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

Subject to US CLOUD ActProfit-driven (public markets)Proprietary softwareRuns on Big Tech infrastructureNot covered by GDPR

European alternatives to Okta

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Top Pick

Germany 87 · Strongly European

Open-source identity, authentication, and authorization from Germany. Self-host the full stack or use Ory Network – no vendor lock-in.

Open-core · from Free Free tier Open source Own infrastructure EU
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Switzerland 82 · Strongly European

Open-source identity infrastructure from Switzerland with built-in multi-tenancy and passwordless login. Self-host it or run it on Swiss-hosted cloud.

Open-core · from Free Free tier Open source Own infrastructure EFTA

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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.

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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.

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