Identity: Self-Hosted or in the Cloud?
Authentik Security introduces open-source Identity Provider, favoring self-hosted solutions for enhanced control and pricing predictability. Shift to self-hosting challenges SaaS dominance, offering comparable reliability and security with improved manageability. Companies prioritize data privacy and flexibility, reflecting nuanced evaluation of needs.
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Authentik Security offers an open-source Identity Provider that consolidates identity needs, competing with services like Okta and Active Directory. The company emphasizes self-hosted solutions over cloud-based ones, citing increased control and predictability in pricing. The shift towards self-hosting is attributed to advancements in self-hosted software, challenging the traditional dominance of Software as a Service (SaaS) models. The article discusses how SaaS providers may not always align with customer interests, leading to issues like unexpected price hikes and communication failures during outages. Contrary to initial beliefs, modern self-hosted solutions are now easier to manage and integrate with existing infrastructure, offering comparable reliability and security to SaaS providers. Companies opting for self-hosted software prioritize data privacy, reliability, and flexibility, especially in industries with stringent compliance requirements. The trend towards self-hosting reflects a nuanced evaluation of specific needs and considerations, rather than a complete rejection of SaaS models.
3 commentsEvery time I look I only find options which seem way too complicated. What I really want is a simple binary that can read users and hashed passwords from, say, a SQLite table, and expose enough LDAP to integrate with other tools that speak it.