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Keycloak vs OpenLDAP

A side-by-side look at Keycloak and OpenLDAP. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Keycloak

Keycloak

Security & Privacy

Keycloak is an open source identity and access management solution. It handles authentication, authorization, and user federation and makes it easy to secure applications and services. Keycloak provides out-of-the-box support for popular protocols like OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and SAML 2.0.

authenticationauthorizationuser-managementopen-source
OpenLDAP

OpenLDAP

Network & Admin

OpenLDAP is an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). It allows users to access and maintain distributed directory information over a network. Often used as a central authentication repository for Linux/UNIX networks.

ldapdirectoryauthenticationopen-source

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