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 — FIDO2-certified, phishing-resistant, biometric login
• Multiple auth methods — passwords, email passcodes, OAuth (Google, Apple, GitHub), 2FA
• Hanko Elements — framework-agnostic Web Components for React, Vue, Angular, and more
• Flexible hosting — self-hosted (AGPLv3) or Hanko Cloud with no lock-in migration
• User management — profiles, sessions, and audit logs out of the box
• GDPR compliant — EU infrastructure, 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 — hosted login UI, social logins, passkeys, MFA, and SSO
• Authorization — role-based access control with fine-grained permission management
• Multi-tenancy — add new organisations, delegate admin rights, and isolate data per tenant
• Machine identities — service accounts and API key management for non-human actors
• Extensible — ZITADEL Actions execute serverside logic after any auth event
• APIs — modern gRPC and REST, with SDKs for Go, Angular, React, Next.js, Flutter, and Python
• Compliance — OpenID certified, 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 — fully provisioned Keycloak in 20 minutes, start for free
• Multi-cloud — 70+ regions across 5 providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, Scaleway, Outscale)
• High availability — 99.95% SLA with 99.9834% measured uptime in 2025
• Standards-based — OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, and custom SPI support
• Data portability — full import/export for complete credential sovereignty
• 24/7 European support — on-call team based entirely in Europe
• Compliance — ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, NIS 2, HDS, 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 — seamless cross-application access with OIDC and OAuth 2.0
• Passwordless authentication — passkeys, magic links, and biometric login
• Adaptive MFA — risk-based multi-factor with multiple authenticator options
• AI identity verification — document validation and liveness checks
• Policy-based authorisation — dynamic, role-driven access control
• Consent management — GDPR-compliant data handling with audit trails
• API security — secure API 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 — described by the company 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 — OIDC and SAML across all applications
• Multi-factor authentication — OTP, FIDO2 hardware tokens, and facial recognition
• White-label UI — fully customisable login pages and branding
• Application gallery — pre-configured connectors for rapid integration
• External identity sources — Active Directory and REST API federation
• 99.9% uptime SLA — multi-node, multi-datacenter German infrastructure
• Open source foundation — built on Keycloak (Red Hat), auditable and portable
• Compliance — ISO 27001 certified, GDPR and NIS2 compliant

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