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Pomerium vs authentik: catalog facts
Pomerium	authentik
Freemium The open-source version is free to self-host, with paid commercial plans.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Clientless access with no VPN client to install Works with any OIDC identity provider	One server covers SAML, OAuth2/OIDC, LDAP and RADIUS, with a flow builder that lets you compose the login…
Requires an existing identity provider Configuration assumes familiarity with reverse proxies and OIDC	The flow model is powerful but confusing at first, and some organisation-scale features sit in a paid enterprise…
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
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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