Keycloak vs WorkOS
No clear leader: Keycloak (71.8) and WorkOS (71.6) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for auth & identity software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Keycloak
Centralized authentication and authorization platform that manages user identity and access control across applications, reducing the need for individual apps to build their own login systems.
WorkOS
A developer-focused authentication platform that provides single sign-on, SCIM user provisioning, role-based access control, and multi-factor authentication for SaaS applications. Designed to help companies quickly support enterprise security requirements without extensive in-house implementation.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
WorkOS
Free up to 1,000,000 MAUs. $2,500/month per additional million MAUs. $125/month per SSO-enabled organization.
- FreeFree
- Single Sign-On (SAML & OIDC)
- SCIM provisioning
- Role-based access control
- Bot detection
- Identity linking
- +5 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- GitHub
Keycloak
- LDAP
- Active Directory
- Kerberos
- Kubernetes
- Apache APISIX
- OpenTelemetry
WorkOS
- Slack
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Xero
- Rippling
- ADP
- Intuit
- Microsoft
- Apple
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.