Top 20 identity governance software by AI search visibility (2026)

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Okta holds the top position in identity governance AI visibility with a composite score of 25.0, the only brand where visibility (25%) and citation (25%) are perfectly aligned. SailPoint and Saviynt share identical visibility scores (25%) but trail on citations at 12.5%, pulling their composite scores to 21.2. The category average visibility sits at just 5.6%, meaning the top three brands each operate at roughly 4.5x the category norm — a concentration that signals AI responses in this space are heavily anchored to a small cluster of brands.

A notable divergence between being named and being trusted as a source appears across several brands. JumpCloud ranks fourth despite only 12.5% visibility because its citation rate hits 37.5% — the highest of any brand in the dataset — suggesting AI responses reference JumpCloud's own content or third-party coverage frequently, even when the brand isn't prominently mentioned in answers. Conversely, Microsoft Entra and RSA both sit at 0% citation despite 12.5% visibility each, and One Identity and Delinea achieve 25% citation with zero visibility — a complete inversion of the named-vs-trusted relationship.

Google AI Mode is the dominant engine for every brand in the top 10 without exception, indicating the audit data reflects a single-engine landscape with no cross-engine differentiation to observe. Among cited sources, gartner.com appears alongside less established properties including securends.com, infisign.ai, linx.security, apono.io, and cloudeagle.ai, suggesting AI Mode is pulling from a mix of analyst authority and niche identity-security content sites rather than relying solely on tier-one analyst or vendor documentation.