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Ping Identity: pricing 2026
Ping's $3/user/mo Essential rate looks competitive — but the 5,000-user minimum ($180k/yr floor) prices it as an enterprise-only product. Below ~10,000 seats, every other commercial IdP is cheaper. Self-hosted PingFederate available separately (quote).
Tier breakdown
| Tier | $/user/mo | Annual min | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | $3 | $180,000 | 5,000-user minimum × $3 = $15,000/mo = $180k/yr floor |
| Plus | $6 | $360,000 | Adds risk-based MFA, advanced governance |
| Premium | Quote | — | Quote-only — full PingOne Cloud Platform |
Pricing model: Per-user with 5,000-user contractual minimum on Essential. Effectively enterprise-only.
Feature support
✓SAML 2.0
✓OIDC
✓SCIM
✓MFA
✓Passkeys
✓Conditional access
✓Lifecycle mgmt
✓Audit logs
✓Device trust
✓API access
✓B2B federation
✓Governance
Annual cost at common seat counts
| 25 seats / yr on Essential | $180,000· hits 180,000 min |
| 100 seats / yr on Essential | $180,000· hits 180,000 min |
| 250 seats / yr on Essential | $180,000· hits 180,000 min |
| 500 seats / yr on Essential | $180,000· hits 180,000 min |
| 1000 seats / yr on Essential | $180,000· hits 180,000 min |
Source
↗ https://www.pingidentity.com/en/platform/pricing.htmlVerified 2026-06-02. Status: live-verified.
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