Available worldwide · Popular in: US, AU, CH
What is Zitadel?
An open-source identity platform providing multi-tenant architecture with support for passwordless authentication, social logins, multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, and enterprise integrations via standardized protocols like OIDC, SAML, and SCIM.
Zitadel pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $100/month. Free tier available.
Free
FreeEntry-level plan with core features and limited daily active users
- users
- Unlimited
- organizations
- Unlimited
- daily_active_users
- 100/day
- identity_providers
- 3
- All security features
- Data residency in EU, US, Switzerland, Australia
- Unlimited users storage
- Unlimited organizations
- 100 daily active users
- Service users / agents
- 3 identity providers
- Custom workflows
Pro
Scalable cloud plan with higher user limits and enhanced uptime guarantees
- custom_domain
- included
- daily_active_users
- 25000/month
- identity_providers
- 3
- All Free plan features
- 25,000 daily active users per month
- 3 identity providers included
- Custom domain included
- 99.5% uptime guarantee
- 1 hour response SLO
Enterprise
Contact salesCustom deployment plan offering unlimited capacity and flexible infrastructure options
- daily_active_users
- Unlimited
- Cloud or self-hosted infrastructure
- Unlimited daily active users
- Custom support SLA
- Technical account manager
- Volume discounts
- Commercial license
- Custom security questionnaires
- 99.99% uptime guarantee
- Custom contract/MSA
What Zitadel does
The capabilities that matter for auth & identity software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Social login
- ✓
- Passwordless
- ✓
- Passkeys / WebAuthn
- ✓
- Multi-factor auth
- ✓
- SAML SSO
- ✓
- SCIM provisioning
- ✓
- B2B / multi-tenancy
- ✓
- OpenID Connect provider
- ✓
- Hosted UI
- Both
- RBAC
- ✓
- Self-hostable OSS core
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- Self-hosted
Integrations (12)
Independently observed- Microsoft
- GitHub
- LDAP
- SAML 2.0
- SCIM 2.0
- OpenID Connect
- gRPC
- connectRPC
- REST API
- Webhooks
- Actions
Security & compliance
Independently observed- FIPS 140-3active
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Zitadel FAQ
Common questions about Zitadel, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Zitadel?
An open-source identity platform providing multi-tenant architecture with support for passwordless authentication, social logins, multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, and enterprise integrations via standardized protocols like OIDC, SAML, and SCIM. It is indexed under Auth & Identity Software.
Source: https://zitadel.com/pricing
Is Zitadel free to use?
Zitadel is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the AGPL-3.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $100 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://zitadel.com/pricing
What platforms does Zitadel support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Zitadel. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://zitadel.com/pricing
Can Zitadel be self-hosted?
Yes. Zitadel can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://zitadel.com/pricing
What does Zitadel integrate with?
We have confirmed 12 integrations for Zitadel, including Google, Microsoft, GitHub, LDAP, SAML 2.0, SCIM 2.0, OpenID Connect and gRPC, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://zitadel.com/pricing
What security certifications does Zitadel have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Zitadel. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Zitadel not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Is Zitadel open source?
Yes. Zitadel is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Where is Zitadel available?
Zitadel is available in the United States, Australia and Switzerland. Its primary markets are the United States, Australia and Switzerland.
Source: https://zitadel.com/pricing
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Compare Zitadel
Side by side against other auth & identity software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Zitadel, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 100 | 0.09 | 9.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.05 | 5.2 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 97 | 0.05 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 50 | 0.09 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Stars | 79 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 32 | 0.06 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.04 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 10 | 0.21 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 38 | mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 8 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Mfa: Yes · Oidc: Yes · Rbac: Yes · Hosting: both · Saml sso: Yes · Hosted ui: both | mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 12 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-09-07 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | AGPL-3.0 | highsource · 2026-09-07 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-07 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Reliability
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=zitadel%2Fzitadel&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-09-07 · 90% |
| Certifications | FIPS 140-3 | mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60% |
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