Alternatives to Ory

2 editor-selected alternatives · Ory overview →

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Authentik

87/100open sourcefreemiumexplicit relation

Authentik is an open-source Identity Provider supporting SAML, OAuth2/OIDC, LDAP, RADIUS, and SCIM for self-hosted single sign-on. It provides customizable authentication flows, multi-factor authentication, user management, and proxy-based SSO for applications without native support. Positioned as a modern Keycloak alternative with 22K+ GitHub stars, free Open Source use, and paid Enterprise/Enterprise Plus plans.

authentik is completely free and open-source under the GPL-3.0 license for self-hosted identity management. Enterprise editions provide commercial SLA-backed support, enterprise directory sync, and advanced compliance starting at $1,000.Review →

Keycloak

88/100open sourceexplicit relation

Keycloak is an open-source IAM solution with 25K+ GitHub stars by Red Hat. Provides SSO, social login, LDAP/Active Directory federation, standard protocol support (OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML), fine-grained authorization, user federation, and admin console. Features identity brokering, multi-tenancy via realms, and client adapters for Java, JavaScript, and Node.js. Self-hosted with no per-user licensing, making it ideal for organizations needing full control over identity infrastructure.

Free and 100% open source under the Apache-2.0 license as a CNCF Incubating project. Keycloak has $0 software licensing fees for self-hosted deployments on Kubernetes (via official Operator), Docker, and bare-metal (Quarkus runtime), with users paying only for underlying compute and database (PostgreSQL/MySQL) infrastructure. For enterprise environments requiring certified distributions and 24/7 mission-critical SLAs, Red Hat provides the commercial 'Red Hat build of Keycloak' (RHBK) with enterprise subscription support, alongside third-party managed cloud offerings (Phase Two, Cloud-IAM).Review →

Open-source Ory alternatives

Authentik, Keycloak — see all open-source developer tools.

Free Ory alternatives

Authentik offer a free plan or free tier.

More Authentication & Identity tools

same category, not editor-selected alternatives — see how Ory compares →

CiliumCilium is a CNCF Graduated, Apache-2.0 project for Kubernetes networking, security, and observability using eBPF. It can replace kube-proxy, enforce identity-aware L3-L7 network policies, and add Hubble flow observability plus Tetragon runtime-security signals. Current source checks support GKE Dataplane V2 using Cilium/eBPF and Azure CNI Powered by Cilium for AKS.OrbStackOrbStack is a macOS application that replaces Docker Desktop with lightweight container and Linux VM management. Its docs emphasize fast starts, lower CPU and memory overhead, and native macOS integration with menu bar controls, file sharing, and network access to containers by name, with exact gains depending on workload. Supports Docker, Kubernetes, and full Linux VMs.RayRay is an open-source distributed computing framework built for scaling AI and Python applications from a laptop to thousands of GPUs. It provides libraries for distributed training, hyperparameter tuning, model serving, reinforcement learning, and data processing under a single unified API. Ray's public site highlights OpenAI and other enterprise users. Maintained by Anyscale with Apache-2.0 open-source licensing.ActAct is an open-source tool that runs GitHub Actions workflows locally using Docker containers that match GitHub's execution environment. It provides instant feedback on workflow changes without pushing to a repository, supports matrix builds, secret management, and artifact handling. Act can also replace Makefiles by using workflow files as task definitions, making it useful for both CI/CD development and local task automation across development teams.ClerkClerk is a complete authentication and user management platform for React, Next.js, and modern JavaScript frameworks. It provides pre-built UI for sign-in, sign-up, user profiles, organizations, MFA, passkeys, JWT sessions, webhooks, and billing. The Hobby plan supports up to 50,000 monthly retained users per app, with Pro, Business, and Enterprise tiers for growing teams.DockerIndustry-standard container platform for building, shipping, and running applications in isolated, reproducible environments. Package apps with all dependencies into portable containers using Dockerfiles and images. Docker Compose orchestrates multi-container applications. Docker Hub hosts millions of pre-built images. Docker Desktop provides GUI management on Mac/Windows. Essential for local development, CI/CD, and production deployments. The foundation of modern containerized infrastructure.ModalModal is a serverless compute platform that lets developers run AI workloads on GPUs with a Python-first SDK. Functions deploy with decorators, auto-scale from zero to thousands of containers, and bill per second. It supports LLM inference, fine-tuning, batch jobs, and sandboxes, with current GPU options including B200, H200, H100, A100, L40S, A10, L4, and T4. Modal’s 2026 Series C valued the company at $4.65B.PangolinIdentity-based remote access platform built on WireGuard that combines reverse proxy and VPN capabilities. Pangolin supports clientless browser access for web apps and client-based private-resource access across macOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, and Android, with zero-trust rules, peer-to-peer tunnels, automatic SSL, SSO/OIDC options, and cloud or self-hosted deployment.ArgoCDArgo CD is the most popular GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. It continuously monitors Git repositories and automatically syncs application state to match the desired configuration. A CNCF graduated project used by thousands of organizations for deploying to Kubernetes clusters.

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FAQ

Which Ory alternative is listed first?

Authentik is first in the editor-selected list of 2 Ory alternatives and carries an editorial review score of 87/100. The stored order is editorial; review scores do not determine membership or position.

Are there open-source Ory alternatives?

Yes — Authentik, Keycloak are open source.

Are there free Ory alternatives?

Yes — Authentik offer a free plan or free tier.