Re:Has anyone used Stytch for Authentication?
by gabrielsroka on Monday February 06, 2023 @10:23AM
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I am not an Okta employee.
Okta had a customer identity solution even before they bought Auth0.
I know almost nothing about Okta's competitors, which is why I said nothing.
Re:Has anyone used Stytch for Authentication?
by mooreds on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @02:59PM
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Sorry, I was referencing the resume available on your GH site, but to be fair, it does say that it was last updated in 2018. My bad.
> Okta had a customer identity solution even before they bought Auth0.
Correct. Stormpath was acquired in the mid 2010s, if I recall correctly. I believe that is being sunsetted for Auth0 currently (based on my research).
Re:Has anyone used Stytch for Authentication?
by gabrielsroka on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @05:56PM
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That's not what I'm talking about. I don't think the Stormpath product was ever turned into anything that Okta sold. But Okta's identity cloud has been used for both workforce and customer identity solutions. I believe it is the latter that is being sunsetted and replaced by Auth0.
But Okta itself has focused on the workforce (IAM) product, rather than one focused on many users, which is why they bought Auth0, which they do own, as you correctly stated. If you go to okta.com, they have 'customer identity' and workforce identity' as the first two options of their menu. But my understanding is that 'customer identity' is really the Auth0 platform.
I did say:
> there is overlap and the categories are fuzzy
I didn't mean to imply that Okta didn't support standards. However, standards implementation isn't (in my mind) their defining characteristic, IAM/workforce management is. Just like some of the JS focused providers support OAuth, but the defining characteristic is their focus on JS/front end frameworks.
I'll end by saying that I haven't done a deep dive into all of these options, these are just some of the companies in the space. Caveat emptor, do your own diligence.
(From your profile link, I see that you are an Okta employee. I'd love to have your insight into how you'd group the competitors to help OP do their research to find the right solution.)