Why your startup should use Keycloak for SSO and User Management - Standards
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In this series we are proposing Keycloak as a superior alternative to commercial identity offerings.
Part 1: Standardized Protocols and Minimal Feature Set Differentiation
In the realm of Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, it's essential to recognize that many offerings, both commercial and open source, operate on standardized protocols such as OpenID Connect (OIDC), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), and more. This adherence to standardized protocols often results in minimal differentiation at the feature set level across various options. Let's delve into this further: