Comparison
Mandact vs. Okta for AI Agents
Okta for AI Agents (GA since 30 April 2026) answers the identity question: which agents exist in my company, what system access do they have, how do I withdraw it? For the same operator, Mandact answers the three questions that follow: who authorised this agent to do what, was exactly this action allowed to happen now — and where is the proof an internal audit can recompute without us? Identity says who acts. Mandact says whether they may act now.
| Dimension | Mandact (OMP) | Okta for AI Agents / XAA |
|---|---|---|
| Core question | Was this agent's action allowed to happen now — with proof? | Which agents do I have, what access do they have? |
| Layer | Authority, decision, evidence (authority · evidence · verification) | Identity and access |
| Scope | Every action with legal or external effect — own and third-party agents | Internal system and app access (XAA across app boundaries) |
| Identity root | State: E-ID/EUDI (SD-JWT, OID4VC), organisations via UID/commercial register | Company directory; verifiable digital credentials announced only for FY27 |
| Legal wording | Templates with legal wording (CO 32 ff./BGB 164 ff.), hash-bound | None — policies are technical, not legal |
| Proof in a dispute | Signed, append-only evidence chain with a timestamp path — externally recomputable | The company's audit logs — provable only internally |
| Escalation | Step-up to the principal above a threshold, 600 s, single approval | Async approvals in the workflow (Auth0) |
| Relationship | Complementary: Okta-managed agents carry Mandact mandates; every action runs through the checkpoint | Identity layer on which mandates build |
Verdict
Not a replacement, a stack — and the same buyer: Okta says who the agent is and what it may access. Mandact says whether this specific action was allowed now, and supplies the proof that internal audit, supervisors or a court can recompute without Mandact. The complete control path for an operator: identity (Okta/Entra) + authority and decision (Mandact) + evidence (Evidence Vault). No third party has to integrate.