Okta vs Dust
Side-by-side trajectory, velocity, and editorial themes.
Okta's developer push is concentrated on Cross App Access and ISV-friendly low-code integrations.
The Okta developer surface is dominated by Cross App Access (XAA) content — protocol tutorials, an xaa.dev playground, and app-to-app connection guides — plus a recent OIN feature for ISVs called API Integration Actions and earlier work on entitlements. Cadence is roughly monthly. All recent posts are educational rather than product launches.
XAA is the centerpiece of the developer story. Okta is using the blog to seed an ecosystem around the spec while deepening ISV integration paths through Workflows-based low-code. An earlier MCP server hints at AI-agent identity interest, but the visible momentum is on XAA and OIN extensibility.
Expect more XAA enablement (partner-app tutorials, possibly a public-preview or GA milestone) and additional OIN features that push provisioning and entitlements toward AI-agent and ISV-tooling use cases.
Dust doubles down on MCP-native agents with multi-model routing and enterprise guardrails.
Dust is building an MCP-native agent platform with broad model coverage and growing enterprise depth. The May cadence shows parallel investment in agent capability (vision via MCP tools, context compaction, frame editing/export) and operational readiness (audit logs, SIEM streaming, protocol migrations). Mobile is getting a voice-first input redesign.
The product is converging on agents-in-the-enterprise via MCP, with multi-model routing as table stakes. MCP V2 migrations and image returns from MCP tools point to the protocol becoming Dust's integration backbone. The model-refresh cadence — three vendors in 48 hours — suggests model routing is now a core competency, not a feature.
Expect more MCP V2 connector migrations and richer MCP return types beyond images. The voice-first mobile input bar likely precedes a deeper voice-mode agent surface.
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