9 Best European Alternatives to Okta (2026), Compared

The best European alternative to Okta Workforce Identity is HelloID by Tools4ever (Netherlands): a cloud IAM service that combines single sign-on, MFA and HR-driven user provisioning, with public per-user prices from $1.52 a month for the SSO module. If you want a French platform hosted on a SecNumCloud-qualified cloud and run as one IAM programme for a large company, pick Memority.

I wrote this ranking for IT and security teams that use Okta to sign employees in to their apps – or are about to sign an Okta contract – and would rather keep their workforce identities with a European company. Okta, Inc. is headquartered at 100 First Street in San Francisco, and its privacy policy says personal data may be collected, transferred to, processed and stored in the United States. The directory that decides who may open your email, HR system and source code is about as sensitive as company data gets. I compared seventeen identity providers with European roots and kept nine that cover workforce single sign-on. For each one you get who is behind it, where it runs, what it costs and how much of Okta you keep.

What are the best European alternatives to Okta?

If you only have a minute: these are the European workforce identity providers I would move to from Okta, in order. Each one is reviewed below.

1. HelloID (Netherlands) – cloud SSO, MFA, provisioning and self-service with public prices. Best for most mid-sized organisations.
2. Memority (France) – an IDaaS platform for access management and identity governance on a SecNumCloud cloud. Best for large enterprises.
3. cidaas (Germany) – workforce IAM hosted in Germany at €4.50 per user. Best for German compliance needs.
4. WALLIX One IDaaS (France) – SSO and MFA from a listed French security vendor. Best for companies already using WALLIX PAM.
5. My1Login (UK) – modular SSO, password manager and MFA from £1.50 per user. Best for legacy and desktop apps.
6. Cloud-IAM (France) – fully managed Keycloak on European or global clouds. Best for technical teams that want open standards.
7. TrustBuilder (France) – deviceless MFA with SSO, certified by ANSSI. Best for staff without smartphones.
8. Univention Nubus (Germany) – open-source IAM you run yourself. Best for public sector and self-hosting.
9. Bare.ID (Germany) – Keycloak-based IAM in German data centres with BSI C5. Best for audited German companies.

Okta alternatives compared

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“Data hosted in” shows where each provider says it runs its identity service; the hosting lines on each tool add a DNS and ASN lookup of its website (25 Oct 2026). Univention Nubus runs in your own infrastructure.

How I compared the Okta alternatives

I looked at seventeen identity and access management services with European roots and kept nine. The order follows how much of Okta Workforce Identity you keep after switching – a hosted single sign-on portal for employees, MFA, a central directory and automated joiner-mover-leaver provisioning – then sovereignty, then price. I weighed five things:

• Jurisdiction and ownership – where the company is registered, who owns it and whether the contracting entity is European.
• Feature match with Okta – SSO over SAML and OpenID Connect, an app portal, MFA, directory sync with Active Directory or Entra ID, lifecycle management and access governance.
• Hosting – the country of the data centres and whether the service runs on a US cloud such as Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.
• Price – whether prices are published, the price per user and the minimum contract.
• What users say – Trustpilot ratings where a profile exists, read together with the number of reviews.

I left out services that do not fit an employee SSO project. Hanko and Quasr are built for customer logins in your own apps, Curity is an OAuth server for API security, Nevis focuses on passwordless banking apps, and Login-Master on B2B portals – all are covered in my Auth0 ranking. ZITADEL now lists its headquarters in San Francisco, Ory’s data controller is Ory Corp in Arizona, and authentik is sold by Authentik Security Inc. For reference, Okta’s own Trustpilot profile shows 1.3/5 from 54 reviews, a company-wide profile that also covers Auth0. All data comes from the providers’ own product, pricing, legal, privacy and security pages and Trustpilot, checked on 25 October 2026.

The best European alternatives to Okta, reviewed

Each provider gets the same treatment: who is behind it, what users say, what you keep and lose from Okta, and who should switch.

1. HelloID

The closest European match for Okta’s workforce suite – SSO, MFA and provisioning in one cloud service

HelloID is made by Tools4ever, a Dutch software company in Baarn that started in 1999 with a management buyout from Simac and launched HelloID as its identity-as-a-service product in 2015. Tools4ever says it has 150 employees, 75 of them in the Netherlands, more than 5,200 customers and over 10 million managed identities, with offices in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, the UK and the USA. A DNS lookup of a HelloID tenant address points to Microsoft Azure’s West Europe region in Amsterdam, so your data stays in the Netherlands, but on a US cloud. The website runs behind Cloudflare.

