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The best Identity & access management

Every option ranked — open-source, self-hostable, and commercial — by our transparent Sovereignty Score, with honest trade-offs so you choose what fits you, not us.

Single sign-on, MFA and user directories. Billed per monthly active user, which makes success expensive and makes the open options unusually attractive.

L3Infrastructure — layer 3 of the AI stack
  1. 1

    Keycloak

    Top pickOpen source

    Apache-2.0 identity, backed by Red Hat, running at enterprise scale.

    Free and open source. Red Hat build with commercial support available. · in our Okta comparison →

    93
    sovereignty
    What is Keycloak? →
  2. 2

    Ory Kratos

    Open source

    Identity as an API — no UI, no opinions, entirely yours.

    Free and open source. Ory Network is a paid hosted option. · in our Okta comparison →

    92
    sovereignty
    What is Ory Kratos? →
  3. 3

    ZITADEL

    Open source

    Multi-tenant identity built for products, not just employees.

    Free and self-hostable. ZITADEL Cloud is paid per active user. · in our Okta comparison →

    88
    sovereignty
    What is ZITADEL? →
  4. 4

    Logto

    Open source

    The fastest route from nothing to working sign-in.

    Free and self-hostable. Logto Cloud is paid with a free tier. · in our Okta comparison →

    87
    sovereignty
    What is Logto? →
  5. 5

    authentik

    Open source

    Modern identity that a small team can actually operate.

    Free and self-hostable for the open core. Enterprise tier is commercial. · in our Okta comparison →

    85
    sovereignty
    What is authentik? →

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