Acquisition	12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Acquisition	Acquisition Stormpath On February 17, 2017, the Company acquired the rights to hire certain employees and a non-exclusive intellectual property license from Stormpath, Inc. (Stormpath), a privately-held technology company which had built a user management and authentication service for software development teams. The transaction has been accounted for as a business combination and is expected to enhance the Company’s product offerings and service by leveraging the talents of the engineering teams. The total consideration of $3.7 million, consisting of 200,000 shares of common stock valued at $2.2 million issued to Stormpath and replacement awards valued at $1.5 million issued to the hired employees, was recognized as goodwill. See Note 11 for further details on replacement awards issued in this transaction. Goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes. Pro forma results of operations for the transaction have not been presented as they were not material to the consolidated statements of operations. In addition, the Company issued an incremental 800,000 shares of restricted common stock valued at $8.6 million to Stormpath in connection with the transaction. These shares of restricted common stock will vest ratably on the first and second anniversaries of the transaction date upon achieving the respective performance conditions, including the continued employment of certain employees with Okta and the wind down of the Stormpath, Inc. entity. The aggregate fair value of the shares of restricted common stock, as determined on the date of the transaction, will be recognized as post-combination stock-based compensation in the statement of operations over two years based on an accelerated attribution method. See Note 11 for further details.

Acquisition

Stormpath

On February 17, 2017, the Company acquired the rights to hire certain employees and a non-exclusive intellectual property license from Stormpath, Inc. (Stormpath), a privately-held technology company which had built a user management and authentication service for software development teams. The transaction has been accounted for as a business combination and is expected to enhance the Company’s product offerings and service by leveraging the talents of the engineering teams. The total consideration of $3.7 million, consisting of 200,000 shares of common stock valued at $2.2 million issued to Stormpath and replacement awards valued at $1.5 million issued to the hired employees, was recognized as goodwill. See Note 11 for further details on replacement awards issued in this transaction. Goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes.

Pro forma results of operations for the transaction have not been presented as they were not material to the consolidated statements of operations.

In addition, the Company issued an incremental 800,000 shares of restricted common stock valued at $8.6 million to Stormpath in connection with the transaction. These shares of restricted common stock will vest ratably on the first and second anniversaries of the transaction date upon achieving the respective performance conditions, including the continued employment of certain employees with Okta and the wind down of the Stormpath, Inc. entity. The aggregate fair value of the shares of restricted common stock, as determined on the date of the transaction, will be recognized as post-combination stock-based compensation in the statement of operations over two years based on an accelerated attribution method. See Note 11 for further details.