FusionAuth vs OpenAM
FusionAuth
fusionauth.ioOpenAM
openidentityplatform.orgSide by side
| Figure | FusionAuth | OpenAM |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $162/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 1 |
| Spec score · OAuth Server Software | 9.1 (#2) | 7.6 (#26) |
| Authentication | It supports username/password login, identity providers, passkeys, and one-time passwords. | It includes more than 20 authentication modules that can be arranged into multi-factor or adaptive authentication sequences. |
| Customization | Pages and messages can be customized, while lambdas alter validation, MFA challenge and token transformation behavior and webhooks react to events. | OpenAM supports extending functionality, including authentication modules and user data sources, and customizing end-user pages with personal branding. |
| Deployment | The product can run locally, on premises, in a customer cloud, on an air-gapped server or as FusionAuth Cloud. | The maker documents deploying OpenAM in a Docker container and configuring it to use OpenDJ as its data store. |
| Integrations | Identity-provider integrations include Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter and arbitrary OIDC or SAML v2 providers, with connectors, plugins and monitoring integrations also available. | The maker documents SAML authentication with Yandex Cloud, with OpenAM configured as the service provider. |
| Support | Community support is provided through forums, Slack, and GitHub; Essentials includes email support with a 24 to 48 hour business-hours response time, and Enterprise includes 24/7 email and phone support. | Free community support is available through GitHub Discussions and documentation; independent approved vendors offer SLAs, consulting, implementation, and migration services. |
Plans
FusionAuth
- CommunityFree
- CommunityFree
- Starter$162 a month
- Starter$162 a month
- Enterprise$2,970 a month
- Enterprise$2,970 a month
- Essentials$2,970 a month
- Essentials$2,970 a month
In their own words
FusionAuth
FusionAuth is a Customer Identity and Access Management server for authentication, authorization, and user management. It supports username and password login, passkeys, one-time passwords, and external identity providers, including Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter. It implements OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SAML v2. Authorization includes role-based access across users, roles, groups, applications, and entities, plus fine-grained authorization integration. Teams can customize pages and messages and use lambda functions and webhooks. It can run locally, on-premises, in private or air-gapped cloud environments, or as a managed FusionAuth Cloud instance. The free Community Edition is self-hosted and unlimited, with no trial clock. Starter costs $162 a month billed annually and includes one connector and 100 machine-to-machine entities; Essentials and Enterprise cost $2,970 a month billed annually. FusionAuth supports Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, web, and API deployments.
OpenAM
OpenAM has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.