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As of 4 November 2026, Active Directory leads Identity with 8,045 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Microsoft Entra ID at 6,276.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
Active Directory · 8,045
Runner-up
Microsoft Entra ID · 6,276
Most hiring, 90 days
Active Directory
Highest postings per company
Microsoft Authenticator
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
34,614companies across the category
23%of them on Active Directory
86,031postings naming a Identity in 90 days
40tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every Identity we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
Active DirectoryMicrosoft
8,045
20,5012.5
2
Microsoft Entra IDMicrosoft
6,276
16,2032.6
3
OAuthIETF
4,173
10,9942.6
4
OpenID ConnectOpenID Foundation
2,634
6,5102.5
5
SAMLOASIS
2,309
5,5732.4
6
JSON Web TokenIETF
1,752
3,9042.2
7
OktaOkta
1,656
4,3782.6
8
LDAPIETF
1,398
3,8592.8
9
SCIMIETF
844
1,7072.0
10
KeycloakRed Hat
558
1,1442.1
11
KerberosMIT
451
9052.0
12
RADIUSIETF
379
9352.5
13
Auth0Okta
347
6531.9
14
AWS IAMAmazon Web Services
342
8152.4
15
Ping IdentityPing Identity
281
9743.5
16
Amazon CognitoAmazon Web Services
278
5001.8
17
Active Directory Federation ServicesMicrosoft
246
5952.4
18
SAP Identity Authentication ServiceSAP
239
6462.7
19
Microsoft Entra ConnectMicrosoft
217
4522.1
20
RSA SecurIDRSA Security
204
4642.3
21
FIDO2FIDO Alliance
198
4572.3
22
TACACS+Cisco
189
4042.1
23
AWS OrganizationsAmazon
172
2991.7
24
Cisco DuoCisco
156
3072.0
25
Azure Managed IdentityMicrosoft
154
3232.1
26
JumpCloudJumpCloud
152
2301.5
27
PasskeysFIDO Alliance
138
2421.8
28
WebAuthnW3C
114
2402.1
29
ForgeRockPing Identity
108
3423.2
30
Google Cloud IdentityGoogle
93
2632.8
31
SPIFFECNCF
79
2022.6
32
PingFederatePing Identity
63
1933.1
33
OpenStack KeystoneOpenInfra Foundation
56
1132.0
34
Azure AD B2CMicrosoft
52
1232.4
35
CA SiteMinderBroadcom
51
1152.3
36
FreeIPARed Hat
49
911.9
37
OneLoginOne Identity
41
481.2
38
IdentityServerDuende Software
40
711.8
39
Microsoft AuthenticatorMicrosoft
40
1573.9
40
OpenLDAPOpenLDAP Foundation
40
992.5
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

Active Directory vs Microsoft Entra ID8,045 · 6,276Active Directory vs OAuth8,045 · 4,173Active Directory vs OpenID Connect8,045 · 2,634Active Directory vs SAML8,045 · 2,309Active Directory vs JSON Web Token8,045 · 1,752Microsoft Entra ID vs OAuth6,276 · 4,173Microsoft Entra ID vs OpenID Connect6,276 · 2,634Microsoft Entra ID vs SAML6,276 · 2,309Microsoft Entra ID vs JSON Web Token6,276 · 1,752OAuth vs OpenID Connect4,173 · 2,634OAuth vs SAML4,173 · 2,309OAuth vs JSON Web Token4,173 · 1,752OpenID Connect vs SAML2,634 · 2,309OpenID Connect vs JSON Web Token2,634 · 1,752SAML vs JSON Web Token2,309 · 1,752
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Active Directory leads Identity with 8,045 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Microsoft Entra ID at 6,276. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/iam-sso-directory)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

Identity: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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