Zitadel

Identity infrastructure, simplified

Ranked #5 in Open-source access control software.

Zitadel is an open-source identity infrastructure platform that bridges the gap between community-driven tools and enterprise-grade security. It provides a multi-tenant, API-first solution designed to simplify authentication and authorisation for developers.

Official website

At a glance

Best for

developers

From Zitadel's own website.

Company facts

Social profiles

LinkedIn, X, Facebook, YouTube

Facilities and features

Its website also mentions:

Published pricing
Self-serve sign-up
API
Single sign-on
GDPR

What stands out

The product enforces strong security through multifactor authentication and passkeys.

“Enforce users to secure their account with Multifactor Authentication and/or use Passkeys for a secure authentication.”Zitadel, own website

The product offers role-based access control to assign user permissions.

“Authorization Role-Based access control”Zitadel, own website

How it ranks

Zitadel is ranked 5th of 10 in Open-source access control software (Lister Score 86.0).

#5 in Open-source access control software · Lister Score 86.0

Enforces strong security through multifactor authentication and passkeys.

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 14; buying information on its own site 12.

“Authorization Role-Based access control Assign permissions to your users based on their roles in your applications.”Zitadel, own website

“We are committed to our open source community; by building Zitadel transparently, we ensure that no organization gets locked into proprietary systems that don t evolve with their needs.”Zitadel, own website