Overview and Basis of Presentation	3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Overview and Basis of Presentation	Overview and Basis of Presentation Description of Business Okta, Inc. (the Company) pioneered identity in the cloud. The Okta Identity Cloud enables customers to secure their users and connect them to technology, anywhere, anytime and from any device. The Company was originally incorporated in January 2009 as SaaSure Inc., a California corporation, and, in April 2010, the Company reincorporated in Delaware as Okta, Inc. The Company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Initial Public Offering In April 2017, the Company completed an initial public offering (IPO), in which the Company issued and sold 12,650,000 shares of its newly authorized Class A common stock, which included 1,650,000 shares sold pursuant to the exercise by the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares at a public offering price of $17.00 per share. The Company received aggregate proceeds of $200.0 million from the IPO, net of underwriters’ discounts and commissions, before deducting offering costs of approximately $5.6 million. Immediately prior to the completion of the IPO, all shares of common stock then outstanding were reclassified as Class B common stock, and all shares of redeemable convertible preferred stock then outstanding were converted into 59,491,640 shares of common stock on a one-to-one basis and then reclassified into Class B common stock. See Note 9 for additional details. As of April 30, 2017, 12,782,342 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and 82,442,536 shares of Class B common stock were outstanding. The Class A common stock outstanding includes the shares issued in the IPO and shares converted from Class B common stock upon exercise of stock options subsequent to the IPO. Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding interim financial reporting. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2017 included herein was derived from the audited financial statements as of that date. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the balance sheet, statements of operations, statements of comprehensive loss and the statements of cash flows for the interim periods, but are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be anticipated for the full fiscal year ending January 31, 2018 or any future period. The Company’s fiscal year ends on January 31. References to fiscal 2018, for example, refer to the fiscal year ending January 31, 2018. The condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s final prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on April 7, 2017 (the Prospectus).

Overview and Basis of Presentation

Description of Business

Okta, Inc. (the Company) pioneered identity in the cloud. The Okta Identity Cloud enables customers to secure their users and connect them to technology, anywhere, anytime and from any device. The Company was originally incorporated in January 2009 as SaaSure Inc., a California corporation, and, in April 2010, the Company reincorporated in Delaware as Okta, Inc. The Company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Initial Public Offering

In April 2017, the Company completed an initial public offering (IPO), in which the Company issued and sold 12,650,000 shares of its newly authorized Class A common stock, which included 1,650,000 shares sold pursuant to the exercise by the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares at a public offering price of $17.00 per share. The Company received aggregate proceeds of $200.0 million from the IPO, net of underwriters’ discounts and commissions, before deducting offering costs of approximately $5.6 million. Immediately prior to the completion of the IPO, all shares of common stock then outstanding were reclassified as Class B common stock, and all shares of redeemable convertible preferred stock then outstanding were converted into 59,491,640 shares of common stock on a one-to-one basis and then reclassified into Class B common stock. See Note 9 for additional details.

As of April 30, 2017, 12,782,342 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and 82,442,536 shares of Class B common stock were outstanding. The Class A common stock outstanding includes the shares issued in the IPO and shares converted from Class B common stock upon exercise of stock options subsequent to the IPO.

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding interim financial reporting. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2017 included herein was derived from the audited financial statements as of that date. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the balance sheet, statements of operations, statements of comprehensive loss and the statements of cash flows for the interim periods, but are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be anticipated for the full fiscal year ending January 31, 2018 or any future period.

The Company’s fiscal year ends on January 31. References to fiscal 2018, for example, refer to the fiscal year ending January 31, 2018.

The condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s final prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on April 7, 2017 (the Prospectus).