authentik vs Secret Double Octopus
authentik
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Secret Double Octopus
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| Figure | authentik | Secret Double Octopus |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · Passkey Authentication Software | 8.7 (#8) | 7.0 (#39) |
| Deployment | authentik can run on customers’ own infrastructure, including Docker and Kubernetes, and the pricing FAQ says there is currently no hosted version. | Customers can use Octopus Cloud SaaS or a self-managed virtual appliance in on-premises and private cloud environments. |
| Support | The open-source plan lists community Discord and no support; paid support is offered as part of enterprise software subscriptions, with ticket support for Enterprise subscriptions over $1k. | The support center provides product downloads, documentation, tickets, and troubleshooting resources, with support listed Monday through Friday, 9 AM–6 PM EST. |
| Use cases | The product supports workforce single sign-on, customer identity management, zero-trust security, legacy application integration, and API security. | The platform covers Windows and Mac login, VPN, RDP, VDI, Linux SSH, legacy on-prem applications, air-gapped environments, and shared accounts. |
Plans
authentik
- FreeFree
- Enterprise$5 a month
- Open SourceFree
- Enterprise Plus$20,000 a year
Secret Double Octopus
- Octopus EnterprisePriced on request
- Octopus ProPriced on request
- Octopus StarterPriced on request
In their own words
authentik
authentik is an open-source, self-hostable identity and access management product for workforce single sign-on, customer identity, zero-trust security, legacy application integration and API security. It supports OAuth2/OpenID Connect, SAML2, LDAP, RADIUS, SCIM and Kerberos, as well as WS-Federation. MFA options include TOTP, WebAuthn/passkeys, email, SMS, Duo and static tokens. Access policies can consider factors such as user attributes, time and location. Security features include audit logging, session binding, GeoIP and impossible-travel detection, and client certificate authentication with mTLS. It can run on customer infrastructure, including Docker and Kubernetes; the pricing FAQ says there is no hosted version currently. The authentik Agent integrates with Windows, macOS and Linux for local device login and CLI authentication. A free open-source plan includes community Discord support but no product support. Enterprise costs $5 a month, billed annually, at $5 per user per month; external users are $0.02 per month and service accounts have no cost.
Secret Double Octopus
Secret Double Octopus has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.