IdPVault vs Backupta vs Acsense: Best IdP Backup Solution in 2026?

Identity providers sit in the blast radius of almost every important business system. Applications, authentication flows, group assignments, policies, and privileged access all depend on configuration that can be changed or deleted in seconds. The identity platform itself may stay online while a bad change, compromised administrator, failed rollout, or API mistake leaves users locked out.

Editorial disclosure: KelTech, LLC owns both IdPVault and SaaS Compared. We have verified the same public documentation and pricing sources used for the other products, and we include IdPVault’s operational limitations throughout this comparison.

That is the problem identity backup and resilience products are trying to solve. We reviewed the current product documentation, provider listings, public pricing, licensing terms, and recovery claims for IdPVault, Backupta, and Acsense. These products overlap, but they are not interchangeable. One is a self-hosted backup and restore platform with flat pricing, one is an enterprise SaaS product focused on Okta and Auth0, and one extends Okta and Microsoft Entra ID backup into managed disaster recovery and failover.

Our overall pick is IdPVault for organizations and MSPs that can operate Docker and want their identity data to remain inside their own infrastructure. Its flat annual pricing is dramatically less expensive at scale, and it is the only product here with first-class Authentik support. Teams that want a managed service and dedicated enterprise support may prefer Backupta, while Okta or Entra ID organizations that need a standby tenant and automated failover should look closely at Acsense.

Quick Verdict

Choose IdPVault if data sovereignty, predictable cost, Authentik support, offline operation, or MSP multi-tenancy matters. The Community plan is a functional free backup tool, not a time-limited trial. Business costs $2,500 per year for two tenants and unlimited users, while the MSP plan costs $3,500 per year for two tenants. Each additional tenant is $500 per year. The tradeoff is operational ownership: you run Docker, PostgreSQL, storage, updates, and the backups protecting the backup system.

Choose Backupta if you want a managed SaaS experience for Okta Workforce Identity, Okta Customer Identity, or Auth0, backed by a dedicated identity-focused team. It combines backup and granular restoration with change monitoring and release management. The customer retains control of the cloud storage used for backup data, but the software itself is a hosted service. Its public AWS Marketplace rate of $2.50 per Okta user per month becomes expensive as identity counts grow.

Choose Acsense if your requirement is broader Okta or Microsoft Entra ID resilience rather than scheduled backup alone. Continuous protection with an approximately 10-minute recovery point objective, immutable managed backups, point-in-time investigation, standby tenants, replication, and failover put it in a different operational class. It also carries a different price: AWS Marketplace lists $20,000 per year for a 1,000-MAU Pro bundle and $60,000 per year for a 10,000-MAU Enterprise bundle.

Quick Comparison

How We Evaluated These IdP Backup Solutions

We compared the products across the questions that matter during an actual identity incident:

• Recovery scope: Can the product restore one object, relationships between objects, users, assignments, or an entire tenant?
• Change awareness: Does it show what changed before the next incident or backup window?
• Provider coverage: Does it support the identity provider you use today?
• Data control: Where is the identity configuration copy stored, and who can access it?
• Operational model: Is the product self-hosted, vendor-managed, or a hybrid?
• Pricing behavior: Does cost follow tenant count, user count, or enterprise package size?
• Business continuity: Does the product stop at backup and restore, or does it provide replication and failover?
• Transparency: Are limitations, source licensing, and public prices easy to understand?

Pricing deserves special care. The figures below are public list or marketplace prices verified on July 17, 2026. Enterprise quotes, negotiated discounts, support packages, standby tenants, and implementation services can change the final invoice. We use public numbers because they are the only reproducible basis for comparison.

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1. IdPVault: Best for Self-Hosted Control and Flat Pricing

Overview

IdPVault is a self-hosted backup, drift detection, and restore platform for Authentik, Okta, and Auth0. It runs as one multi-architecture application image plus PostgreSQL, with native linux/amd64 and linux/arm64 images published under the same tag. That makes it suitable for conventional servers, NAS systems, Unraid, Portainer, and smaller ARM hosts.

