Permit.io

Runtime access control for the AI era

Ranked #4 in Open-source access control software.

Permit.io provides runtime access control for the AI era. It offers fine-grained authorisation as a service for applications, APIs, and AI agents.

Official website

At a glance

Best for

developers shipping permissions in enterprise environments

From Permit.io's own website.

Company facts

Social profiles

LinkedIn, X, YouTube, GitHub

Facilities and features

Its website also mentions:

Published pricing
API
SOC 2
GDPR

What stands out

The product supports RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC with an audit trail.

“Fine-grained authorization is infrastructure — RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC with an audit trail — not a feature you rewrite every quarter.”Permit.io, own website

The product runs local PDPs using OPA or Cedar in your VPC.

“Local PDP: OPA or Cedar in your VPC, updated by OPAL, decisions next to the workload.”Permit.io, own website

How it ranks

Permit.io is ranked 4th of 10 in Open-source access control software (Lister Score 88.0).

#4 in Open-source access control software · Lister Score 88.0

Supports RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC with an audit trail.

How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 16; buying information on its own site 12.

“Fine-grained permissions for applications, APIs, and AI agents — so every team can stop rebuilding access control from scratch. Permit.io was founded after we found ourselves building Identity Access Management (IAM) mechanisms again”Permit.io, own website