WorkOS vs Keycloak

Learn how WorkOS 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.

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WorkOS

Add enterprise features to your app in minutes
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Keycloak

Secure apps with open source identity management
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Feature Comparison

WorkOS offers broader feature coverage than Keycloak, supporting 38 features compared to 30. WorkOS fully covers extensibility, and both tools fully cover authentication and machine to machine (m2m) authentication and more.

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Session idle and max lifespans and offline sessions can be adjusted to keep sessions alive for longer periods

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Admins can view and revoke user and client sessions, sign out all sessions, and configure session lifespans in the admin console

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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

WorkOS offers significantly broader coverage than Keycloak, supporting 4 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.

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gdpr iconGDPRCompliant
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hipaa iconHIPAACompliant
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soc2 iconSOC2Compliant
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