The self-hosted architecture is the central difference. Identity configuration includes the blueprint for application access, authentication flows, group relationships, policies, and administrative control. With IdPVault, that copy stays on infrastructure the customer controls. Snapshots and API credentials are encrypted at rest, license verification happens locally, and the product sends no telemetry.

This is configuration protection, not a claim of magical bare-metal disaster recovery. Identity provider APIs do not return every secret. OAuth client secrets, signing-key private material, SMTP passwords, and similar values may need to be re-entered or rotated after a restore. A self-hosted Authentik deployment also needs normal infrastructure backups of its PostgreSQL database, data mounts, certificates, compose configuration, and secret key. IdPVault documents that boundary instead of hiding it.

Key Features

• Encrypted, versioned snapshots: Applications, flows, stages, policies, groups, mappings, users, and assignments can be captured on a schedule or on demand. Per-tenant data keys are protected through AES-256-GCM envelope encryption.
• Diff and drift detection: Administrators can compare snapshots and see object-level changes. Provider events can surface unbacked changes before the next scheduled snapshot.
• Dry-run restore: Every restore can be previewed before changes are applied. This is especially useful in identity systems, where restoring one object without its dependencies can create a second incident.
• Selective restore: Administrators can recover a specific object instead of rolling an entire tenant backward.
• Provenance-aware access restore: Group-derived access can be restored through group membership rather than flattened into direct assignments.
• Clone and promote: A configuration can be restored into another tenant using the same provider, supporting controlled promotion from preproduction to production.
• Users & Access protection: Business and MSP tiers add users, group memberships, and application assignments.
• MSP organization model: Client organizations, organization-scoped administrators and viewers, renewal tracking, billing memo fields, and CSV onboarding support managed-service workflows.
• Monitoring: Email and webhook alerts cover drift, failed backups, and restores. A Prometheus endpoint supports fleet monitoring.
• Offline licensing: Ed25519-signed license keys are verified locally. No activation call or recurring phone-home check is required.

Pricing

Additional tenants cost $500 per tenant per year on Business and MSP. End-user count does not change the price.

Pros

• Flat pricing is exceptionally inexpensive for large identity populations
• Self-hosted data control and offline licensing work for restricted environments
• Only option in this comparison with Authentik support
• Free plan includes real backup, diff, and restore functionality
• Dry-run and selective restore reduce recovery risk
• Strong MSP model for separating client organizations and roles
• No telemetry or vendor activation dependency
• Source is available for inspection under BSL 1.1

Cons

• You must operate Docker, PostgreSQL, storage, backups, and updates
• No hosted SaaS edition for teams that do not want infrastructure ownership
• Only supports Authentik, Okta, and Auth0 today
• No Entra ID, Google Workspace, Ping, or ForgeRock support
• BSL 1.1 is source-available, not OSI-approved open source
• Newer product with a shorter production track record than the enterprise incumbents
• Support is primarily GitHub-based rather than a 24/7 enterprise phone SLA
• API-level backup cannot recover secrets that the identity provider never exposes

Best For

IdPVault is best for security-conscious organizations, self-hosters, and MSPs that already know how to operate containers. It is particularly compelling for Authentik users, who have few purpose-built commercial backup choices, and for large Okta or Auth0 populations where per-user backup pricing becomes difficult to justify.

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2. Backupta: Best for Managed Okta and Auth0 Backup

Overview

Backupta is an enterprise SaaS platform for backup, restoration, configuration monitoring, and release management across Okta Workforce Identity, Okta Customer Identity, and Auth0. Its Okta Integration Network listing describes granular recovery, real-time security alerting, and business-continuity protection for both configuration and identities.