What users say. Tools4ever has a Trustpilot profile but no reviews yet. The company holds ISO 27001, publishes a SOC 2 Type II audit report, and its OpenID Connect implementation is OpenID Certified.

What it replaces from Okta – and what it doesn’t. HelloID covers the same three jobs as an Okta Essentials suite. Access Management gives employees one dashboard with SSO to their cloud apps, plus MFA with FIDO, push, SMS, email and Microsoft or Google Authenticator. Provisioning connects your HR system to Active Directory, Entra ID and other target apps to automate joiners, movers and leavers. Service Automation adds a self-service request catalogue with manager approval, and the newer Governance module adds reconciliation, recertification and segregation of duties. What you lose: HelloID describes its SSO for cloud apps, Tools4ever does not list an on-premises gateway like Okta Access Gateway or privileged access management, and its pricing calculator is in US dollars even though the overview page quotes euros.

Facts: HQ Netherlands (Baarn) · HelloID since 2015 · free plan: no · Access Management $1.52 per user/month, Provisioning $2.45, Service Automation $1.40, Governance $2.45 · volume discounts · minimum contract 3 months · from €228 a month on the overview page · ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II · hosted on Microsoft Azure West Europe.

Switching from Okta: moderate – SAML and OIDC apps move over cleanly, but you rebuild your provisioning rules and app assignments in HelloID.

My take: HelloID keeps the most of what you buy Okta for: a single portal for employees, MFA and automated accounts driven by your HR system. The prices are public and per module, which is rare in this market, and a three-month minimum term is easy to accept. The catch is Azure – the data stays in Amsterdam, but on a Microsoft cloud. Best for: mid-sized companies, schools, hospitals and councils that want Okta's mix of SSO and provisioning from a European vendor. Not for: teams that rule out US cloud infrastructure.

Read the full HelloID review.

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2. Memority

A French IDaaS platform for access management and identity governance, hosted on a SecNumCloud cloud

Memority SAS is registered in Puteaux, west of Paris (Versailles trade register, B 920 613 478), with share capital of €2,435,048 and nearly 100 employees under CEO Gilles Castéran. It says its mission is to become the European leader in identity as a service. The platform is hosted on S3NS, a cloud qualified SecNumCloud 3.2 by ANSSI – S3NS describes itself as Google Cloud technology combined with Thales’ security expertise. The memority.eu website runs at Hetzner.

What users say. Memority has no reviews on Trustpilot. Its customer stories include Stellantis, which manages 1.5 million identities on Memority, and Valeo with more than 200,000 identities.

What it replaces from Okta – and what it doesn’t. MY-Access gives you SSO and identity federation, adaptive authentication with real-time risk analysis and access control for cloud and on-premises apps. MY-Identity handles identity governance and administration, MY-Keys manages second factors, and MY-Discovery finds hidden identities. Memority holds ISO 27001, ISO 27701 and AirCyber Gold and says it complies with NIS2, GDPR and DORA. What you lose: there is no public price, trial or self-service sign-up, and the S3NS cloud is built on Google Cloud technology, even though it is operated under French qualification.

Facts: HQ France (Puteaux) · free plan: no · pricing on request · access management, IGA, MFA and identity discovery on one SaaS platform · ISO 27001, ISO 27701, AirCyber Gold · hosted on S3NS (SecNumCloud 3.2) · for employees, partners and customers.

Switching from Okta: hard – an enterprise IAM project with the vendor, usually including governance.

My take: Memority is the most complete European answer to Okta’s governance-heavy suites, and SecNumCloud hosting answers the sovereignty question for French buyers. It sits second because it is a sales-led project rather than a service you can try, and there is no price to compare. Best for: large French and European enterprises and public bodies with governance needs. Not for: small companies that want to sign up and go.

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3. cidaas

German workforce IAM with SSO and provisioning, at a published price per user

cidaas is a product of Widas ID GmbH in Wimsheim near Pforzheim, Germany, part of the Widas group. It says its identity platform is hosted in Germany and the EU and independent of US hyperscalers, with ISO 27001-certified operation. cidaas is best known for customer identity, but its pricing page lists a separate Workforce IAM product for employees, contractors and partners.

