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Microsoft Entra ID Governance alternatives (2026): moving off Entra ID Governance

The short answer

If you are moving off Microsoft Entra ID Governance, the highest-scoring alternatives on our reach score are Orchid Security (8.24), Veza (6.37) and C1 (formerly ConductorOne) (6.30). Orchid Security scores higher than Entra ID Governance on Unmanaged app discovery, Accounts inside the app, Reach into apps without APIs or SCIM, Orchestrates through the existing stack and Audit evidence. Entra ID Governance still scores higher than all 7 others on Pricing transparency.

By The Credential Desk · IAM Compared · Published 2026-10-08

Desk research from public vendor pages and documentation read in September 2026, updated 2026-10-13. Editorial assessment; we did not test the products.

Why do teams look for alternatives to Entra ID Governance?

  • It requires Entra ID P1 or P2 and fits best where Entra is the identity provider.
  • For apps without provisioning, Microsoft's documented path is a CSV export, a review and a manual removal or ticket.

Which alternatives score highest?

  1. Rank 1 of 7RANK 01 OF 07 · REACH SCORE · 1Orchid Security

    Scores higher than Entra ID Governance on: Unmanaged app discovery, Accounts inside the app, Reach into apps without APIs or SCIM, Orchestrates through the existing stack and Audit evidence

    Entra ID Governance scores higher on: Executes changes itself, Machine, service and agent accounts and Pricing transparency

    Entra ID Governance vs Orchid
  2. Rank 2 of 7RANK 02 OF 07 · REACH SCORE · 2Veza

    Scores higher than Entra ID Governance on: Accounts inside the app, Reach into apps without APIs or SCIM and Orchestrates through the existing stack

    Entra ID Governance scores higher on: Executes changes itself, Machine, service and agent accounts and Pricing transparency

    Entra ID Governance vs Veza
  3. Rank 3 of 7RANK 03 OF 07 · REACH SCORE · 3C1 (formerly ConductorOne)

    Scores higher than Entra ID Governance on: Unmanaged app discovery, Accounts inside the app and Orchestrates through the existing stack

    Entra ID Governance scores higher on: Executes changes itself, Machine, service and agent accounts, Audit evidence and Pricing transparency

    Entra ID Governance vs C1
  4. Rank 4 of 7RANK 04 OF 07 · REACH SCORE · 4SailPoint Identity Security Cloud

    Scores higher than Entra ID Governance on: Unmanaged app discovery, Accounts inside the app, Orchestrates through the existing stack, Executes changes itself and Audit evidence

    Entra ID Governance scores higher on: Reach into apps without APIs or SCIM and Pricing transparency

    Entra ID Governance vs SailPoint
  5. Rank 5 of 7RANK 05 OF 07 · REACH SCORE · 5Saviynt

    Scores higher than Entra ID Governance on: Accounts inside the app, Reach into apps without APIs or SCIM, Orchestrates through the existing stack, Executes changes itself and Audit evidence

    Entra ID Governance scores higher on: Machine, service and agent accounts and Pricing transparency

    Entra ID Governance vs Saviynt
  6. Rank 6 of 7RANK 06 OF 07 · REACH SCORE · 6Lumos

    Scores higher than Entra ID Governance on: Unmanaged app discovery, Accounts inside the app and Orchestrates through the existing stack

    Entra ID Governance scores higher on: Reach into apps without APIs or SCIM, Machine, service and agent accounts and Pricing transparency

    Entra ID Governance vs Lumos
  7. Rank 7 of 7RANK 07 OF 07 · REACH SCORE · 7Apono

    Scores higher than Entra ID Governance on: Orchestrates through the existing stack

    Entra ID Governance scores higher on: Unmanaged app discovery, Accounts inside the app, Reach into apps without APIs or SCIM, Executes changes itself, Audit evidence and Pricing transparency

    Entra ID Governance vs Apono

When should you stay with Entra ID Governance?

Stay with Entra ID Governance if Entra is your identity provider, you need a published price, and your harder applications can be reached through ECMA, LDAP or SQL connectors.

Frequently asked questions

What is the closest alternative to Microsoft Entra ID Governance?

Orchid Security, at 8.24 out of 10 on our reach score.

Which alternative has a published price?

Orchid Security lists Orchid Fundamental (30 applications) on AWS Marketplace at $250,000.00 per 12 months. Apono lists a 1-month contract on AWS Marketplace at $4,900.00 per month for 100 users, plus $49.00 per extra user. C1 publishes a pricing structure without prices. The others do not publish prices.

How were these alternatives ranked?

By the reach score on default weights, computed from eight weighted criteria. The assessment method page has the weights and the evidence rules.

Assessment method