WSO2 IAM and Keycloak Comparison
Compare WSO2 and Keycloak to help determine which is best for your organization’s identity and access management needs, from both technical and business perspectives.
Many similarities, but important differences
Keycloak and WSO2 are both identity and access management solutions that focus on similar needs. They both aim to help organizations reduce the risks, development costs and maintenance effort required to build an in-house solution.
While they share many capabilities and characteristics, there are important differences that affect the organization’s overall experience and success. This information will help your organization compare the two solutions and determine which one best delivers the features, flexibility, and support you require.
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| Open source software |  |
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| Free for unlimited users | |
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| Authentication for web and mobile apps | |
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| Identity federation for single sign-on | |
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| Multi-factor and adaptive authentication | |
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| Authorization and entitlement management | |
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| Identity management | |
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| Pre-built application integrations | |
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| API access management | |
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| B2B CIAM organization management | |
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| Multiple deployment options | |
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| Vendor-provided support | |
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| Customer-focused roadmap | |
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| Vendor-certified compliance | |
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| Recognized by industry analysts | |
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How WSO2 and Keycloak are different
Identity management
WSO2 provides the most comprehensive identity management features, including support for important identity provisioning standards such as SCIM2. These features help ensure the rapid, efficient onboarding of users and assignment of correct access rights.
Pre-built application integrations
WSO2 IAM solutions come with a wide range of pre-built application integrations that extend the whole system’s functionality and decrease the time it takes to get the system to production. Choose from many different SSO connectors and integrations for popular sales and marketing automation applications.
API access management
Protecting business-critical APIs from unauthorized access is essential for any modern customer experience project. Beyond simple key management features, WSO2 leads the market in support of the OAuth standard, including managing authorization delegation.
B2B CIAM organization management
WSO2 offers advanced organization management features, greatly simplifying secure access to your services for your business customers, and their employees, consumers, and more.
Multiple deployment options
Operate in the cloud, on premises or in hybrid environments. With a single solution, WSO2 gives you the same product experience in multiple ways: run it yourself, let WSO2 host it for you, or consume it as IDaaS. If your IT strategy changes, WSO2’s IAM solution can adapt with you without the headaches of migration.
Vendor-provided support
WSO2 offers a comprehensive set of services and support options for any WSO2 open source deployment. Organizations don’t need to migrate to a different product in order to get vendor-provided support. It’s as easy as activating a support subscription or converting to the equivalent SaaS product
Customer-focused roadmap
Most open source projects slowly evolve new features that are proposed by contributors, with acceptance gated by committee approval. This can be a long, laborious process. WSO2, on the other hand, works directly with customers to build and add critical new features, helping them get to market faster.
Vendor-certified compliance
WSO2 directly certifies its products for compliance to key operations and security standards such as SOC-2, FIPS, and more. Other open source based products rely on coordinating with third parties to make this determination and remain in compliance over time as code evolves. WSO2’s direct approach ensures that its customers can demonstrate their own compliance quickly and without interruption.
Recognized as a leader by industry analysts
Unlike Keycloak, WSO2’s products have been reviewed and named leaders by industry analysts such as KuppingerCole. These independent reviews show how WSO2 excels in product capabilities, performance and quality.
Choose your path: Flexible deployment options
WSO2 IAM products are built on the proven open-source WSO2 Identity Server. You get the same great features whether you prefer SaaS or downloadable software.
Software as a service
Our scalable IDaaS solution minimizes setup and frees you from worrying about uptime and maintenance. Available as multi-tenant public cloud or single-tenant private cloud, you get robust features without the operational burden of IAM.
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Downloadable software
Our robust open-source software for complete on-premises identity infrastructure control. It provides unparalleled extensibility, deep integration, and the transparency needed for stringent compliance.
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Keycloak is an incubated project under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). All product, company names and marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only.