The deployment model is more nuanced than a conventional hosted backup service. The application is delivered as SaaS and is available through AWS Marketplace, while the customer manages the cloud storage used for backup data and grants the service access. That gives customers ownership of the storage location without requiring them to run the backup application itself.

Backupta emphasizes enterprise scale, a dedicated identity team, deployment in less than a week, and customer success support. That can be valuable for organizations that want a vendor to own implementation and ongoing product operation. It also means customers accept a cloud service dependency and a per-user licensing model.

Key Features

• Okta and Auth0 coverage: The platform protects Okta Workforce, Okta Customer Identity, and Auth0 environments.
• Granular recovery: Administrators can restore individual objects, identities, assignments, and larger tenant configurations.
• Configuration monitoring: Real-time alerts flag important or suspicious changes.
• Release management: Preview and production tenants can be synchronized to support controlled rollout.
• Customer-managed storage: Backup data resides in cloud storage controlled by the customer.
• Enterprise onboarding: The vendor advertises deployment in less than a week with a dedicated customer success team.
• Identity-focused expertise: The roadmap and support model are centered on Okta and Auth0 rather than general SaaS backup.
• Enterprise scale: The company reports deployments ranging from thousands to millions of identities.

Pricing

The public AWS Marketplace listing shows $2.50 per Okta user per month. Backupta terms state that customers must license at least the number of users benefiting from access to Okta. The public terms also describe annual payment and a minimum 36-month agreement, subject to the specific customer contract.

At public marketplace pricing:

• 500 users: $15,000 per year
• 2,500 users: $75,000 per year
• 10,000 users: $300,000 per year

Actual enterprise quotes may include negotiated pricing, discounts, implementation terms, or different contract conditions. Buyers should request a complete quote rather than treating the marketplace rate as the guaranteed final price.

Pros

• Managed SaaS application reduces infrastructure work for the customer
• Strong Okta Workforce, Customer Identity, and Auth0 focus
• Real-time monitoring complements scheduled backup
• Granular identity and configuration restoration
• Customer retains control of the cloud storage containing backup data
• Dedicated identity specialists and customer success support
• Built for large enterprise identity populations
• Release-management workflows help synchronize environments

Cons

• Per-user pricing becomes extremely expensive at scale
• No permanent free plan is publicly listed
• No Authentik support
• SaaS application dependency makes it unsuitable for fully air-gapped environments
• Customer-owned storage is not the same as running the complete platform locally
• Public terms describe a minimum 36-month agreement
• Final enterprise pricing may require a quote

Best For

Backupta is best for enterprises that run Okta or Auth0, want dedicated identity specialists, and prefer vendor-managed software over operating a self-hosted platform. It is easier to justify when implementation support and managed operations matter more than minimizing per-user cost.

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3. Acsense: Best for Okta and Entra ID Disaster Recovery

Overview

Acsense positions itself as an IAM resilience platform rather than a backup utility. Its current platform supports Okta and Microsoft Entra ID, while its Okta Integration Network listing describes continuous protection, object-level recovery, and tenant-wide recovery. The product extends that foundation with point-in-time investigation, immutable managed storage, compliance reporting, standby tenants, replication, and failover.

That distinction matters. Backup answers, “Can we restore what was changed or deleted?” Resilience asks a larger question: “Can users continue authenticating when the primary identity tenant is unavailable or compromised?” A synchronized standby tenant and an automated failover plan are materially different from restoring configuration after an incident.

The additional capability also creates more cost and implementation complexity. Acsense is aimed at Okta and Entra ID organizations with business-continuity requirements, formal compliance programs, and downtime costs that can justify enterprise pricing.

