Comparison

Frontegg vs Keycloak

On the evidence we track, Frontegg leads this comparison with a composite score of 86/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Frontegg86
Keycloak65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Frontegg86 / 100medium · 73%
Keycloak65 / 100low · 46%
Pricing
Free tier
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
Model
Fronteggfreemium
Keycloakopen_source
Price level
Frontegglow
Keycloakfree
Transparent
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
Integrations
Count
Frontegg200
Keycloak8
Security
Disclosure policy
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
Gdpr
Frontegg✓
Keycloak–
Hipaa
Frontegg✓
Keycloak–
Iso27001
Frontegg✓
Keycloak–
Scorecard
Frontegg–
Keycloak9.3
Soc2
Frontegg✓
Keycloak–
Reliability
Sla pct
Frontegg99.99
Keycloak–
Status page
Frontegg✓
Keycloak–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Frontegg–
Keycloak678
Github stars
Frontegg–
Keycloak37,140
Package downloads weekly
Frontegg–
Keycloak998,112
Activity
Commits last 30d
Frontegg–
Keycloak100
Release
Cadence days
Frontegg–
Keycloak13
History
Frontegg–
Keycloak20 items
License
Spdx
Frontegg–
KeycloakApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Frontegg–
KeycloakJava
Market
Content
Faq
Frontegg4 items
Keycloak6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for auth & identity software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Hosting
FronteggCloud only
KeycloakCloud + self-hosted
Methods
Social login
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
Passwordless
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
Passkeys / WebAuthn
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
Multi-factor auth
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
Enterprise
SAML SSO
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
SCIM provisioning
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
B2B / multi-tenancy
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
Standards
OpenID Connect provider
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
Delivery
Hosted UI
FronteggHosted
KeycloakBoth
Access
RBAC
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
Licensing
Self-hostable OSS core
Frontegg✗
Keycloak✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Frontegg

Leader

A comprehensive identity and access management system providing authentication, authorization, and user management capabilities designed for enterprise-scale SaaS applications with features like SSO, MFA, and multi-tenancy support.

Independently observed

Keycloak

An open-source identity management solution that allows users to authenticate once and gain access to multiple applications, eliminating the need for individual login handling at the application level.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Frontegg

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier up to 7,500 monthly active users; enterprise custom pricing available

  • Pay as You GoFree
    • Fully Customized Hosted Login
    • 7,500 Monthly Active Users
    • 5 Enterprise Connections (SSO/SCIM)
    • Unlimited Organizations
    • Custom Domain
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything from Pay as You Go
    • Multiple Environments
    • Advanced Fraud Protection
    • 99.99% Uptime SLA
    • Premium Support
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Keycloak

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✗
Windows
Frontegg✗
Keycloak✓
Linux
Frontegg✗
Keycloak✓
CLI
Frontegg✗
Keycloak✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
Self-hosted
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✓
On-premise
Frontegg✓
Keycloak✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Frontegg

Leader
21 total
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Airtable
  • Amplitude
  • Asana
  • Auth0
  • AWS
  • BambooHR
  • BigCommerce
  • Bitbucket
  • Box
  • Calendly
  • CircleCI
  • ClickUp
  • Cloudflare
  • Confluence
  • Contentful
  • Copper
  • Customer.io
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Salesforce
Independently observed

Keycloak

12 total
  • GitHub
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LDAP
  • Active Directory
  • Kerberos
  • Kubernetes
  • Apache APISIX
  • OpenTelemetry
  • OpenID Connect
  • SAML 2.0
Independently observed
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