Auth0 is a developer-centric customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform offering authentication, authorization, and user management for web and mobile applications, now operating as Okta Customer Identity Cloud.
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Clerk provides drop-in authentication UI components and a complete user management platform for React, Next.js, and modern web applications, including B2B organization management and enterprise SSO.
Okta is a leading cloud-native identity and access management platform offering SSO, MFA, lifecycle management, and identity governance for enterprise workforce and customer-facing applications.
Ping Identity provides enterprise IAM with advanced federation, financial-grade API security, and hybrid cloud/on-premises deployment options, commonly deployed in financial services, healthcare, and government.
WorkOS provides a developer API for adding enterprise identity features — SSO, SCIM directory sync, audit logs, and admin portals — to B2B SaaS applications, enabling faster enterprise sales readiness.
Descope provides a no-code/low-code authentication platform with a visual flow builder, enabling teams to design and deploy authentication journeys (passwordless, MFA, SSO) without writing authentication logic from scratch.
Enterprise identity platform covering CIAM, workforce access, directory and identity governance, now part of Ping Identity.
Frontegg provides a full user management and authentication platform for B2B SaaS companies, including enterprise SSO, multi-tenancy, RBAC, audit logs, and self-service admin portals for end customers.
FusionAuth is a comprehensive authentication and user management platform offering flexible deployment (self-hosted, private cloud, or FusionAuth Cloud), developer-friendly APIs, and broad feature coverage including SSO, MFA, SAML, OIDC, and multi-tenancy.
IBM's identity platform covering workforce SSO, MFA, CIAM and access management, available as SaaS or on-prem.
Keycloak is the most widely deployed open source IAM platform, providing enterprise-grade SSO, MFA, SAML, OIDC, LDAP, and Kerberos support in a self-hosted, Apache 2.0 licensed package maintained by Red Hat.
CIAM platform offering social login, SSO, MFA, consent and progressive profiling, oriented toward customer-facing apps.
Open source identity, authorization and zero trust stack (Kratos, Hydra, Keto, Oathkeeper) available self-hosted or as Ory Network SaaS.
Saviynt is a cloud-native identity governance and administration platform combining IGA, privileged access management, and cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) in a single platform.
Stytch is an API-first authentication platform offering passwordless authentication (magic links, OTPs, passkeys), session management, and B2B organization management with a clean, headless developer experience.
Open source auth library with prebuilt UI, session management and self-hosted or managed deployment options.
CIAM platform from Thales (via the OneWelcome acquisition) focused on customer identity, consent and B2B / B2C use cases, with strong EU data residency.
Identity security platform focused on passwordless authentication, identity verification and fraud prevention for CIAM use cases.
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