Key Features

• Continuous data protection: The platform advertises an approximately 10-minute recovery point objective rather than a daily backup window.
• Single and linked-object recovery: Administrators can recover one item or restore related objects and relationships.
• Point-in-time investigation: Historical tenant states can be compared for incident analysis and compliance.
• Immutable, isolated storage: Managed backups follow an air-gapped 3-2-1 protection model.
• Integrity checks: Recoverability and backup integrity reports help prove that protected data can be used.
• Long retention: Compliance and higher plans list infinite retention for investigation and audit needs.
• Tenant replication: Production configuration can be replicated into standby or test tenants.
• Disaster recovery: Hot-standby, on-demand failover, and automated failover options support business continuity.
• Configuration promotion: Tested changes can move between environments with guardrails.
• Compliance reporting: Change trails, tenant investigations, and recoverability reports support audits.

Pricing

Acsense publicly displays Recover, Compliance, and Resilience packages, with volume discounts after 2,000 users and custom quotes for larger organizations. Because the unit label is not consistently exposed in the public page text, the clearest reproducible comparison comes from AWS Marketplace:

• Pro, 1,000 MAU bundle: $20,000 for 12 months
• Enterprise, 10,000 MAU bundle: $60,000 for 12 months
• Longer contracts: AWS Marketplace lists potential discounts for 24-month and 36-month agreements

Standby environments, support, and disaster-recovery options may be add-ons depending on the package. Buyers should verify the complete quote and implementation scope.

Pros

• Strongest disaster-recovery and failover story in this comparison
• Approximately 10-minute RPO for continuous protection
• Single-object, relationship-aware, and tenant-wide recovery
• Immutable and isolated managed backup design
• Point-in-time investigation and compliance reporting
• Standby tenant and replication options
• Vendor-managed platform reduces day-to-day infrastructure ownership
• Established enterprise onboarding and security certifications

Cons

• Significantly more expensive than a self-hosted backup-only platform
• Narrower provider coverage than a broad multi-provider backup suite
• No Authentik or Auth0 support
• More platform than many smaller organizations need
• DR features and support can require add-on pricing
• Vendor-managed storage and services may not satisfy strict local-data requirements
• Enterprise implementation is less immediate than deploying a single Docker stack

Best For

Acsense is best for Okta and Entra ID customers that need measurable business continuity, not just configuration recovery. If the requirement includes an isolated standby tenant, tenant replication, low RPO, audit evidence, and failover during an identity outage, its higher price buys capabilities the other two products do not fully replace.

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Head-to-Head: Where the Differences Become Expensive

Flat Pricing vs Per-User Pricing

The cost gap is not subtle. Consider an organization with 10,000 identities and four protected tenants:

This is not a claim that the packages contain identical capabilities. Acsense includes a much broader enterprise resilience and DR story, while Backupta includes managed software and identity-focused support. The comparison shows how the licensing model behaves. User count has little relationship to the cost of storing configuration snapshots, but it has an enormous relationship to a per-user invoice.

For an organization that only needs backup, drift visibility, and selective restore, IdPVault has a structural cost advantage. For an organization buying low-RPO replication, standby infrastructure, enterprise onboarding, and failover, price alone is the wrong deciding factor.

Self-Hosted Data Sovereignty vs Managed Operations

IdPVault keeps the complete application and backup data on customer-controlled infrastructure. It can operate without telemetry or a licensing connection, which makes it suitable for isolated networks and organizations with strict data-residency rules. The price of that control is operational responsibility.

Backupta splits responsibility. The application is SaaS, but the customer manages the cloud storage that contains backup data. This is stronger data ownership than a fully vendor-controlled repository, although the service still needs access to operate.

Acsense provides managed immutable and isolated backup architecture as part of a broader resilience service. That can be the better outcome for a team that wants tested recovery processes without building the operational program internally.

Provider Coverage

IdPVault is the clear choice for Authentik because neither enterprise competitor publicly lists Authentik support. It also supports Okta and Auth0, giving mixed self-hosted and commercial IdP environments one platform.

Backupta covers Okta Workforce, Okta Customer Identity, and Auth0 with a mature enterprise focus. Acsense covers Okta and Microsoft Entra ID and should be evaluated for managed resilience and disaster recovery rather than broad multi-provider coverage.

