SAASPOCALYPSEcase · head-to-head
wedge comparison
subjects of investigation
okta.comvszoom.us
which is stronger?
clone time
3 months
fortress3 months
okta.com
enterprise identity & access management platform
26/ 100
wedge scorefull report ↗
→vs←
clone time
8 weeks
contested8 weeks
zoom.us
unified communications & video conferencing platform
45/ 100
wedge scorefull report ↗
moat
how deep is each moat.
okta.com · aggregate
7.4/10deep moat
moat delta-1.9
zoom.us · aggregate
5.5/10real moat
8.0
capital-1.0 →
7.0
5.0
technical±0
5.0
6.0
network-1.0 →
5.0
7.0
switching-1.0 →
6.0
6.0
data-3.0 →
3.0
9.0
regulatory-2.0 →
7.0
9.7
distribution-5.8 →
3.9
floor
cost + time, side by side.
monthly floortie
okta.com
$47 + usage
zoom.us
$47 + usage
monthly floor is roughly the same on both sides.
time to clonezoom.us wins
okta.com
3 months
zoom.us
8 weeks
delta −2× faster8 weeks vs. 3 months.
overlap
where they fight, where they don't.
features only one ships, plus the small middle they share.
only okta.com · 33
audit logversion history & creative timelinesso (saml/oidc)
shared · 33
hipaa compliancellm inferencesocial login
only zoom.us · 33
serverless / edge platformspeech-to-textvideo conferencing
stack
what they're built on.
shared infra and the differentiating bits.
only okta.com · 55
FastlyGitHubLuciaNextAuthSupabase Auth
shared infra · 88
CloudflareNext.jsPostgresCloudflare R2ResendSentrySupabaseVercel
only zoom.us · 22
OpenAIReact
the verdict
ATTACK ZOOM.US FIRST
same comparison surface, two different walls. give the zoom.us attack a month. circle back to okta only if you genuinely need what it does that the other doesn't.
the case
a full tier easiershallower moatsmaller stack
full reportfortress · 26
→ read the okta.com report
full reportcontested · 45
→ read the zoom.us report
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