Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management vs authentik

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management9.1Visit authentik7.5Visit

Higher score Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management #3 in Identity and Access Management Software 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Oracle OCI IAM

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authentik #17 in Identity and Access Management Software 7.5/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit authentik

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management fits best

  Low-cost IAM for Oracle Cloud environments

• authentik fits best

  Teams wanting open-source IAM with access controls

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Side by side

Feature	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management 9.1/10 Visit ↗	authentik 7.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	7.5
Ranking	#3 in Identity and Access Management Software	#17 in Identity and Access Management Software
Best for	Low-cost IAM for Oracle Cloud environments	Teams wanting open-source IAM with access controls
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$0.02/user/mo (best)	$5/user/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	6 integrations	11 integrations
Features Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management 3/3 · authentik 3/3
Directory sync	✓	✓
Lifecycle provisioning	✓	✓
Adaptive access policies	✓	✓
Specs
SSO protocols	OpenID Connect; SAML 2.0; OAuth 2.0; SCIM 2.0; RADIUS	OAuth2/OpenID Connect, SAML2, LDAP, SCIM, RADIUS, Kerberos, WS-Federation
MFA methods	Email; Duo Security; FIDO; mobile app passcode; SMS or phone call; mobile app notification	Static tokens, TOTP, WebAuthn/FIDO2/passkeys, email, SMS, Duo
Included users	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Free identity domain for OCI infrastructure and platform access Federation, MFA, adaptive security, and lifecycle management SCIM, Active Directory synchronization, and REST APIs	Free open-source edition supports a wide range of identity protocols MFA includes passkeys, TOTP, email, SMS, and Duo Policy controls, application proxy, and remote access in one product
Cons	Workforce Premium costs $4.19392 per user per month Separate plans target external, Oracle application, and workforce use cases The Free plan focuses on OCI infrastructure and platform resources	Deployment is self-hosted; there is no hosted version Privileged access management is limited to Enterprise and above Community Discord is the Free plan’s listed support channel
Our verdict	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (OCI IAM) is a cloud-native identity and access service for Oracle Cloud resources and applications. It is designed for organizations managing workforce, Oracle application,… Read the review →	authentik is a self-hosted identity provider and single sign-on platform for site administrators, application developers, and security engineers. Its open-source Free edition covers core IAM needs, while policy controls, directory… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management — where it wins

  • Free identity domain for OCI infrastructure and platform access
  • Federation, MFA, adaptive security, and lifecycle management
  • SCIM, Active Directory synchronization, and REST APIs

  Where it doesn't

  • Workforce Premium costs $4.19392 per user per month
  • Separate plans target external, Oracle application, and workforce use cases
  • The Free plan focuses on OCI infrastructure and platform resources

• authentik — where it wins

  • Free open-source edition supports a wide range of identity protocols
  • MFA includes passkeys, TOTP, email, SMS, and Duo
  • Policy controls, application proxy, and remote access in one product

  Where it doesn't

  • Deployment is self-hosted; there is no hosted version
  • Privileged access management is limited to Enterprise and above
  • Community Discord is the Free plan’s listed support channel

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management9.1/10 · Free plan

  A low-cost IAM option for OCI access, external users, and connected applications.

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• authentik7.5/10 · Free plan

  A broad self-hosted IAM toolkit, with paid tiers for privileged access and enterprise support.

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