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ZITADEL

Open-source cloud-native identity platform.

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Best for

Best for engineering teams wanting modern OSS IAM with multi-tenancy.

At a glance

Pricing
freemium
Setup time
4 hours
Learning curve
moderate
Last verified
5/26/2026

What we love

  • ✓Apache 2.0 truly open
  • ✓Multi-tenant from day 1
  • ✓Modern cloud-native arch

Where it falls short

  • −Smaller community than Keycloak
  • −Self-host requires ops
  • −Some features in paid cloud

Pricing

✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 2026

2 tiers

Free (self-host)

$0

perpetual

  • ✓Apache 2.0

Cloud

Custom

per MAU

  • ✓Hosted
  • ✓SLA

Overview

ZITADEL is an open-source cloud-native identity + access management platform — multi-tenant, multi-factor, OAuth + SAML + OIDC. Self-host or cloud.

Key features

  • ●Multi-tenant SaaS IAM
  • ●OAuth + SAML + OIDC
  • ●Passwordless + MFA
  • ●Built-in admin UI
  • ●Apache 2.0

Best use cases

Self-host modern IAM

Run a modern IAM platform on your own infra under Apache 2.0.

Multi-tenant SaaS

Build SaaS with native multi-tenant IAM.

Integrations

Go SDK
JS SDK
OAuth + OIDC + SAML

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