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Open Policy Agent vs privacyIDEA

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted identity & sso options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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OP Open Policy Agent General-purpose policy engine for cloud-native stacks VS PR privacyIDEA Self-hosted two-factor authentication management
FeatureOpen Policy AgentprivacyIDEA
CategoryIdentity & SSOIdentity & SSO
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
LanguageGoPython
Setup difficultyMediumMedium
Min. RAM256 MB512 MB
Deploymentdocker, kubernetes, binarydocker, bare-metal
GitHub stars★ 12,086★ 1,751
First released20162014
ReplacesAWS IAM policiesDuo Security, RSA SecurID

Why pick each one

Choose Open Policy Agent if…

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
  • Mature project with 12.1k GitHub stars
Open Policy Agent details

Choose privacyIDEA if…

  • Broad token support
  • Strong API
privacyIDEA details

Frequently asked questions

Is Open Policy Agent or privacyIDEA better?

Neither is universally better. Open Policy Agent has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Open Policy Agent and privacyIDEA free and open-source?

Yes. Open Policy Agent is licensed under Apache-2.0 and privacyIDEA under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Open Policy Agent and privacyIDEA with Docker?

Open Policy Agent: yes. privacyIDEA: yes.

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