Competitive Analysis Chart between Ory and WorkOS

The API first alternative to WorkOS

Accelerate your revenue through seamless Enterprise SSO across multiple organizations. Ory's modern IAM optimizes your investment and expands enterprise customer connectivity.

Identity that works everywhere, not just where your vendor allows it to

Beyond just SSO… comprehensive and composable IAM
Purpose built to work together rather than a suite stitched together from varying code bases. Feature complete IAM.
Deployment flexibility - make it your own
Deploy your way; SaaS or self hosted, in your choice of cloud, or on premises. Open source is also available.
Control where data resides & gain scale
Data localization offers lower latency and better data privacy compliance by letting you choose where your data resides, not your vendor.
Don’t pay for peak traffic and save on costs
Alternatives charge you for every user. Ory only charges for average daily users. The savings are significant. Come see.
Accelerate value - self service onboarding
Go faster with simplified configurations & step-by-step guidance. Streamline customer support by quickly revealing login failures & configuration issues.
Avoid vendor lock in with open source
Want to know how the solution works? Inspect the code. Ory is transparent regarding what’s under the hood. Gain the ultimate in customizability.

Aeneas Rekkas

Founder & CTO

Most IAM vendors require an all-or-nothing approach and force you to choose between CIAM and workforce use cases. Ory empowers companies to support both, on their terms.

Integrations

Deploy Ory Polis on your preferred infrastructure

Deploy on any infrastructure and take full control over your organizational and enterprise customer SSO.

Documentation Quickstart Guide

page.tsx

import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react"
import { FrontendApi, Configuration, Session } from "@ory/client"

const basePath = "https://ory.example.com"

const ory = new FrontendApi(
  new Configuration({
    basePath,
    baseOptions: { withCredentials: true },
  }),
)

function Example() {
  const [session, setSession] = useState<Session | undefined>()

  useEffect(() => {
    ory
      .toSession()
      .then(({ data }) => {
        setSession(data)
      })
      .catch((err) => {
        console.error(err)
        // Not signed in, redirect to login
        window.location.replace(`${basePath}/self-service/login/browser`)
      })
  }, [])

  if (!session) {
    return <p>No session found.</p>
  }

  return <p>Welcome to, {session?.identity.traits.email}.</p>
}

The comprehensive identity network

The Ory Network is simple, secure identity infrastructure for the cloud. Scale your business and don’t lose sleep over data breaches and leaks.

Authentication and identity management Authorization OAuth and OIDC Zero Trust

The API first alternative to WorkOS

Identity that works everywhere, not just where your vendor allows it to

Beyond just SSO… comprehensive and composable IAM

Deployment flexibility - make it your own

Control where data resides & gain scale

Don’t pay for peak traffic and save on costs

Accelerate value - self service onboarding

Avoid vendor lock in with open source

Deploy Ory Polis on your preferred infrastructure

The comprehensive identity network

Try Ory today Start for free

Identity that works everywhere, not just where your vendor allows it to

Beyond just SSO… comprehensive and composable IAM

Deployment flexibility - make it your own

Control where data resides & gain scale

Don’t pay for peak traffic and save on costs

Accelerate value - self service onboarding

Avoid vendor lock in with open source

Deploy Ory Polis on your preferred infrastructure

The comprehensive identity network

Try Ory today Start for free