Concert for Power automates the entire patch and update lifecycle. IBM Concert integrates with Instana to automate the collection of resilience data across Non-Functional Requirements. IBM introduces IBM Bob Premium Package for DevSecOps to bring security closer to where software is created and reviewed while keeping developers in control. IBM Bob stops risky packages as the agent writes, flags issues as developers save, runs deeper AI security scans on demand and keeps people in control throughout. IBM Bob premium packages extend Bob with capabilities tailored to specific development environments.[5][6]

IBM Cloudant supports flexible, schema-free JSON document storage and is built on CouchDB technology with compatible API and replication protocols. IBM Cloudant encrypts all data, with optional user-defined encryption key management through IBM Key Protect, and integrates with IBM Identity and Access Management. IBM Cloudant has layered additional open-source technologies for full text search and geospatial indexing capabilities. IBM Cloud includes a service that adds authentication to mobile and web apps and protects APIs and back ends running on IBM Cloud.[7][8]

IBM Maximo Application Suite is a unified asset and facilities management solution that brings maintenance, inspections and reliability together in one place for critical equipment and infrastructure. IBM builds the suite for operations, maintenance and facility teams. Maximo Application Suite comes in two packages: client managed software or software as a service. MAS is purchased through a credit-based system called AppPoints. IBM Maximo is used to digitize the entire data center asset lifecycle. IBM Maximo Renewables is for energy operators managing solar, wind and battery storage portfolios. KP Group is named as a customer that automates asset performance, reporting and compliance across 70+ sites with IBM Maximo Renewables. VPI is named as a customer that needed a consistent way to manage assets, maintenance, safety and compliance across four power plants.[9][10][11][12]

IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio is now available as part of IBM Decision Intelligence Enterprise Edition, which brings together decision automation, optimization and intelligent decision management capabilities. CPLEX Optimizer and CP Optimizer solve mathematical programming, constraint programming and constraint-based scheduling problems. IBM supports developing optimization models for on-premises, cloud or hybrid environments. IBM SPSS Amos is structural equation modeling software that extends regression, factor and variance analysis. SPSS Amos is a standalone application available on Windows and is included in SPSS Statistics Premium.[1][3][4][6][10][13][14]

IBM on the record

Sources

IBM full record

  1. [1]SecurityIBM · ibm.com · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]AboutIBM · ibm.com · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]IBMIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]IBM watsonxIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Application Vulnerability Management - IBM ConcertIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]AI Coding Agent and Development Partner for Enterprise | IBMIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]IBM CloudantIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]IBM Cloud Free TierIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Maximo Application Suite | IBMIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Pricing Maximo Application Suite - IBM Maximo Application SuiteIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Data Center Asset Management | IBM Application SuiteIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Renewables Energy Asset Performance Management | IBM Application SuiteIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization StudioIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]IBM SPSS AmosIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]IBM acquires Confluent to connect, process and govern real-time data for applications and AI agentsIBM · published March 17, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]IBM Acquires Logiq Consulting to Expand Secure Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity Capabilities in the UKIBM · published September 24, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]IBM expands AI security push as cyberattacks accelerate | IBMIBM Think · published May 21, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]IBM App Connect Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & FeaturesG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

Okta full record

  1. [1]okta.comOkta · okta.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]CompanyOkta · okta.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]DefaultOkta Investor Relations · investor.okta.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]okta.comOkta · okta.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]HubspotOkta · okta.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]HitachiOkta · okta.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]News corpOkta · okta.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]okta.comOkta · okta.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Ai innovations oktane 2026Okta · okta.com · published September 22, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Okta announces second quarter 2027 financial resultsOkta · okta.com · published August 26, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Okta signs definitive agreement to acquire permiso securityOkta · okta.com · published July 30, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Secure Identity for Employees, Customers, and AI | OktaOkta · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Okta Security Trust Center | Powered by SafeBaseOkta · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Why Work At Okta? | OktaOkta · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Datadog and Okta Combine for New Customer DetectionsOkta Security · published March 7, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Okta Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier C
  17. [17]Zero Trust Framework: Identity-powered Modern Security | OktaOkta · published August 10, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Okta Announces $1 Billion Share Repurchase ProgramOkta, Inc. · published November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]Okta Secures AI | Identity for the Agentic Enterprise | OktaOkta · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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