The advantages of Keycloak
Organizational
- License-free (open source)
- No vendor lock-in
- Active community
- LTS version from Red Hat available
- Customizing
Functional
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Multi-factor authentication and WebAuthn support
- Standard protocols (OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, SAML 2.0)
- Central administration
- Federation (LDAP, Active Directory, Social Login, other IAM systems)
- High performance
- Cloud-native (Docker / Kubernetes)
- Cluster operation
- Extensibility
Our specialists can do that for you!
Our specialists will support you from the beginning to the end of your Keycloak project and will assist you with their many years of experience and expertise. Even after successful implementation, our specialists are at your disposal for ongoing operation, adjustments, further developments and training.
Our specialists offer you
- Consulting & conception
- Migration & integration
- Customizing
- Operation
- Further development
- Workshops & training (remote or on-site)
The advantages in detail:
License-free (open source)
As open source software, Keycloak is license-free, even with thousands of accounts and parallel users. This results in a considerable cost advantage over commercial solutions.
Single Sign On (SSO)
Keycloak allows users to successfully log in once and then automatically grants them access to all applications integrated with Keycloak without having to log in again. This also applies to user logouts. This improves the user experience and reduces the complexity of passwords and login processes.
No vendor lock-in
As Keycloak is an open source solution, companies are not tied to a specific provider. They have the freedom to adapt and expand the platform according to their needs.
Multi-factor authentication and WebAuthn support
Keycloak offers various security features such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) to provide additional layers of user identity. With WebAuthn support, users can verify their identity with FIDO2-compatible security keys or biometric features.
Active community
Keycloak is supported by a large and active community and is widely used in many organizations. This broad acceptance results in a stable and well-supported platform that is continuously being developed.
Standard protocols (OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, SAML 2.0)
Keycloak supports common authentication and authorization protocols such as OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0 and SAML 2.0 and can be easily integrated with many applications and services that use these protocols.
Customizing
Keycloak offers extensive customization options so that you can adapt the system to your specific requirements and business processes. We can make technical adjustments to your needs by using APIs and extension points. The appearance can also be designed according to your specifications.
Central administration
Keycloak offers a central administration console that allows you as an administrator to manage users, groups, roles and access policies. The console also provides detailed insights into the activities and security events in the system.
Federation (LDAP, Active Directory, Social Login, other IAM systems)
With Keycloak it is possible to integrate various identity providers and directory services such as LDAP, Active Directory and other IAM systems. In addition, it offers social login options where users can use their social media accounts to log in.
High performance
Keycloak was developed to deliver high performance and meet the requirements of companies with large numbers of users. The system is not only very scalable, but also has robust caching mechanisms. As a result, it remains very performant even under high load. We will be happy to support you with the right architecture for your company.
Cluster operation
Keycloak supports operation in a cluster to ensure high availability and load balancing. This allows companies to ensure that their IAM infrastructure is always available, even if individual nodes fail.
Cloud-native (Docker / Kubernetes)
Keycloak can be easily deployed in container orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes. This facilitates the scaling, operation and management of Keycloak instances (e.g. also for a cloud infrastructure)
Extensibility
Keycloak offers developers a wide range of extension points and APIs to customize and extend the platform according to their needs. This allows you to seamlessly implement additional functions and integrations.
Single sign-on (SSO) with Keycloak
With Keycloak as part of your infrastructure, you have the option of managing individual applications (e.g. websites, CMS, stores, portals, etc.) in a user-friendly way with one login. Users identify themselves once via Keycloak and are no longer forced to enter their username and password for each application individually (SSO). The same also applies to logging out. A single logout is sufficient to log out of all applications connected to Keycloak.
User federation
Keycloak is able to connect to your company's existing LDAP or Active Directory (AD) servers. Other providers or relational databases can also be integrated into Keycloak. The system is therefore extremely flexible and in many cases no major adjustments to the existing user administration or infrastructure are necessary.
Identity brokerage and social login
Simple login with a social media account is also no problem with Keycloak. If you have OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0 or Kerberos as an identity provider, these can also be integrated.
