Ory vs Zitadel
On the evidence we track, Ory leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
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.
Ory
LeaderAn open-source and cloud-based identity platform offering authentication, authorization, and access control for applications and AI agents. Available as self-hosted open-source software, a managed cloud service, or an enterprise license with dedicated support.
Zitadel
Zitadel is an identity and access management platform that provides API-first authentication, authorization, and user management. It supports multiple deployment models (cloud and self-hosted), comprehensive authentication methods including passwordless and passkeys, and is designed for B2B multi-tenant applications.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Ory
LeaderFrom $770/year. Free Developer tier. Usage-based (aDAU) metered pricing available.
- DeveloperFree
- Production$770/year plus $0.14/aDAU/month
- All top-tier security features
- 1 production environment and 3 staging environments
- Permissions and machine-to-machine tokens
- Growth$9,350/year
- Everything from Production
- Advanced analytics and insights
- 2 production environments and 5 staging environments
- B2B SSO (OIDC only)
- Enterprise (SaaS)Contact sales
- Everything from Growth
- Event firehose to data lake
- Multi-region deployments with data residency
- Volume pricing
- Enterprise integrations for legacy systems
- +4 more
- Enterprise License (Self-Hosted)Contact sales
- Full control of hosting
- Multi-region deployment flexibility
- Custom pricing
- Premium enterprise integrations
- Premium support with SLAs
Zitadel
Free plan, Pro from $100/month, Enterprise custom pricing
- FreeFree
- All security features
- Data Residency: EU, US, Switzerland, Australia
- Store unlimited Users
- Unlimited Organizations
- 100 Daily Active Users
- +3 more
- Pro$100/month
- Everything in Free
- 25,000 Daily Active Users per month included
- 3 identity providers included
- Custom domain included
- 99.5% uptime guarantee
- +1 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Cloud or own infrastructure
- Unlimited Daily Active Users
- Custom Support SLA
- Technical Account Manager
- Volume discounts
- +4 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.
Ory
Leader- Amazon SES
- AWS API Gateway
- Kubernetes
- Ambassador
- Kong
- Splunk
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Slack
- Salesforce
- Patreon
- Apple
- Lark
Zitadel
- Microsoft
- GitHub
- LDAP
- SAML 2.0
- SCIM 2.0
- OpenID Connect
- gRPC
- connectRPC
- REST API
- Webhooks
- Actions
Ory or Zitadel: which one depends on you
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