authentik vs JumpCloud
authentik and JumpCloud are both identity and access software. Authentik is open source under a license set out in its repository, with 26k GitHub stars. JumpCloud is a commercial product from JumpCloud.
Which to pick
- Pick authentik when
- You want one login for many self-hosted and SaaS apps without paying per user for Okta or Entra ID, and can run it yourself.
- Pick JumpCloud when
- A small or midsize company without Active Directory wants one place for users, devices and access.
Side by side
A self-hosted identity provider for single sign-on over SAML, OAuth2 and OIDC, LDAP and RADIUS, with configurable login flows, MFA and a proxy for apps that have no SSO.
Cloud directory combining user identity, SSO, MFA, device management for Windows, Mac and Linux, LDAP and RADIUS.
Some features are in the paid Enterprise tier, and its flow and stage model takes time to learn.
Prices have risen, and device management is shallower than dedicated MDM tools.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server
Cloud service
Python, Django, TypeScript, Go, Rust and PostgreSQL
Not published
Open source, license unclear on GitHub
Closed source, sold by JumpCloud
GitHub could not read the license. Check it in the repository before reusing any code.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
26k GitHub stars
179 Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Established: started 6 years ago, latest release version/2026.8.5.
Not known
Other comparisons
More identity providers and single sign-on servers
Both sides were judged on 2026-11-06 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.