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title: "Better Auth vs Okta: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Better Auth or Okta more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Authentication platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Better Auth vs Okta: Which is searched more?

Is Better Auth or Okta more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Authentication platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Better Auth and Okta
- **Competitive set**: Authentication platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Better Auth Share of Search**: 1.2%
- **Okta Share of Search**: 20.5%

## Is Better Auth or Okta more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Okta had more branded searches than Better Auth among authentication platforms worldwide. Okta had about 673,000 branded searches, while Better Auth had 40,500. Okta made up 20.5% of all authentication platform searches we track, and Better Auth accounted for 1.2%.
- Okta was ahead of Better Auth in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Better Auth’s share of searches among authentication platforms worldwide moved from 3.1% to 1.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 60.5K to 40.5K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Okta’s share of searches among authentication platforms worldwide moved from 34.7% to 20.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 673K.

## How did search popularity change for authentication platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Okta lost share of searches among authentication platforms worldwide, from 23.5% to 20.5%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Better Auth worldwide fell 33.1% over 12 measured months, from 60.5K to 40.5K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Better Auth estimated searches | Better Auth Share of Search | Better Auth rank | Okta estimated searches | Okta Share of Search | Okta rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 60.5K | 3.1% | 5 | 673K | 34.7% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 60.5K | 2.9% | 5 | 673K | 32.3% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 60.5K | 3% | 5 | 673K | 32.8% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 60.5K | 2.6% | 5 | 673K | 29.2% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 49.5K | 2.2% | 5 | 673K | 29.4% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 60.5K | 1.9% | 5 | 823K | 26.5% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 49.5K | 1.7% | 5 | 673K | 23.2% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 49.5K | 1.7% | 5 | 673K | 23.4% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 40.5K | 1.4% | 6 | 673K | 23.4% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 49.5K | 1.7% | 5 | 673K | 23.4% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 40.5K | 1.4% | 6 | 673K | 23.5% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | 40.5K | 1.2% | 6 | 673K | 20.5% | 2 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Better Auth’s and Okta’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Better Auth**: Measured on the search term “better auth”.
- **Okta**: Measured on the search term “okta”.

- [Better Auth profile](/demand/global-en/brands/better-auth)
- [Okta profile](/demand/global-en/brands/okta)
- [All authentication platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/authentication-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 11 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Better Auth or Okta more popular in search?

In September 2026, Okta had more branded searches than Better Auth among authentication platforms worldwide. Okta had about 673,000 branded searches, while Better Auth had 40,500. Okta made up 20.5% of all authentication platform searches we track, and Better Auth accounted for 1.2%.

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