Ory vs Keycloak
Learn how Ory and Keycloak differ in their key features like authentication, enterprise auth, security, user management and compliance, so you can decide which of these authentication providers is best for you.
Keycloak
Feature Comparison
Ory offers broader feature coverage than Keycloak, supporting 39 features compared to 30. Ory fully covers extensibility, and both tools fully cover authentication and machine to machine (m2m) authentication and more.
Session lifetime can be configured (e.g., 30 days / 720h) via the Ory Console, allowing longer inactivity timeouts for user sessions
Session idle and max lifespans and offline sessions can be adjusted to keep sessions alive for longer periods
Ory provides self‑service session management APIs to list and revoke sessions, giving users and admins control over active sessions.
Admins can view and revoke user and client sessions, sign out all sessions, and configure session lifespans in the admin console
The account experience supports multiple languages (English, Spanish, German, French, etc.) and selects the language via the Accept‑Language header
The UI is internationalized. Administrators can enable multiple languages and users can choose their language at login or in the account/admin consoles
| Ory | Keycloak | |
|---|---|---|
Session lifetime can be configured (e.g., 30 days / 720h) via the Ory Console, allowing longer inactivity timeouts for user sessions | Session idle and max lifespans and offline sessions can be adjusted to keep sessions alive for longer periods | |
Ory provides self‑service session management APIs to list and revoke sessions, giving users and admins control over active sessions. | Admins can view and revoke user and client sessions, sign out all sessions, and configure session lifespans in the admin console | |
The account experience supports multiple languages (English, Spanish, German, French, etc.) and selects the language via the Accept‑Language header | The UI is internationalized. Administrators can enable multiple languages and users can choose their language at login or in the account/admin consoles |
Compliance Comparison
Ory offers significantly broader coverage than Keycloak, supporting 3 certifications and regulatory frameworks compared to 0 for Keycloak. Since Keycloak is open source and does not include compliance certifications, you’ll need to manage compliance yourself.
| Compliance | Ory | Keycloak |
|---|---|---|
 GDPRCompliant | ||
 ISO 27001Certified | ||
 SOC2Compliant |
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