5 AI Agent Identity Platforms for Midmarket IT Teams

Okta, Microsoft, JumpCloud, Token Security and SailPoint are taking different approaches to governing AI agents. Here’s how they compare on identity, access, ownership and midmarket fit.

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MES Computing recent coverage shows that AI agents are gradually becoming part of the workforce in many midmarket organizations, and each one needs an identity, a set of permissions, an audit trail of its actions and a person accountable for it. One of the challenges with this expanding agentic workforce is that it can create identity sprawl across businesses, which, if poorly governed, could leave organizations more exposed to unauthorized access than they’ve ever been before.

Traditional identity and access management already requires IT teams to govern who can reach applications, systems and data. AI agents complicate that model because the identity taking action may no longer be a human user.

As AI deployment grows, identity management providers including Okta, SailPoint and JumpCloud are extending their platforms to govern non-human identities. That shift illustrates how identity and access management is no longer just about controlling who has access to what. IT teams increasingly must consider which agents have access, who owns them and how quickly that access can be revoked.

Below, we compare five identity platforms for governing AI agents, looking at how each handles agent ownership and access, what distinguishes it from the others, and where it may fit in a midmarket environment.

Agentic IAM Solutions Compared For The Midmarket

Okta for AI Agents
Key capabilities: Identity, Agent SSO, access certifications, MCP controls
Potential midmarket fit: Existing Okta environments

Microsoft Entra Agent ID
Key capabilities: Agent identities, identity blueprints, policy controls
Potential midmarket fit: Microsoft/Entra-centric environments

JumpCloud Agentic IAM
Key capabilities: Identity, device trust, governance, MCP controls
Potential midmarket fit: Lean teams seeking consolidated management

Token Security
Key capabilities: Discovery, least-privilege access, lifecycle governance
Potential midmarket fit: Heterogeneous identity and cloud environments

SailPoint Agentic Fabric
Key capabilities: Discovery, relationship mapping, lifecycle governance
Potential midmarket fit: Teams needing deeper identity governance

Okta for AI Agents

Okta made ‘Okta for AI Agents’ generally available in April 2026, and has expanded it steadily since. The platform records agents in Universal Directory as nonhuman identities, assigns human owners and detects unmanaged agents connected through OAuth consent grants in managed Chrome browsers. Its September updates added agent-to-agent controls and access certifications. Discovery of agents on employee devices through CrowdStrike remained in Early Access.

Agent SSO may be particularly relevant for midmarket buyers already using Okta. The feature incorporates the Cross App Access standard into core Okta single sign-on at no additional cost. Okta for AI Agents, however, is a separate subscription and pricing requires a sales inquiry.

Token Security

Named to the 2026 MES Midmarket 100, Token Security takes a security-focused approach to non-human and agent identities. Its agentless platform connects to identity and cloud systems like Okta, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, which many midmarket teams already run. According to the company, it can discover agents including custom GPTs and MCP servers.

In a March press release, co-founder and CEO Itamar Apelblat said the platform “understands what AI agents are supposed to do.” It limits each agent’s permissions to that purpose and constrains actions outside it. The company offers a free tool, AI Privilege Guardian, which lets lean IT teams set least-privilege permissions for each agent before committing any budget to the platform.

Microsoft Entra Agent ID

Microsoft Entra Agent ID gives AI agents distinct identities in Entra, including agents built on Microsoft platforms and supported third-party frameworks such as Amazon Bedrock and n8n.

For organizations already standardized on Microsoft Entra, Agent ID offers a way to bring AI agents into the existing identity environment rather than introducing a separate directory.

Its Agent identity blueprints feature lets administrators apply consistent access policies to groups of agents and disable them together. Each agent has a recorded human sponsor that helps IT teams establish accountability as deployments grow. However, Conditional Access requires Entra ID P1, while broader agent security controls require Microsoft Agent 365, which costs $15 per user/month.

JumpCloud Agentic IAM

JumpCloud stands out on this list for running identity, device management and agent governance from a single console. Its Agentic IAM gives agents identities and requires an assigned owner. Midmarket teams already using JumpCloud for directory and device management can govern agents in the same platform.

Access while using the framework is granted through privileged access management (PAM) rules, which issue temporary, least-privilege permissions that expire when a task ends. The JumpCloud AI Gateway can also locate Model Context Protocol (MCP) connections which agents use to reach tools and data, and then route them through a controlled path.

SailPoint Agentic Fabric

SailPoint Agentic Fabric, generally available since August, combines discovery, governance, authorization and protection, and SailPoint sells it as a standalone product that works alongside existing identity tools.

A key capability is relationship mapping, which connects agents with their human owners, permissions, systems and data, so security teams can see which agents can reach sensitive assets. A centralized kill switch allows teams to disable a rogue agent.

SailPoint sells the capability in paid tiers, but a free trial of its Discovery Tool is available to new customers and existing IdentityIQ and Identity Security Cloud users.

Methodology

We assessed the five identity platforms using vendor announcements, product documentation and publicly available pricing information as of October 2026. We reviewed agent registration and ownership, access controls, lifecycle management, licensing and pricing transparency, and the ability to disable or revoke an agent's access. We distinguished generally available capabilities from features in early access or on vendor roadmaps.

Because MES Computing serves midmarket IT organizations, we also considered how each platform may fit teams with limited security staffing, existing identity investments and constrained budgets.