For an Entra ID-only buyer, Acsense is the only verified fit in this comparison. None of the three is the right answer for a Google Workspace-only or Ping-only buyer based on the currently verified provider coverage.

Backup and Restore vs Full Resilience

IdPVault is strongest when administrators want transparent snapshots, diffs, dry runs, selective recovery, and cross-tenant promotion without giving a vendor custody of the platform. It is honest about API limitations and the need for host-level backups around a self-hosted IdP.

Backupta adds managed monitoring, enterprise support, and release management around granular recovery. It reduces the operational burden while keeping the customer in control of storage.

Acsense goes furthest toward continuity during a platform-level event. Continuous replication and failover are the reasons to pay more. A scheduled snapshot product should not be presented as equivalent to a tested hot-standby design.

Our Recommendations

Best Overall for Teams That Can Self-Host

We recommend IdPVault for most infrastructure-capable organizations. The free Community edition provides a low-risk way to validate backups and restores. Business and MSP pricing remains predictable as employee counts grow, and local custody eliminates a second cloud copy of the identity blueprint.

Best Managed Option for Okta and Auth0

We recommend Backupta when a customer wants a dedicated identity team, managed application operations, and enterprise-scale Okta or Auth0 recovery. Buyers should model the entire user population and contract term before treating the per-user rate as a minor line item.

Best for Enterprise Okta or Entra ID DR

We recommend Acsense when the requirement includes continuous protection, point-in-time investigation, a standby tenant, replication, or failover. It is the most capable continuity platform here and the easiest one to overbuy if the actual requirement is only scheduled backup.

FAQ

Do Okta, Entra ID, Auth0, or Authentik provide a complete undo button?

No. Identity providers expose APIs, logs, exports, and some recovery functions, but administrators still need an independent way to version configuration and recover deleted or changed objects. IdPVault, Backupta, and Acsense package those capabilities at different levels.

Can an IdP backup restore passwords and private keys?

Usually not. Identity provider APIs deliberately redact many secrets, including passwords, OAuth client secrets, certificate private keys, and signing material. IdPVault explicitly documents this limitation. Buyers should treat any universal “one-click recovery” claim skeptically and test the exact object types they depend on.

Which option supports Authentik?

IdPVault is the only product in this comparison with verified Authentik support. A complete Authentik disaster-recovery plan should also protect the Authentik PostgreSQL database, data mounts, certificates, compose or environment configuration, and Authentik secret key.

Is self-hosting automatically more secure?

No. Self-hosting changes who owns the risk. IdPVault keeps identity data local and removes vendor telemetry and activation dependencies, but the customer must patch the host, protect PostgreSQL, secure the reverse proxy, and back up the encryption key and database. Managed products such as Backupta and Acsense may be safer for teams without those operational skills.

Why does flat pricing matter for identity backup?

Configuration backup cost is driven more by objects, snapshots, storage, and tenant complexity than employee count. IdPVault prices paid plans by included tenants and tenant add-ons, while Backupta publicly lists a per-user marketplace rate. At thousands of users, that difference can change annual cost by six figures.

When is a standby tenant worth paying for?

A standby tenant is worth considering when identity downtime stops revenue, support, production operations, or emergency access. Acsense is the strongest option here for that scenario because it combines replication and failover with backup and investigation. Organizations without a validated failover requirement may get better value from a simpler backup and restore platform.

Is BSL 1.1 the same as open source?

No. IdPVault is source-available under the Business Source License 1.1, but BSL 1.1 is not an OSI-approved open-source license. Customers can inspect the code and use the product for their own organizations under the license terms, while offering it to third parties as a hosted or managed service requires a commercial agreement.

Last verified: July 17, 2026.

Disclosure: IdPVault is a product of KelTech, LLC, which also owns SaaS Compared.