Okta vs Silverfort for ITDR
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Editorial assessment · Desk research from public vendor material · Reviewed 2026-09-29
Scores by criterion
Continuous session risk detection for Okta sessions, plus shared signals from CrowdStrike, Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks and Jamf. Directory attacks on Active Directory are outside scope.
Source: Okta: Identity Threat Protection
Names brute force, password spraying, credential stuffing, Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Ticket, Kerberoasting and DCSync.
Source: Silverfort: ITDR
Higher score: Silverfort
Re-challenges with MFA or restricts access mid-session when risk changes.
Source: Okta: Identity Threat Protection
Blocks, challenges with MFA or ends the session inline, before authentication completes.
Source: Silverfort: ITDR
Higher score: Silverfort
Detects session hijacking and token theft, and can log a user out of supported apps at once with Universal Logout.
Source: Okta: Identity Threat Protection
Flags suspicious Kerberos tickets; forged federation tokens are not addressed on the page reviewed.
Source: Silverfort: ITDR
Higher score: Okta
Session termination, read-only restriction and Universal Logout.
Source: Okta: Identity Threat Protection
Session termination and MFA challenge as responses; recovery is not part of the product.
Source: Silverfort: ITDR
Higher score: Okta
Weighted total
Okta 7.0 / 10 · Silverfort 7.6 / 10
Higher score: Silverfort
Where each one scores higher
Okta scores higher on
- token and session attacks (8 vs 6)
- response and recovery (8 vs 7)
- maturity and buying clarity (7 vs 6)
Silverfort scores higher on
- detection breadth (6 vs 9)
- stopping attacks at sign-in (7 vs 9)
- posture and attack paths (6 vs 7)
Pricing, side by side
Okta
Identity Threat Protection is an add-on from the Essentials suite and is included in Professional. Price on request.
Source: Okta pricing
As published on 2026-09-29.
Which should you choose?
Choose Okta if token and session attacks and response and recovery matter most. It scores 8 and 8 on them. Detects session hijacking and token theft, and can log a user out of supported apps at once with Universal Logout.
Choose Silverfort if detection breadth and stopping attacks at sign-in matter most. It scores 9 and 9 on them. Names brute force, password spraying, credential stuffing, Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Ticket, Kerberoasting and DCSync.
Questions
Which scores higher overall, Okta or Silverfort?
On our weights for ITDR, Silverfort scores 7.6 / 10 and Okta 7.0 / 10. Totals are the weighted average of six criterion scores; the weights are listed on the ITDR page.
Where does Okta score higher than Silverfort?
On token and session attacks; response and recovery; and maturity and buying clarity.
Where does Silverfort score higher than Okta?
On detection breadth; stopping attacks at sign-in; and posture and attack paths.
Related
Sources
- Okta: Identity Threat Protection: https://www.okta.com/products/identity-threat-protection/
- Okta pricing: https://www.okta.com/pricing/
- Silverfort: ITDR: https://www.silverfort.com/platform/identity-threat-detection-and-response/
- Silverfort platform: https://www.silverfort.com/