OKTA vs SYF Comparison

Okta is a cloud-native security company specializing in identity and access management. The San Francisco-based firm went public in 2017 and serves two key client stakeholder groups: workforces and customers. Okta's workforce offerings enable a company's employees, contractors, and partners to securely access its cloud-based and on-premises resources. The firm's customer offering, delivered via its Auth0 platform, allow clients to provide secure access experiences to their own end users.

Synchrony Financial, originally a spinoff of GE Capital's retail financing business, is the largest provider of private-label credit cards in the United States by both outstanding receivables and purchasing volume. Synchrony partners with other firms to market its credit products in their physical stores as well as on their websites and mobile applications. Synchrony operates through three segments: retail card (private-label and co-branded general-purpose credit cards), payment solutions (promotional financing for large ticket purchases), and CareCredit (financing for elective healthcare procedures).