European alternatives to Okta
Okta is the leading identity-as-a-service platform, used for enterprise SSO, MFA and workforce identity. It is a US company hosted in the US, and a 2022/2023 series of breaches highlighted the risk of centralising European workforce identity on US infrastructure. The European alternatives — including Keycloak, Ory and EU-hosted IAM providers — offer SSO, OIDC and SAML on sovereign infrastructure.
3 GDPR-compliant alternatives to Okta
View full Identity & Access directory| Product | Country | Price | Rating | GDPR | Link |
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cidaas⭐ Top Pick German cloud IAM platform with passwordless authentication. | 🇩🇪Germany | Custom pricing | 4.1(11)via Trustpilot | ✓ GDPR | Visit |
Open-source Identity and Access Management supported by Red Hat in Europe. | 🇪🇺International / EU | Free (self-hosted) | -- | ✓ GDPR | Visit |
Open-source UI-first IAM with support for many protocols. | 🇪🇺International / EU | Free (self-hosted) | -- | ✓ GDPR | Visit |
German cloud IAM platform with passwordless authentication.
Open-source Identity and Access Management supported by Red Hat in Europe.
Why migrate away from Okta?
Okta is operated by Okta, a US-controlled provider subject to the US Cloud Act and FISA Section 702. For European organisations handling personal, commercial or public-sector data, that creates an ongoing GDPR transfer risk. The alternatives above are headquartered in the EU or Switzerland, store data within European jurisdiction and remove that exposure.
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