What users say. cidaas has no reviews on Trustpilot. It says it serves more than 500 customers.

What it replaces from Okta – and what it doesn’t. Workforce IAM covers employee identities, SSO and access management with adaptive access policies and zero-trust security. cidaas lists authentication and MFA, authorisation, user management and automated provisioning as included, with all functions in the per-user price, and sells fine-grained authorisation based on Open Policy Agent as an add-on. What you lose: the workforce pages say little about ready-made app integrations or an employee app portal, and the free trial is limited to 30 days and 30 users.

Facts: HQ Germany (Wimsheim) · free plan: no, 30-day trial (max. 30 users) · Workforce IAM €4.50 per user with unlimited users and one test environment · 20% off yearly · hosted in Germany/EU · ISO 27001-certified operation · KRITIS-ready operation.

Switching from Okta: moderate – standard protocols make the app side easy; plan a project for directory sync and policies.

My take: cidaas is the only provider here that combines German hosting without US clouds and a published per-user price for employees. It sits behind HelloID and Memority because its focus has been customer identity, so check the app integrations you need during the trial. Best for: German organisations that need workforce SSO hosted in Germany at a known price. Not for: teams that want a large catalogue of pre-built app integrations.

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4. WALLIX One IDaaS

SSO and MFA for the workforce from a listed French security vendor

WALLIX was founded in Paris in 2003. In 2015 it became WALLIX Group and the first French cybersecurity software company listed on the stock exchange (Euronext, ALLIX), and in 2019 it acquired Simarks and Trustelem, followed by Kleverware in 2023. WALLIX says its solutions are distributed in over 90 countries. WALLIX One IDaaS is hosted in European data centres, without naming the provider. The website runs at Datacampus in France.

What users say. WALLIX has a Trustpilot profile but no reviews yet.

What it replaces from Okta – and what it doesn’t. WALLIX One IDaaS gives your workforce SSO to the applications they need, MFA with a zero-trust policy, and centralised user access management that synchronises users from corporate directories. External users get self-service password resets and delegated administration. It sits next to WALLIX PAM and identity governance products, which Okta sells as Privileged Access and Identity Governance. What you lose: there is no public price, WALLIX does not name its hosting provider, and lifecycle provisioning is less detailed on the product page than at HelloID or cidaas.

Facts: HQ France (Paris) · founded 2003 · listed on Euronext (ALLIX) · free plan: no, free trial on request · pricing on request · SSO, MFA, directory sync, self-service · hosted in European data centres.

Switching from Okta: moderate – standard SSO and directory sync, with WALLIX or a partner helping on setup.

My take: WALLIX is a safe, established choice if you want one European vendor for SSO and privileged access – something Okta also bundles. I would ask for the hosting provider and the provisioning features in writing before signing. Best for: companies that already use WALLIX PAM or want SSO, MFA and privileged access from one French vendor. Not for: buyers who need published prices to compare.

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5. My1Login

Modular SSO, password manager and MFA from London – outside the EU

My1Login Limited was founded in 2007 and is registered in England and Wales (company no. 06361491), with its head office in London and a team in Glasgow. The UK is not in the EU, but UK GDPR applies. My1Login offers a UK data centre option; its trust centre names Microsoft (UK) as the subprocessor that hosts the services. The website runs on Amazon infrastructure.

What users say. On Trustpilot My1Login has a single review, which is too few to mean much. It won Best Identity and Access Management Solution at the SC Awards Europe 2025 and has been on six UK G-Cloud frameworks in a row.

What it replaces from Okta – and what it doesn’t. My1Login covers SSO for web, cloud and mobile apps – including apps without SAML, by learning each person’s sign-in details – plus SSO for Windows desktop, Citrix and mainframe software, an enterprise password manager, MFA and user provisioning from Active Directory. Stored credentials are encrypted client-side with AES-256, with keys that stay in your network. What you lose: provisioning is tied to Active Directory rather than an HR system, the service runs on a US cloud, and the company is outside the EU.

Facts: HQ UK (London) · founded 2007 · free plan: no, 14-day trial · SSO for web from £1.50 per user/month (£2 with password-based apps) · desktop SSO £2 · password manager £2 · MFA £2 · provisioning £1 · prices for 1,000 users on an annual contract, excluding taxes · Cyber Essentials Plus · hosted by Microsoft (UK).

