# Authelia vs Authentik

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Authelia

| Attribute | Authelia | Authentik |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.9 (41% (low)) | 46.2 (69% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 29,254 | 25,816 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A lightweight, open-source authentication system that enables multi-factor authentication and single sign-on for web applications. It integrates with reverse proxies to control access and comes with a web-based portal for user and access management. It is indexed under Auth & Identity Software.","source":"https://www.authelia.com","question":"What is Authelia?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Authelia is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.authelia.com","question":"Is Authelia free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Authelia supports the web, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.authelia.com","question":"What platforms does Authelia support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Authelia can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.authelia.com","question":"Can Authelia be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 49 integrations for Authelia, including 1Password, Active Directory, Ansible AWX, Apache Guacamole, Argo CD, Bitwarden, BookStack and Budibase, plus 41 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.authelia.com","question":"What does Authelia integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Authelia is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia","question":"Is Authelia open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"authentik is an open-source Identity Provider that consolidates authentication and identity management into one self-hosted platform, supporting standard protocols like OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, LDAP, and RADIUS for modern SSO deployments. It is indexed under Auth & Identity Software.","source":"https://goauthentik.io/pricing/","question":"What is Authentik?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Authentik offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Open Source, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://goauthentik.io/pricing/","question":"Is Authentik free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Authentik supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://goauthentik.io/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Authentik support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Authentik can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://goauthentik.io/pricing/","question":"Can Authentik be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 13 integrations for Authentik, including OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML2, LDAP, RADIUS, SCIM, WS-Federation and Microsoft Entra ID, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://goauthentik.io/pricing/","question":"What does Authentik integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for Authentik. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Authentik not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://goauthentik.io/blog/authors/security/","question":"What security certifications does Authentik have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Authentik is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://goauthentik.io/blog/2025-02-04-open-source-rac-and-pricing-support-updates/","question":"Where is Authentik available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Authelia is a self-hosted identity and access management solution that enables centralized authentication and authorization across multiple applications. It supports multi-factor authentication, passwordless login via WebAuthn, and works as an OpenID Connect provider. | authentik is an open-source Identity Provider that consolidates authentication and identity management into one self-hosted platform, supporting standard protocols like OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, LDAP, and RADIUS for modern SSO deployments. |
| features.capabilities | `{"mfa":true,"oidc":true,"rbac":true,"hosting":"self","saml_sso":false,"hosted_ui":"hosted","open_source":true,"passwordless":true,"social_login":false,"passkeys_webauthn":true}` | `{"mfa":true,"oidc":true,"rbac":true,"hosting":"both","saml_sso":true,"hosted_ui":"hosted","open_source":true,"passwordless":true,"social_login":true,"b2b_multi_tenant":true,"passkeys_webauthn":true,"scim_provisioning":true}` |
| integrations.count | 135 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"1Password"},{"name":"Active Directory"},{"name":"Ansible AWX"},{"name":"Apache Guacamole"},{"name":"Argo CD"},{"name":"Bitwarden"},{"name":"BookStack"},{"name":"Budibase"},{"name":"Caddy"},{"name":"Chronograf"},{"name":"Coder"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Drupal"},{"name":"EspoCRM"},{"name":"Express.js"},{"name":"FreeIPA"},{"name":"FreshRSS"},{"name":"Gitea"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"GLAuth"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"HAProxy"},{"name":"Harbor"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"Headscale"},{"name":"HedgeDoc"},{"name":"Homarr"},{"name":"Home Assistant"},{"name":"Immich"},{"name":"Jellyfin"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Kanboard"},{"name":"Kasm Workspaces"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"LDAP"},{"name":"Leantime"},{"name":"LibreChat"},{"name":"Linkding"},{"name":"Linkwarden"},{"name":"LLDAP"},{"name":"Mailcow"},{"name":"Mastodon"},{"name":"Matomo"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Mealie"},{"name":"MeshCentral"},{"name":"Miniflux"},{"name":"Nextcloud"},{"name":"NGINX"},{"name":"Cloudflare Zero Trust","native":true},{"name":"Rocket.Chat","native":true},{"name":"Vaultwarden","native":true},{"name":"WordPress","native":true},{"name":"Odoo","native":true},{"name":"Traefik","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"OAuth2"},{"name":"OpenID Connect"},{"name":"SAML2"},{"name":"LDAP"},{"name":"RADIUS"},{"name":"SCIM"},{"name":"WS-Federation"},{"name":"Microsoft Entra ID"},{"name":"Google Workspace"},{"name":"Shared Signals Framework (SSF)"},{"name":"Chrome Enterprise Device Trust","native":true},{"name":"Fleet","native":true},{"name":"Kerberos","native":true},{"name":"SAML","native":true},{"name":"OAuth2/OIDC","native":true},{"name":"Apple Business Manager","native":true,"category":"device","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Google Chrome","native":true,"category":"device","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.authelia.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:35:22.241Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","features":["OIDC, SAML, LDAP, SCIM, RADIUS, Proxy support","OpenID Certified for OpenID Connect","Web-based RDP/SSH access","B2B and B2C use cases","Community Discord support"],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Google Workspace integration","Microsoft Entra ID integration","Embed external OAuth/SAML sources","Chrome Enterprise Device Trust connector","Shared Signals Framework support","Password history compliance checks","Enhanced audit logging","Client certificate authentication","OAuth2 authentication in SCIM","Radius EAP-TLS","Exportable CSV reports","Windows local device login","Advanced device compliance","Ticket-based support"],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Plus","features":["Invoice-based billing","Dedicated, customized support and SLAs","Volume discounts","Support for multi-instance deployments","FIPS compliance for FedRAMP"],"contactSales":true}],"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://goauthentik.io/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-07T08:33:10.430Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 5 | 6 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"OpenID Certified","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenID Certified","status":"active"},{"name":"FIPS compliance","level":"Enterprise Plus","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 9.6 | - |
| security.trust_center | - | https://goauthentik.io/blog/authors/security/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fauthelia%2Fauthelia&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40goauthentik%2Foxfmt-config&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Auth & Identity Software)

| Capability | Authelia | Authentik |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Methods** |  |  |
| Social login | ✗ | ✓ |
| Passwordless | ✓ | ✓ |
| Passkeys / WebAuthn | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-factor auth | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Enterprise** |  |  |
| SAML SSO | ✗ | ✓ |
| SCIM provisioning | - | ✓ |
| B2B / multi-tenancy | - | ✓ |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenID Connect provider | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Hosted UI | Hosted | Hosted |
| **Access** |  |  |
| RBAC | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Self-hostable OSS core | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:13:12.790Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*