Beyond Identity vs SailPoint
- ✦ Passwordless authentication
- ✦ Device-bound credentials
- ✦ Device health checks
- ✦ Access certification campaigns
- ✦ Role management
- ✦ Automated provisioning
Real-World Scenarios: When to Choose Which
The question that matters: “In what situation will I regret choosing A over B after 3 months?”
Replace SMS MFA with device-bound credentials across 1,000 employees, reducing phishing risk to near zero
Meet MFA requirements demanded by cyber insurance carriers with documented FIDO2-based authentication evidence
Achieve NIST SP 800-63B AAL3 compliance required for federal system access without password resets
Block access automatically when a device loses compliance (disk encryption off, EDR not running) during active sessions
Run automated access reviews for 10,000 employees across 200 applications, reducing campaign time from 3 months to 3 weeks
Detect and remediate SoD conflicts across ERP systems to maintain SOX compliance continuously rather than pre-audit
Automatically provision and deprovision access across 50+ systems within 2 hours of HR system changes
Discover who has access to sensitive data in SharePoint and S3, then enforce least-privilege across 500TB of unstructured data
Pricing Intelligence
Beyond Identity Plans
Paid plans only
- • Passwordless MFA
- • Device trust
- • 100-user minimum
- • Full platform
- • SIEM integration
- • Advanced policies
SailPoint Plans
Paid plans only
- • Managed SaaS
- • Identity governance
- • AI-driven recommendations
- • Self-hosted
- • Full customization
- • Legacy integration
Feature Matrix
4 differences found across 13 standardized features
- •Passwordless authentication
- •Device-bound credentials
- •Device health checks
- •Phishing-resistant MFA
- •FIDO2/passkey support
- •SAML/OIDC integration
- •Risk-based access policies
- •Secure Enclave/TPM binding
- •Okta/Azure AD integration
- •Continuous authentication
- •Audit logging
- •Zero trust posture checks
- •API access
- •SIEM integration
- •Access certification campaigns
- •Role management
- •Automated provisioning
- •Segregation of duties
- •Self-service access requests
- •AI access recommendations
- •Identity analytics
- •REST API
- •150+ pre-built connectors
- •Compliance reporting
- •Password management
- •Privileged access integration
- •Data access governance
- •Cloud infrastructure entitlements
Pros & Cons Face-Off
Evaluative strengths and weaknesses: not feature lists
- +True phishing-resistant MFA - no SMS or TOTP codes to intercept
- +Device trust checks block access from unmanaged or compromised devices
- +Satisfies NIST AAL3 requirements for federal and regulated industries
- −Enterprise-only pricing with no self-service or SMB tier
- −Requires device enrollment which adds friction during initial deployment
- +Market-leading IGA with the deepest connector library (150+ applications)
- +AI-powered access reviews reduce certification campaign time by 30-50%
- +Strong audit trail for SOX, HIPAA, and SOC 2 compliance evidence
- −Implementation is complex and expensive - typically 6-18 months with a system integrator
- −Per-user pricing at enterprise scale leads to very large contracts
At a Glance
Frequently Asked Questions
Related Comparisons
Sources
- 1.Beyond Identity Official Pricing–Vendor pricing page
- 2.SailPoint Official Pricing–Vendor pricing page
- 3.Beyond Identity Official Website–Official product website
- 4.SailPoint Official Website–Official product website