Switching from Okta: moderate – it plugs into Active Directory and covers apps Okta struggles with, but you rebuild app assignments.

My take: My1Login is the cheapest published option here and the best at signing staff in to old software. It sits fifth because it is a UK company running on Microsoft’s cloud, which is a step away from the EU sovereignty most readers of this page want. Best for: organisations with many legacy and desktop apps that Okta cannot sign in to. Not for: buyers who need an EU company and an EU-only cloud.

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6. Cloud-IAM

Keycloak without the operations work – managed by a French team, on European or global clouds

Cloud-IAM SAS is registered in Rennes, France, and has run managed Keycloak since 2018. You choose where your cluster runs: AWS, Google Cloud or Azure, or Scaleway and 3DS Outscale in Europe. The free plan runs on AWS only, and the website is served through Amazon CloudFront.

What users say. On Trustpilot Cloud-IAM has 4.6/5 from 17 reviews – the best rating in this list, but from a small sample.

What it replaces from Okta – and what it doesn’t. Keycloak gives you single sign-on over SAML and OpenID Connect, MFA, LDAP and Active Directory federation, identity brokering to other providers and a full admin API. Cloud-IAM handles upgrades, backups and monitoring, and offers ISO 27001 and, on Outscale, SecNumCloud hosting. What you lose: Keycloak has no employee app dashboard as polished as Okta’s, no HR-driven lifecycle management and no app catalogue with ready-made provisioning, so you build more yourself.

Facts: HQ France (Rennes) · since 2018 · free plan: yes (100 users, AWS, no backups) · Starter from €225/month · 10% off yearly · priced by total user accounts · ISO 27001 · SecNumCloud on Outscale.

Switching from Okta: moderate – apps move over SAML and OIDC, but you rebuild policies and lose Okta’s ready-made integrations.

My take: Cloud-IAM is the best route to a European, open-source SSO without running Keycloak yourself. For a classic Okta replacement with an app dashboard and HR provisioning, the providers above save you work. Best for: technical teams that want open standards and full control over where identity data lives. Not for: IT departments that want a ready-made employee portal and provisioning.

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7. TrustBuilder

French deviceless MFA with SSO, certified by ANSSI and operated in Europe

TrustBuilder is the trade name of In-Webo Technologies, a French company that has built authentication technology since 2008. Its patented strong authentication is certified CSPN by ANSSI, France’s cybersecurity agency. According to its product privacy policy, the platform is hosted on Google Cloud in Belgium (europe-west1) and by Claranet France, and the data does not leave those countries. The website runs behind Cloudflare.

What users say. TrustBuilder has no reviews on Trustpilot.

What it replaces from Okta – and what it doesn’t. TrustBuilder offers strong MFA that works without a smartphone or hardware token – useful for factory, hospital and shop-floor staff – plus SSO over SAML 2.0 and OIDC, and connectors for LDAP, RADIUS and SCIM. It can also sit in front of Microsoft Entra ID as an external authentication method. What you lose: the website is mostly in French, there is no public price, and it is an authentication layer first – directory, lifecycle management and governance are not its focus.

Facts: HQ France · in business since 2008 · free plan: no · pricing on request · MFA certified ANSSI CSPN · SSO via SAML 2.0 and OIDC · connectors for LDAP, RADIUS, SCIM · hosted on Google Cloud Belgium and Claranet France.

Switching from Okta: moderate – easiest if you keep Entra ID or AD as your directory and replace Okta’s MFA and SSO layer.

My take: TrustBuilder solves a problem Okta handles poorly: strong authentication for people who have no company phone. Pair it with your existing directory rather than expecting a full Okta suite. Best for: industry, healthcare and public bodies with shared workstations and staff without phones. Not for: companies that want one product for directory, SSO and provisioning.

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8. Univention Nubus

Open-source IAM from Bremen that you run on your own servers or with a provider you choose

Nubus is developed by Univention GmbH in Bremen, Germany (HRB 20755), led by managing directors Peter H. Ganten and Stefan Gohmann. It is the identity platform behind openDesk, the open-source workplace of ZenDiS for the German public administration. Nubus runs as a virtual machine or in Kubernetes, on-premises, in a private cloud or with a service provider, so you decide where the data lives. The website runs at Hetzner.

