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Univention Corporate Server vs FreeIPA: catalog facts
Univention Corporate Server	FreeIPA
Freemium Available to download; commercial subscriptions and support are sold by Univention.	Free Free and open source.
Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Web, Self-hosted, Command line
Central identity and access management on your own servers VM images for VMware, VirtualBox, ESX and KVM	Integrates LDAP, Kerberos, DNS and certificates in one system Trusts with Microsoft Active Directory
A full server OS, so it needs a dedicated machine or VM Aimed at organisations rather than home users	Linux-centric; built around Fedora and related distributions Many integrated components make it heavy to deploy and operate
Self-hosted, Operating system	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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