Ory
Open-source identity and access management platform
Founded
2019
Starting Price
0
Category
Security & IT
Last updated March 11, 2026
About Ory
Ory is a cloud-native identity and access management platform offering modular, open-source solutions for authentication, authorization, and user management with a headless architecture.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Fully open-source and auditable
- Modular — adopt only what you need
- Headless design for full UI control
- Scales to hundreds of millions of users
- GDPR-compliant with MFA built in
Cons
Key Features
Ory Kratos
Headless identity with MFA, social login, passwordless, passkeys.
Ory Hydra
Certified OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect provider.
Ory Keto
Google Zanzibar-style fine-grained authorization.
Ory Oathkeeper
Zero Trust identity and access proxy.
Ory Polis
Organization management and enterprise SSO.
Ory Actions
Webhook-based extensibility for auth flows.
Multi-Region
Global edge performance with horizontal scaling.
Pricing
Open Source
0
- Self-hosted
- Community support
- Full source code
Essentials
29/month
Best For
SaaS Authentication
Secure login with social sign-in, MFA, passkeys.
API Access Control
OAuth 2.0 and Zero Trust proxy for microservices.
Enterprise Identity
On-premise SSO with fine-grained permissions.
High-Scale Consumer Apps
Millions of DAU with horizontal scaling.
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