Okta Workforce Identity vs Authelia

Fit:

Migration notes

Useful for internal web apps secured by reverse proxy or OIDC. Requires proxy/app configuration and an identity backend; does not replace the whole workforce lifecycle, governance and SaaS provisioning suite.

Sources: www.authelia.com · checked 2026-10-21

Okta Workforce IdentityPaid incumbent

Entry priceUSD 6 / seat / month

Pricing modelper-seat, billed annual

OwnerOkta, Inc.

Starter suite advertised per user/month, billed annually; standalone products/add-ons differ. Source

Okta Workforce Identity plans reviewed
Starter	entry	USD 72 / user / yr
Essentials	popular	USD 204 / user / yr
Essentials	business	USD 204 / user / yr
Enterprise	enterprise	Quote only

AutheliaOpen-source alternative

Fit for Okta Workforce Identity

License

Apache License 2.0 A permissive license whose main conditions require preservation of copyright and license notices. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate use Must License and copyright noticeState changes No Trademark useLiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com

Paid-feature tier A

Self-host

Paid-feature limitsNone established

Authelia plans reviewed
Authelia	free self-hosted core	Free

What you may give up

No paid-feature limits established for this edition.

Tier A: Community product includes documented reverse-proxy authentication, MFA and OIDC. No commercial feature edition or project-hosted service identified; scope is narrower than full workforce lifecycle or customer identity suites. License source

What running it takes

Supported reverse proxy
Authelia executable or container

YAML user file
or
LDAP directory

In-memory sessions
or

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Storage, user directory, session and notifier alternatives are separate groups. Redis not mandatory for single-instance in-memory sessions. Duo API is conditional on selecting Duo push MFA, not a baseline service. Infrastructure and staff time are not priced here; this page does not compare total cost.