Zitadel

FREEMIUM

Secure, customizable identity infrastructure for developers

► Developers building secure, customizable authentication and authorization.

VG SCORE

7.7

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Product Details

PricingFreemium

Free Trial✅ 14 days

API✅ REST + GraphQL

Learning CurveModerate

Integrations12 available

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PROS & CONS

STRENGTHS

Excellent developer experience with well-documented APIs, SDKs for major languages, and a helpful CLI.
Strong developer experience with excellent documentation and SDKs.
Strong open-source foundation allows for complete auditability and avoids vendor lock-in.

WEAKNESSES

−Younger project with a smaller community and ecosystem compared to established rivals like Keycloak.
−As a younger project, its ecosystem and community are smaller than established giants like Keycloak or Auth0.

KEY FEATURES

Fine-Grained Authorization

Define complex access policies using roles, permissions, and context-aware rules.

Multi-Tenancy

Built-in support for managing multiple organizations and projects from a single instance.

Open Source Core

Full transparency and self-hosting capability with its Apache 2.0 licensed codebase.

Developer-First APIs

Comprehensive APIs and SDKs for easy integration into applications.

WHO IS Zitadel BEST FOR?

Developers building B2B or SaaS applications

They need a ready-to-use, secure identity platform with features like SSO, MFA, and role-based access control to manage customer and employee identities without building from scratch.

Development teams building B2B or SaaS applications

They need a secure, customizable identity provider with features like multi-tenancy, SSO, and granular access controls to manage customer and user identities efficiently.

INTEGRATIONS

Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)SlackSAML 2.0 providersMicrosoft Azure ADSAML 2.0OpenID ConnectGoogle WorkspaceOpenID Connect (OIDC) providersLDAPTerraformZapierGitHub