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Best Identity and Access Management Software in 2026
Managing digital identities involves choices about sign-in, access rules, and account provisioning. Compare adaptive access policies and MFA methods with directory sync, lifecycle provisioning, and supported SSO protocols to understand the capabilities each option lists. Included users, free-plan availability, and paid-from pricing provide additional context for comparing scope and cost. FusionAuth, miniOrange Identity and Access Management, and Ory are among the software options. Consider which authentication and account-management needs matter to your users and administrators, then weigh those needs against the features and pricing shown.
- 45 apps
- Research read 23 Sept 2026
- How the order is worked out
- 1
Evolveum midPoint
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3MidPoint brings provisioning, access requests, reviews, and auditing into an open-source identity governance system.
- 2
Ory
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3Ory combines identity capabilities with self-hosted and managed deployment choices. Teams needing B2B authentication should note that it is listed for Growth and Enterprise, not the lower two tiers.
- 3
Amazon Cognito
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Cognito combines application sign-in, federation, and access control with a wide set of AWS integrations.
- 4
Apache Syncope
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1Apache Syncope combines identity synchronization, provisioning, workflow, and access management in a free open-source package.
- 5
authentik
Free plan APILinuxMac+3authentik covers a broad set of identity protocols and use cases, with a self-hosted deployment model.
- 6
Clerk
Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+2Clerk combines authentication, user management, organization support, and billing for application teams, with a free Hobby tier and paid plans.
- 7
Descope
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+2Descope combines visual authentication-flow design with SDKs, APIs, and a broad range of authentication methods.
- 8
Entrust Identity App
by Entrust Identity AppFree plan AndroidiPhoneMac+1Entrust Identity App supports sign-in and transaction verification for people whose organization has deployed Identity Enterprise. It is free to download, but organizational activation is required.
- 9
Frontegg
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Frontegg combines customer sign-in, authorization, and B2B tenant controls with developer SDKs and an embedded admin portal.
- 10
FusionAuth
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5FusionAuth offers identity management with multiple authentication methods, standards, and deployment options.
- 11
Gluu Server
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1Choose Gluu Server if you need a free, self-hosted identity platform with broad protocol support and Docker or Kubernetes deployment guidance.
- 12
Google Cloud Identity
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+4Cloud Identity combines identity federation, app SSO, device management, and provisioning in a central service.
- 13
Auth0 Guardian
Free plan AndroidiPhoneGuardian offers push approval and temporary OTPs, alongside options for app protection and localization.
- 14
Keycloak
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+2Keycloak provides single sign-on, multiple authentication methods, directory synchronization, and fine-grained authorization policies as open-source software.
- 15
miniOrange Identity and Access Management
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5Choose miniOrange IAM if you need identity management across workforce, customer, partner, or AI agent access, with cloud and on-premise deployment choices.
- 16
JumpCloud Protect
Free plan AndroidiPhoneProtect offers push and offline TOTP authentication across supported portals, apps, and device logins.
- 17
Stytch
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Stytch combines a broad set of identity, access-control, and fraud tools with implementation options for frontend and backend developers.
- 18
WorkOS
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Choose WorkOS if your SaaS application needs enterprise identity, directory provisioning, or an administration portal through APIs and hosted tools.
- 19
ZITADEL
Free plan APILinuxMac+2Choose ZITADEL if you need identity management with B2B role delegation, multiple authentication options, and a choice of cloud or self-hosted deployment.
- 20
SpiderOak
Free plan LinuxMacWindowsChoose SpiderOak’s platform if you are developing applications or managing critical operations at the tactical edge and need decentralized access governance and secure data exchange.
- 21
BIO-key PortalGuard
Free trial MacSelf-hostedWeb+1PortalGuard combines MFA, SSO, biometrics, desktop access, and password self-service in one IAM product.
- 22
AWS IAM Identity Center
Free plan AndroidiPhoneWeb - 23
Foxpass
Free trial APILinuxMac+2Choose Foxpass if your organization needs Cloud LDAP together with RADIUS, PKI, or certificate-based access controls.
- 24
IBM Verify
by IBM VerifyFree trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1IBM Verify brings workforce and customer identity controls into one platform, with orchestration, federation, lifecycle features, and several multifactor options.
- 25
LoginRadius
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+2LoginRadius covers authentication, access management, integrations, and deployment choices for customer identity. The 14-day trial offers a way to evaluate it, while pricing requires a request.
#1Places #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 on this list can be bought by the makers of the software on it. See the price
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