Alternatives to Enterprise SSO Leaders in 2026: 7 Options Compared

Keycloak adds authentication to applications and secures services with minimum effort, so applications do not need to deal with login forms, authenticating users or storing users. Once logged in to Keycloak, users do not need to log in again to access a different application, and single sign-out logs them out of all applications at once. Social login is added through the admin console by selecting a network, with no code or application changes, and Keycloak can broker authentication through existing OpenID Connect or SAML 2.0 identity providers. Its admin console centrally manages applications, services, authorization policies, users, permissions and sessions, while its account console lets users update profiles, change passwords and set up two-factor authentication.

Keycloak suits teams that want full control and no licence fees, especially in regulated environments or for internal tools where self-hosting is acceptable. Its open-source model avoids vendor lock-in and per-user pricing. The trade-off is operations: you own patching, backups and scaling. For teams with DevOps capacity, Keycloak is the most flexible SSO alternative here.

JumpCloud unifies identity, access and device management, granting users secure, frictionless access to everything they need for work, however they choose, managed in one unified view. Its homepage highlights agentic IAM, which lets teams see every agent, govern every identity and safely connect agents to infrastructure, apps and enterprise data, plus research showing 92 percent of organizations surveyed had an AI-related incident last year, with 36 percent unable to tell what the AI accessed.

JumpCloud suits small and midsize companies that want one platform for employee identity, devices and access, replacing separate directory, SSO and device tools. Its agentic IAM is a forward-looking advantage as AI agents access more systems. For customer identity in your own product, pair JumpCloud with WorkOS or Descope, but for workforce identity JumpCloud is a strong Okta and Entra ID alternative.

OneLogin offers single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and identity lifecycle management as a secure identity foundation at a price that works for your budget. Its homepage highlights one secure login for all apps, reducing password fatigue and helpdesk requests, adaptive MFA across every application, and lifecycle management that automatically grants, adjusts and removes access as people join, move roles and leave. Workforce pricing starts at 3 USD per month for Basic, 6 USD per month for Essentials, 10 USD per month for Business and a custom Enterprise tier, with features scaling from SSO and MFA to unlimited lifecycle management, advanced directories, SmartFactor authentication, RADIUS, VLDAP and API access management.

OneLogin suits budget-conscious companies that want workforce SSO, MFA and lifecycle automation without enterprise pricing. Its connector library covers most SaaS apps, and its lifecycle automation saves IT time on onboarding and offboarding. For customer-facing SSO, OneLogin offers separate customer and B2B identity products, but its strongest value here is workforce identity at a clear, low price.

FusionAuth secures access for humans, services and AI across any environment, giving teams full control over how identity is deployed, integrated and scaled. Every identity capability is available via API, built to integrate into products, pipelines and workflows, with fine-grained authorization for users, services and AI agents. It deploys self-hosted, dedicated, on-prem, hybrid or air-gapped, wherever business and regulations demand, with isolated infrastructure, full upgrade control and no forced SaaS upgrades. Its homepage notes customers moving from Auth0 over confusing roles and pricing at scale, and praise for adding identity providers at no extra cost on all plans.

FusionAuth suits product teams that need customer identity with deployment freedom, especially in regulated industries or regions with data sovereignty rules. Its predictable pricing avoids the per-user growth penalties that push teams off other CIAM platforms. For workforce SSO alone, JumpCloud or OneLogin fit better, but for customer identity with control, FusionAuth is a leading alternative.

WorkOS makes your app enterprise-ready, with APIs for SSO, SCIM directory sync, MFA, AuthKit user management, audit logs and more. Its SSO supports any SAML or OIDC identity provider with a single integration, so B2B customers can connect Okta, Entra ID, Google, OneLogin, ADFS and others without custom work per customer. Its admin portal lets IT administrators connect identity providers and directories themselves, customize branding, host on a custom domain and follow step-by-step setup guides, while SCIM provisioning works with Okta, Entra ID, ADFS and more. Customer stories include Cursor running fully on WorkOS with faster logins and no Auth0 pricing opacity, and companies rolling out SSO in less than a week.

WorkOS suits SaaS companies that need to offer enterprise SSO to their own business customers, the classic reason teams adopt Okta or Auth0 and then seek an alternative. Its single integration and admin portal save weeks of per-customer SSO work. For workforce identity, choose JumpCloud or OneLogin, but for B2B app SSO WorkOS is the most developer-friendly alternative here.

Descope lets teams create and customize identity journeys for customers, partners, AI agents and MCP servers using visual workflows, SDKs and APIs. Its no-code platform offers drag-and-drop journeys that govern frontend and backend logic from one workflow, with branded screens, changes without touching code, complete user management with identity merging and fine-grained authorization (RBAC, ReBAC, ABAC), and self-service experiences for profiles, roles, access keys, audits and SSO configuration. Security features include passwordless authentication to prevent account takeover, adaptive MFA for risky logins only, and step-up authentication before sensitive actions. Its B2B features cover self-service SSO and SCIM setup, smooth SSO migration, multi-tenancy and delegated admin.

Descope suits product teams that iterate on signup and login flows often and want to change journeys without redeploying code. Its agentic identity support for AI agents and MCP servers is a forward-looking advantage. For simple workforce SSO, OneLogin is cheaper and simpler, but for customer and partner identity with flexible journeys Descope is a strong alternative.

ZITADEL streamlines application development with an all-in-one identity suite for consumers, businesses and employees. Its hosted login page is customizable, with modern authentication methods, SSO and social logins through prebuilt provider templates, plus MFA and passkeys for security. Developers can also build their own login UI through APIs. Authorization uses role-based access control, while B2B multi-tenancy sits at the core: add organizations and grant projects to them to extend your application's scope. Its actions feature executes workflows after predefined events without deploying code, and it adapts to workflows, user management processes and brand guidelines.

ZITADEL suits B2B SaaS teams that need multi-tenant identity with clean organization and project structure, plus passkey-first security. Its open-source roots and growing community give it flexibility similar to Keycloak with a more productized cloud option. For workforce-only SSO, OneLogin or JumpCloud are simpler, but for multi-tenant product identity ZITADEL is a compelling alternative.