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Ping Identity competitors: SSOGEN compared with PingOne, PingFederate and PingAccess

Among Ping Identity competitors, SSOGEN puts the identity provider, the Web Agent for Oracle applications, the Gateway and AI agent identity in one product. Ping Identity sells a portfolio: PingOne in the cloud, PingFederate as a federation server, PingAccess for web access, and PingAM from ForgeRock.

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Ping Identity competitors range from cloud identity services to web access managers. This page maps each Ping product to the SSOGEN component that does the same job, with Ping’s own words and the date we read them. A move runs one application at a time, and the steps are below.

The Ping portfolio, product by product

Ping product	What Ping says it is	SSOGEN counterpart
PingOne	Ping’s cloud service, with PingOne for Workforce and PingOne for Customers	SSOGEN as a complete identity provider, on your own servers or as an organization hosted by SSOGEN
PingFederate	“An enterprise federation server that enables user authentication and single sign-on”, supporting OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML and WS-Federation	SSOGEN signs people in to any SAML 2.0 or OpenID Connect application
PingAccess	Gateway deployments, where “the target application is specified as a site”, and agent deployments, where “the application destination is an agent”	The Gateway App Proxy and the Web Agent; the PingAccess vs SSOGEN table goes object by object
PingAM (formerly ForgeRock Access Management)	“A centralized access management server”, with Web Agents as its policy enforcement points	The Web Agent in Apache and Oracle HTTP Server; see the ForgeRock Access Management alternative
PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud	The new name of ForgeRock Identity Cloud	Covered by the PingOne row above
Server access	Not covered by this comparison	Remote Access in the Gateway: SSH, RDP and VNC in the browser, with just-in-time approval

PingFederate deploys as “PingOne Advanced Services”, dedicated tenant cloud services, or as “PingOne Cloud Software” in containers, according to Ping’s product page.

AI agents on both sides

	PingOne	SSOGEN
What an agent is	“Non-human identities that perform actions on behalf of users or systems”	A registered non-human identity: AI agent, MCP client, Automation or Service
Identity	“Each agent has a unique identity with its own credentials and lifecycle”	Up to five named owners, a key pair, an expiry or review date of at most 365 days
Acting for a person	The OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange flow, so the agent does not impersonate the user	The person approves a consent screen; the delegation lasts at most 30 days
Tool calls	Not covered by this comparison	The MCP Gateway checks each tool call against granted scopes
How it is bought	“Available only with the Agent IAM Core solution package”	Part of SSOGEN, at the price agreed with each customer

How a move from Ping works

Applications move to SSOGEN one at a time. Ping stays the sign-in source during the move.

Connect Ping
Add PingOne or PingFederate in SSOGEN as an OpenID Connect or SAML identity provider. The PingOne guide lists every field.
Protect the Oracle tier
Install the Web Agent package on the E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft or JD Edwards web tier. Oracle EBS SSO with Ping shows the flow.
Add servers and agents
Publish internal apps through the App Proxy, open servers through Remote Access, and register AI agents, all under one policy and one audit trail.

Where Ping fits

Ping fits mixed federation estates. PingFederate supports current and past versions of OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML and WS-Federation, and Ping prices customer, B2B and workforce identity on one model.
Ping fits an existing Ping investment. Teams with PingAccess rule sets or PingAM policies in production keep their policy model.

Questions people ask

Are PingOne and Ping Identity the same?

No. Ping Identity is the company, and PingOne is its cloud service. Ping’s pages offer PingOne for Workforce and PingOne for Customers, and deploy PingFederate as PingOne Advanced Services or PingOne Cloud Software. PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud is a separate service, the new name for ForgeRock Identity Cloud.

Are there any open source identity providers available?

Yes. Keycloak is an open-source identity provider for SAML and OpenID Connect, and the Keycloak alternative compares it with SSOGEN. SSOGEN itself is a commercial product. It runs on your own servers, so it keeps the control that teams usually look for in open source, with vendor support.

How many people work at Ping Identity?

The Ping Identity pages we read for this comparison do not state a headcount, so check Ping’s company page or its careers page for a current number. This page compares products, not company size: what each Ping product does, and which SSOGEN component does the same job.

How much does Ping Identity cost?

Ping does not publish prices. Its pricing page says tiers are “structured predictably by identity count and type” across customers, B2B, workforce and agentic AI identities, and asks you to contact sales for a quote. SSOGEN’s price is agreed with each customer, and the Gateway and Web Agent carry no separate charge.

Where to go next

All comparisons. The SSO comparison hub lists every product SSOGEN is compared with.
PingAccess only. The PingAccess alternative maps sites, agents and rules to SSOGEN.
Okta and Ping. The Okta alternative covers the other common shortlist name.

Sources, all read 2026-11-15: PingFederate product page; Ping single sign-on capabilities; Ping pricing; PingAccess 9.1, what you can configure; PingAM 8 documentation; PingAM release notes, name changes; PingOne AI agents.

Ping Identity, PingOne, PingFederate, PingAccess, PingAM and ForgeRock are trademarks of Ping Identity Corporation. Oracle, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards are trademarks of Oracle and its affiliates. SSOGEN is an Oracle partner, but Oracle has not reviewed or endorsed this page. Keycloak is a trademark of its owner. SSOGEN is not affiliated with Ping Identity. Competitor details are from their public pages and may change; check them for your own subscription.