Casdoor vs Microsoft Entra ID
Casdoor and Microsoft Entra ID are both identity and access software. Casdoor is open source under Apache-2.0, with 15k GitHub stars. Microsoft Entra ID is a commercial product from Microsoft.
Which to pick
- Pick Casdoor when
- You want a self-hosted SSO and user management server that is simpler to run than Keycloak.
- Pick Microsoft Entra ID when
- Your organisation uses Microsoft 365 and wants identity and SSO without another vendor.
Side by side
An identity and access management server with a web UI supporting OAuth, OIDC, SAML, CAS, LDAP, SCIM, WebAuthn and MFA, plus an MCP and agent gateway.
Microsoft's cloud directory (formerly Azure AD) for Microsoft 365 sign-in, SSO to other apps, MFA, conditional access and device-aware policies.
Very frequent releases and a wide feature list mean rough edges in less-used areas.
Conditional access and governance features need P1 or P2 licences, and the admin surface is large.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Cloud service
Go, TypeScript, React, MySQL and PostgreSQL
Azure
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Closed source, sold by Microsoft
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
15k GitHub stars
508 Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Established: started 6 years ago, latest release v4.25.0.
Not known
Other comparisons
More identity providers and single sign-on servers
Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.