What users say. Univention has no reviews on Trustpilot.

What it replaces from Okta – and what it doesn’t. Nubus gives you a central directory for users, groups and roles, SSO over OIDC and SAML, a portal with self-service and password management, automated onboarding and offboarding, and interfaces for LDAP, SCIM, Kerberos and REST. Univention says it can replace Microsoft Active Directory. What you lose: there is no hosted service from Univention itself, so you or a partner run it, and instead of Okta’s integration network you work from Univention’s integration catalogue and open standards.

Facts: HQ Germany (Bremen) · free plan: yes (open source) · Enterprise subscriptions with support and maintenance, price on request · VM or Kubernetes · OIDC, SAML 2.0, LDAP, SCIM, Kerberos, REST · supports GDPR, BSI IT-Grundschutz and NIS2 requirements.

Switching from Okta: hard – you take over operations that Okta ran for you.

My take: Nubus is the most sovereign choice here because nothing runs outside the infrastructure you pick. It replaces Okta’s product, not its service, which is why it sits eighth. Best for: public administrations, schools and companies that want an open-source, self-hosted IAM. Not for: teams that chose Okta to avoid running servers.

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9. Bare.ID

Keycloak-based IAM, run in German data centres with ISO 27001 and BSI C5

Bare.ID GmbH is based in Wiesbaden, Germany, and started inside the AOE Group. Development, operation and support happen in Germany, and data is processed in German data centres certified to ISO 27001 and BSI C5. It is offered as SaaS, hybrid or on-premises.

What users say. Bare.ID has no reviews on Trustpilot.

What it replaces from Okta – and what it doesn’t. Bare.ID builds on Keycloak: SSO over OIDC and SAML, MFA, user federation and lifecycle management, and you pay only for users who logged in that month. What you lose: there is no self-service sign-up, it is aimed at company IAM projects rather than a quick Okta swap, and the pricing page lists conflicting plan limits.

Facts: HQ Germany (Wiesbaden) · free plan: no, free trial · plans from $99/month, billed per monthly active user · 12- or 36-month terms · German data centres with ISO 27001 and BSI C5.

Switching from Okta: moderate – standard protocols, with Bare.ID’s team helping on proofs of concept.

My take: Bare.ID is a solid Keycloak host for compliance-driven German companies, but it is closer to Cloud-IAM than to Okta’s workforce suite. Best for: German companies whose auditors ask for BSI C5. Not for: IT teams that want a ready-made workforce portal.

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What European workforce identity providers cost compared with Okta

Okta sells suites per user per month, billed yearly, with a $1,500 minimum. Only four of the European providers publish per-user prices; the rest quote on request.

Prices as shown on each provider’s pricing page on 25 October 2026, in the currency shown there. Okta’s Essentials suite costs $17 per user/month. My1Login prices are for 1,000 users and exclude taxes. HelloID’s calculator shows US dollars; its overview page quotes from €228 a month.

How to switch from Okta to a European identity provider

1. List what you use in Okta. Apps and their protocols (SAML, OIDC, password-based), MFA factors, directory sources (AD, Entra ID, HR system), lifecycle rules and Workflows – this decides which provider fits.
2. Set up the new provider in parallel. Connect the same directory source and test a handful of low-risk apps with a pilot group.
3. Move your apps in waves. Swap the SAML or OIDC settings app by app, starting with the least critical, and keep Okta as fallback until each wave is stable.
4. Re-enrol MFA and move provisioning. Ask users to register their factors on the new portal, then switch joiner-mover-leaver automation once accounts match.
5. Retire Okta at renewal. Okta suites are billed yearly, so time the cut-over to your contract end and export audit logs before you leave.

Okta alternatives: FAQ

My verdict: which European identity provider to switch to

Most organisations leaving Okta Workforce Identity should start with HelloID: it combines SSO, MFA and HR-driven provisioning, the prices are public and the minimum term is three months. Large enterprises with governance needs and a preference for French hosting should talk to Memority, and German organisations that want no US cloud at a known price should trial cidaas. If you mostly need to sign staff in to old desktop software, My1Login is worth a look despite being in the UK.

Whichever you pick, run it next to Okta for a few weeks and move apps in waves – and time the switch to your Okta renewal, since the suites are billed yearly.