6 Best European JumpCloud Alternatives in 2026

Hanko is an open-source authentication and user management platform from Kiel, Germany, built as a modern, privacy-first alternative to Auth0, Clerk, and Cognito. It puts passkeys front and centre while still supporting passwords, passcodes, and OAuth social logins.

Developers get Hanko Elements, a set of framework-agnostic Web Components that drop into any frontend in minutes, plus a full backend API for custom flows. The Passkey API can also be bolted onto existing auth systems without a full migration.

Key features:

• Passkey-first authentication with FIDO2-certified, phishing-resistant biometric login
• Multiple auth methods including passwords, email passcodes, OAuth (Google, Apple, GitHub), and 2FA
• Hanko Elements, framework-agnostic Web Components for React, Vue, Angular, and more
• Flexible hosting, either self-hosted (AGPLv3) or Hanko Cloud with no lock-in migration
• User management with profiles, sessions, and audit logs out of the box
• GDPR compliant with EU infrastructure and data minimalism by design

Trusted by 10,000+ developers and used in production by SAP and Volt.io. The core is fully open source under AGPLv3 and MIT licences, with GitHub stars growing fast.

ZITADEL is an open-source identity infrastructure platform that combines the flexibility of self-hosting with the convenience of a managed cloud, bridging enterprise authentication and developer-friendly APIs in a single product.

The platform handles the full identity lifecycle: login pages, social logins, SSO, MFA, passkeys, RBAC, machine identities, and multi-tenancy, all configurable through gRPC and REST APIs. ZITADEL Actions let teams run custom workflows after any auth event without writing a custom server.

Key features:

• Authentication with hosted login UI, social logins, passkeys, MFA, and SSO
• Authorization via role-based access control with fine-grained permission management
• Multi-tenancy to add new organisations, delegate admin rights, and isolate data per tenant
• Machine identities covering service accounts and API key management for non-human actors
• Extensible through ZITADEL Actions that execute serverside logic after any auth event
• APIs built on modern gRPC and REST, with SDKs for Go, Angular, React, Next.js, Flutter, and Python
• Compliance spanning OpenID certification, ISO 27001, GDPR, and SOC 2 Type II

Open source with 4,000+ GitHub stars and 50+ contributors. Deploy to your own infrastructure or use ZITADEL Cloud with EU data residency.

Cloud-IAM is a fully managed Keycloak service that takes the operational burden out of identity and access management. Deploy a production-grade Keycloak instance in under 20 minutes, without managing infrastructure, patches, or backups.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Europe, Cloud-IAM serves 500+ customers with 20M+ managed users across a 100% in-house European team. The service spans 70+ regions across AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Scaleway, and Outscale, giving teams the cloud provider and data residency they need.

Key features:

• Instant deployment with fully provisioned Keycloak in 20 minutes, free to start
• Multi-cloud reach across 70+ regions and 5 providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, Scaleway, Outscale)
• High availability backed by a 99.95% SLA and 99.9834% measured uptime in 2025
• Standards-based with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, and custom SPI support
• Data portability via full import/export for complete credential sovereignty
• 24/7 European support from an on-call team based entirely in Europe
• Compliance spanning ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, NIS 2, HDS, and SecNumCloud 3.2

Built on Keycloak (Red Hat-backed open source), Cloud-IAM adds enterprise reliability, SLA guarantees, and European support without the ops overhead.

cidaas (Cloud Identity and Access Service) is a German-built IAM platform from the Widas Group, designed to unify identity management for customers, employees, partners, and IoT devices, all from a single European cloud.

Spanning CIAM, workforce IAM, and API security, cidaas covers the full identity lifecycle with SSO, passwordless authentication, MFA, AI-powered identity verification, and GDPR-native consent management. Its integration layer connects to the cnips iPaaS platform, and the platform is built on open standards for interoperability.

Key features:

• Single Sign-On for seamless cross-application access with OIDC and OAuth 2.0
• Passwordless authentication via passkeys, magic links, and biometric login
• Adaptive MFA, risk-based multi-factor with multiple authenticator options
• AI identity verification covering document validation and liveness checks
• Policy-based authorisation for dynamic, role-driven access control
• Consent management with GDPR-compliant data handling and audit trails
• API security through access management and token governance
• 1B+ identity scale deployed across 182+ countries

Made and hosted entirely in Germany. Customers include Kaufland, Europa-Park, ProSiebenSat.1, EWE AG, and Creditplus Bank.

bare.ID is a German Single Sign-On and identity management platform built on Keycloak, delivered as SaaS, hybrid, or self-hosted. The company describes it as "the only completely sovereign Open-Source based Single Sign-On solution from Germany."

Every component of the supply chain is German: hosting, support, and development. The platform extends Keycloak with a proprietary UI, a pre-configured application gallery for rapid integration, and enterprise-grade reliability through a multi-node, multi-datacenter architecture.

Key features:

• SSO and federation via OIDC and SAML across all applications
• Multi-factor authentication covering OTP, FIDO2 hardware tokens, and facial recognition
• White-label UI with fully customisable login pages and branding
• Application gallery of pre-configured connectors for rapid integration
• External identity sources including Active Directory and REST API federation
• 99.9% uptime SLA on multi-node, multi-datacenter German infrastructure
• Open source foundation built on Keycloak (Red Hat), auditable and portable
• Compliance with ISO 27001 certification, GDPR, and NIS2

Trusted by Deutsche Telekom, Congstar, Deutsche Sporthilfe, Rheinbahn, and Swissbit AG. Pricing is available on tiered plans, with details on their tariffs page.