vioscale
Comparison

Ory Kratos vs Zitadel

On the evidence we track, Zitadel leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Ory Kratos full profile →Zitadel full profile →
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Ory Kratos47
★Zitadel65
Score
Vioscale score
Ory Kratos47 / 100low · 27%
Zitadel65 / 100low · 46%
Pricing
Free tier
Ory Kratos✓
Zitadel✓
Model
Ory Kratosfreemium
Zitadelfreemium
Price level
Ory Kratos–
Zitadelhigh
Transparent
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel✓
Integrations
Count
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel12
Security
Disclosure policy
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel✓
Gdpr
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel✓
Iso27001
Ory Kratos✓
Zitadel–
Soc2
Ory Kratos✓
Zitadel–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel99.99
Status page
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel0
Github stars
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel14,862
Activity
Commits last 30d
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel42
Release
Cadence days
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel5
History
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel20 items
License
Spdx
Ory Kratos–
ZitadelAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
Ory Kratos–
ZitadelGo
Market
Availability

Features

The capabilities each product documents. These tools do not share a category taxonomy, so this aligns what each vendor states rather than a normalised feature set.

Declared feature comparison
FeatureOry KratosZitadel
B2b multi tenant-✓
Hosted ui-both
Hosting-both
Mfa-✓
Oidc-✓
Open source-✓
Passkeys webauthn-✓
Passwordless-✓
Rbac-✓
Saml sso-✓
Scim provisioning-✓
Social login-✓

What each one is

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

Ory Kratos

Not documented yet.

Zitadel

Leader

A multi-tenant, API-first identity and access management platform offering single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, passkeys, and complete audit trails. Available as a managed cloud service or self-hosted deployment, designed for developers building secure SaaS and B2B applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Ory Kratos

Pricing not documented yet.

Zitadel

Leader
from $100/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Pro plan from $100/month with 25,000 DAU included. Usage-based overage pricing for additional capacity.

  • FreeFree
    • 100 daily active users
    • 3 external identity providers
    • 5,000 management API requests
    • Community support
    • 1 management instance
  • Pro$100/month including 25,000 DAU and 500,000 API requests; overage pricing available
    • 25,000 daily active users
    • 500,000 management API requests
    • 3 external identity providers
    • Multifactor authentication
    • Passkeys/WebAuthn
    • +5 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom scaling
    • Custom compliance
    • Custom security questionnaires
    • Custom contract and MSA
    • Up to 99.99% availability SLA
    • +1 more
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel✓
Self-hosted
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel✓
Hybrid
Ory Kratos–
Zitadel✓

Integrations

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

Ory Kratos

Not documented yet.

Zitadel

Leader
12 total
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • GitHub
  • LDAP
  • SAML 2.0
  • SCIM 2.0
  • OpenID Connect
  • gRPC
  • connectRPC
  • REST API
  • Webhooks
  • Actions
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.