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Push Security vs Silverfort: IAM jobs, prices and limits side by side

Short answer

Both document identity threat detection, at different points. Push watches sign-ins in the browser for adversary-in-the-middle phishing and session hijacking; Silverfort responds inline during authentication, including for Active Directory, and adds MFA to legacy systems. Push publishes per-user prices; Silverfort prices by organization size. Both cover threat detection. Only Push Security covers app coverage. Only Silverfort covers directory and SSO and privileged access.

By The Access Desk · Best IAM Tools · Published 2026-10-11

Desk research from public vendor pages read in September 2026, updated 2026-10-11. Editorial profiles, no scores; we did not run the products.

How do they compare job by job?

Coverage as described on each vendor's own pages, read in September 2026 and updated 11 October 2026. Not a score.
Job	Push Security	Silverfort
J1Directory and SSO	Not in our sources	Partial Universal MFA for legacy apps, command-line tools and OT with zero agents and zero code changes; Silverfort is not a directory or SSO provider. Source: Silverfort homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026
J2Lifecycle and IGA	Not in our sources	Not in our sources No lifecycle management described on the pages reviewed. Source: Silverfort homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026
J3App coverage	Partial Finds shadow SaaS and AI apps and hidden login paths that bypass SSO from the browser; it does not describe bringing those apps under governance. Source: Push Security homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026	Not in our sources
J4Privileged access	Not in our sources	Partial Non-human identity protection for AD and cloud service accounts: a behavioral baseline per account and virtual fences. Its Enterprise package adds Privileged Access Security with just-in-time access. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security · Read 29 Sep 2026 · Source: Silverfort pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
J5Threat detection	Documented Detects adversary-in-the-middle phishing and session hijacking in the browser, with MFA guardrails. Source: Push Security homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026	Documented Detects brute force, password spraying, credential stuffing, Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Ticket, Kerberoasting and DCSync, and can block, challenge with MFA or terminate the session inline, before authentication completes. Source: Silverfort: identity threat detection and response · Read 29 Sep 2026

Can you run both in one stack?

They overlap on threat detection, so most stacks would use one of them for that job and the other only for the jobs it adds.

What do they cost and how are they deployed?

Push Security

Pricing: Standard (up to 500 employees): $5 per user per month on an annual contract, or $6 per employee per month billed monthly, both billed in advance. Enterprise (500+ employees): volume pricing on request. Every licence includes the full platform; a trial is available.
Source: Push Security pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
Deployment: Browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari; no endpoint agent; works on unmanaged (BYOD) devices.
Source: Push Security homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026 · Source: Push Security pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
Integrations: Not covered in our sources
Certifications: Not covered in our sources

Silverfort

Pricing: No list price; Silverfort says pricing is based on the size of the organization. Four packages: Core (ISPM, Universal MFA), Plus (adds NHI Security and AI Agent Security), Advanced (adds Authentication Firewall and ITDR), Enterprise (adds Access Intelligence and Privileged Access Security with just-in-time access). Standard support included; Premier support 10% and Diamond 20% of licence cost.
Source: Silverfort pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
Deployment: Available for on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments; Universal MFA described as needing zero agents.
Source: Silverfort pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026 · Source: Silverfort homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026
Integrations: AI agent discovery through read-only APIs across Entra ID, Okta, AWS, Azure and GCP.
Source: Silverfort: AI agent security · Read 29 Sep 2026
Certifications: Not covered in our sources

What are each one's strengths and limits?

Push Security

Strengths

Published per-user prices and a trial.
Source: Push Security pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
No endpoint agent; works on unmanaged devices.
Source: Push Security homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026
Sees sign-ins that bypass single sign-on.
Source: Push Security homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026

Limits

Standard plan covers up to 500 employees; larger organizations get volume pricing on request.
Source: Push Security pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
Protection outside a supported browser is not described on the pages we read.
Source: Push Security homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026

Silverfort

Strengths

Responds inline, before the authentication completes.
Source: Silverfort: identity threat detection and response · Read 29 Sep 2026
MFA on legacy, command-line and OT systems.
Source: Silverfort homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026
Service account baselines and virtual fences.
Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security · Read 29 Sep 2026

Limits

No lifecycle or governance features described.
Source: Silverfort homepage · Read 29 Sep 2026
No list price, and ITDR comes in the Advanced package and above.
Source: Silverfort pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026

Which should you look at first?

Push Security

Look at Push Security first if you need: the jobs both cover.

Push Security's pages highlight: Published per-user prices and a trial.

Source: Push Security pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026

Silverfort

Look at Silverfort first if you need: the jobs both cover.

Silverfort's pages highlight: Responds inline, before the authentication completes.

Source: Silverfort: identity threat detection and response · Read 29 Sep 2026

Frequently asked questions

Do Push Security and Silverfort publish prices?

Push Security: Standard (up to 500 employees): $5 per user per month on an annual contract, or $6 per employee per month billed monthly, both billed in advance. Enterprise (500+ employees): volume pricing on request. Every licence includes the full platform; a trial is available. Silverfort: No list price; Silverfort says pricing is based on the size of the organization. Four packages: Core (ISPM, Universal MFA), Plus (adds NHI Security and AI Agent Security), Advanced (adds Authentication Firewall and ITDR), Enterprise (adds Access Intelligence and Privileged Access Security with just-in-time access). Standard support included; Premier support 10% and Diamond 20% of licence cost.

Do Push Security and Silverfort overlap?

They overlap on threat detection, so most stacks would use one of them for that job and the other only for the jobs it adds.

How can I compare more than two IAM tools?

Use the side-by-side tool, which shows up to five vendors' job coverage, prices and limits in one table.