Okta Cross App Access (XAA) alternatives

Okta-backed protocol for secure agent-to-app and app-to-app access, letting enterprise IT admins manage and audit which agents connect to which applications instead of relying on shared credentials or embedded tokens. Full Okta Cross App Access (XAA) record →

  1. 1 Nango Agent identity & auth

    also in Agent identity & auth

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 13k released 2026-10-29 Elastic-2.0 Compare with Okta Cross App Access (XAA) →

  2. 2 Pipedream Connect Agent identity & auth

    also in Agent identity & auth

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 12k released 2026-10-28 proprietary; components repo under Pipedream… Compare with Okta Cross App Access (XAA) →

  3. 3 Auth0 for AI Agents Agent identity & auth

    also in Agent identity & auth

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ? proprietary Compare with Okta Cross App Access (XAA) →

  4. 4 Descope Agentic Identity Hub Agent identity & auth

    also in Agent identity & auth

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ? proprietary Compare with Okta Cross App Access (XAA) →

  5. 5 Keycard Agent identity & auth

    also in Agent identity & auth

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ? proprietary Compare with Okta Cross App Access (XAA) →

  6. 6 Merge Agent Handler Agent identity & auth

    also in Agent identity & auth

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ✓ proprietary Compare with Okta Cross App Access (XAA) →

  7. 7 Paragon ActionKit Agent identity & auth

    also in Agent identity & auth

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ? proprietary Compare with Okta Cross App Access (XAA) →

  8. 8 Stytch Connected Apps Agent identity & auth

    also in Agent identity & auth

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ? proprietary Compare with Okta Cross App Access (XAA) →

Ranked by shared memory design (storage, retrieval, conflict handling, memory unit), same section and shared must-haves (open source, self-hosting, MCP), with adoption as a tie-breaker. ✓ confirmed · — no · ? not in the catalog yet. Want picks for your own requirements? Use the chooser. Checking a whole project? Check your stack.