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Ping Identity

Ping Identity sells identity and access management as annual subscriptions measured mostly in identities (annual active, monthly active or managed stored identities), with transaction-based units for flows, risk evaluations and verifications, under a Subscription Agreement and Product Specific Terms that also govern the former ForgeRock products.

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Overview articlePing Identity licensingPing Identity sells identity and access management as annual subscriptions measured mostly in identities (annual active, monthly active or managed stored identities), with transaction-based units for flows, risk evaluations and verifications, under a Subscription Agreement and Product Specific Terms that also govern the former ForgeRock products.Cited · Edited 2026-10-07 · 16 references

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Licensing Data

From the Ping Identity catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 72 verbatim excerpts from 32 Ping Identity documents.

Identity Management Software 29

All Products licensed by identities, ForgeRock Identity Platform software, ForgeRock Identity Platform software (PingAM, PingDS, PingIDM, PingGateway), Ping Government Identity Cloud, PingAccess, PingAM, PingAuthorize, PingCentral, and 21 more

Identity Verification Software 3

PingOne Credentials, PingOne Recognize, PingOne Verify

Product History

All acquisitions
  1. Thoma Bravo acquired Ping IdentityAnnounced 2022-08-03 · Closed 2022-10-18 · Enterprise value of approximately USD 2.8 billion in cash; USD 28.50 per share (as announced)

    Thoma Bravo acquired Ping Identity, an enterprise identity and access management vendor, in an all-cash take-private transaction.

    Licensing impact
    • Ping Identity announced the agreement on 3 August 2022 at USD 28.50 per share in cash.[1]
    • Ping Identity announced completion on 18 October 2022 after stockholder approval on 17 October 2022; its shares ceased trading and were delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.[2]
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  2. Ping Identity acquired ForgeRockAnnounced 2022-10-11 · Closed 2023-08-23 · USD 2.3 billion (as announced)

    Thoma Bravo acquired ForgeRock, an identity and access management software vendor, and combined it into its portfolio company Ping Identity. ForgeRock's products were renamed under the Ping brand, and ForgeRock Identity Cloud became PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud.

    Legacy productBecame
    ForgeRock Identity CloudRenamed PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud · Described by Ping Identity as being renamed
    ForgeRock AMRenamed PingAM
    ForgeRock DSRenamed PingDS
    ForgeRock IDMRenamed PingIDM
    Licensing impact
    • Ping Identity states that customers of the ForgeRock Identity Cloud and the ForgeRock Identity Platform software can consume PingOne services such as DaVinci, Protect, Verify, Credentials and Authorize.[2]
    • Ping Identity continues to publish the ForgeRock Subscription License Agreement, Managed Services Provider Subscription Agreement, Non-Production License Agreement and Identity Cloud agreements on its legal pages.[3]
    • Ping Identity's Product Specific Terms define, for ForgeRock Subscription License Agreements dated before 1 January 2015, that Identity means User or Subscription user and Identity License means Subscription user Account.[4]
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