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Pomerium vs Authelia: catalog facts
Pomerium	Authelia
Freemium The open-source version is free to self-host, with paid commercial plans.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Self-hosted	Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Clientless access with no VPN client to install Works with any OIDC identity provider	Puts authentication and 2FA in front of applications that have none Fine-grained rules per domain, path, user and group
Requires an existing identity provider Configuration assumes familiarity with reverse proxies and OIDC	Requires a supported reverse proxy configured correctly to be secure Configuration is a large YAML file with many interacting options
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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