FusionAuth vs privacyIDEA
FusionAuth
fusionauth.io
privacyIDEA
privacyidea.orgSide by side
| Figure | FusionAuth | privacyIDEA |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $162/mo | €165/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 3 |
| Spec score · Multi-Factor Authentication APIs | 9.3 (#2) | 7.8 (#13) |
| API | Its core interface is a REST API documented with OpenAPI; the administrative web interface uses the same APIs. | The system provides a REST API with JWT authentication for scripting and integration into web portals. |
| Authentication methods | Supported methods include passwords, social and enterprise identity providers, passkeys and one-time passwords. | Supported token types include passkeys and WebAuthn, push, HOTP/TOTP, email and SMS OTP, U2F, YubiKey, SSH keys, and X.509 certificates. |
| Deployment | The product can run locally, on premises, in a customer cloud, on an air-gapped server or as FusionAuth Cloud. | The project provides source code on GitHub and installation through PyPI; its downloads page recommends pip for Debian and other Linux distributions. |
| Headquarters | United States | Kassel, Germany |
| Integrations | Identity-provider integrations include Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter and arbitrary OIDC or SAML v2 providers, with connectors, plugins and monitoring integrations also available. | Listed integrations include Keycloak, Microsoft ADFS, simpleSAMLphp, FreeRADIUS, Windows desktop login, Linux PAM, Apache2, OpenVPN, ownCloud, Nextcloud, WordPress, and TYPO3. |
| 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. | NetKnights Enterprise Edition includes professional support and service level agreements, and its support contract runs for one year. |
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
privacyIDEA
- Small Business€165 a month
- Enterprise€556 a month
- Provider€2,275 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.
privacyIDEA
privacyIDEA has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.