
Identity isn't a side project. At scale, treating it like one is a liability.
As your product scales, the business and security context around your identity stack changes faster than the software does. The gap isn't about features in isolation. It's about what you're forced to own: security response, compliance, operational uptime, and your engineering hours that come with all of it.
- World-class support, end to end — From SLA-backed access to Ory engineers with defined escalation paths, to hands-on guidance through migration, architecture, and implementation.
- Robust security posture — Ory handles vulnerability disclosure, coordinated patching, and proactive security advisories, so your team isn't running the CVE loop.
- Compliance and audit foundation — Pre-built controls and audit-ready configurations for GDPR, SCA/PSD2, and SOC 2 replace custom compliance engineering.
- Enterprise capabilities, fully unlocked — Advanced features across Hydra, Kratos, Polis, Keto, and Oathkeeper. Gain deployment flexibility across OEL and Ory Network without sacrificing capability.


Simon Moffatt
Founder & Research Analyst
A broad platform focus that the likes of Ory delivers, can support a strategic productionization of the IAM infrastructure.
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Ory Open Source
Ory Enterprise License
Ory Network
Cross-platform benefits
Cross-platform benefits
Cross-platform benefits
Compliance and audit-ready (GDPR, PSD2, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and others)
Compliance and audit-ready (GDPR, PSD2, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and others)
Compliance-ready
Compliance and audit-ready (GDPR, PSD2, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and others)
Global multi-region architecture
Global multi-region architecture
Multi-region capable
Global multi-region architecture
Purpose-based data retention
Purpose-based data retention
Purpose-based data retention
24/7 SLA support
24/7 SLA support
24/7 SLA support
CVE security patching
CVE security patching
CVE security patching
Unified control plane for ease of management
CLI
Unified control plane for ease of management
CLI / GUI
Unified control plane for ease of management
CLI / GUI / Terraform provider
Production Helm Charts
Production Helm Charts
Production Helm Charts
n/a
Managed infrastructure
Managed infrastructure
n/a
Managed infrastructure
Ory Kratos
Ory Kratos
Ory Kratos
High performance pooling
High performance pooling
High performance pooling
B2B Organizations
B2B Organizations
B2B Organizations
Admin onboarding portal
Admin onboarding portal
Admin onboarding portal
Social single sign-on
Social single sign-on
Social single sign-on
Purpose-based data retention
Purpose-based data retention
Purpose-based data retention
CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA
FedCM
FedCM
FedCM
Advanced identity search
Advanced identity search
Advanced identity search
Ory Hydra
Ory Hydra
Ory Hydra
OAuth 2.0 + OpenID Connect with OAuth 2.1 support*
OAuth 2.0 + OpenID Connect with OAuth 2.1 support*
OAuth 2.0 + OpenID Connect with OAuth 2.1 support*
OpenID Certified®
OpenID Certified®
OpenID Certified®
High performance pooling
High performance pooling
High performance pooling
Stateless JWT access tokens
Stateless JWT access tokens
Stateless JWT access tokens
Credential rotation
Credential rotation
Credential rotation
Token exchange
Token exchange
Token exchange
Resource Owner Password Credentials (ROPC)
Resource Owner Password Credentials (ROPC)
Resource Owner Password Credentials (ROPC)
Ory Polis
Ory Polis
Ory Polis
Custom Branding for Onboarding Portal
Custom Branding for Onboarding Portal
Custom Branding for Onboarding Portal
SAML & OIDC
SAML & OIDC
SAML & OIDC
Directory sync
Directory sync
Directory sync
Identity federation
Identity federation
Identity federation
Ory Keto
Ory Keto
Ory Keto
Concierge Onboarding
Concierge Onboarding
Concierge Onboarding
Optimized Permission Checks
Optimized Permission Checks
Optimized Permission Checks
OPA & RAG Integration
OPA & RAG Integration
OPA & RAG Integration


