European alternatives to Okta
A leading identity-and-access-management platform for single sign-on across enterprise apps. A publicly-traded US company on AWS, sitting at the sensitive centre of corporate logins under the CLOUD Act.
Company information about Okta
- Company
- Okta, Inc.
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2009
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Amazon AWS
Why people switch away from Okta
European alternatives to Okta
Open-source identity, authentication, and authorization from Germany. Self-host the full stack or use Ory Network – no vendor lock-in.
Open-source identity infrastructure from Switzerland with built-in multi-tenancy and passwordless login. Self-host it or run it on Swiss-hosted cloud.
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Start somewhere.
Switching everything overnight is not realistic. Start where it matters most: your email, your cloud storage, your business tools. Replace one thing at a time.
The European Alternative already exists.
Pick Europe.
Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.