Gluu Flex

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Gluu Flex is a self-hosted software distribution for building highly available, multi-datacenter identity and access management infrastructure.

Pricing

Flex Licence — 100 MAU100 MAU · licence pricing based on peak monthly active users$500
Flex Licence — 400 MAU400 MAU · licence pricing based on peak monthly active users$1,750
Flex Licence — 1,600 MAU1,600 MAU · licence pricing based on peak monthly active users$6,125

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Website: gluu.org
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Free trial: Not stated
Admin UI: The reactive web Admin UI lets administrators view and edit Auth Server configuration properties, interception scripts, clients, and metrics.
Audit and threat detection: Flex collects Cedarling decision logs and can connect authorization decision events to ITDR services for real-time protection and fraud detection.
Authentication: Listed use cases include OpenID and SAML federation, single sign-on, mobile authentication, multi-factor and passwordless authentication, and device-flow authentication.
Authorization security: The Cedarling validates JWT signatures and contents and can check revocation status using the issuer’s latest OAuth Status List.
Compliance deployment: An optional deployment profile is stated to conform with DISA STIG requirements for Red Hat Linux.
Data stores: Flex documentation lists MySQL or Postgres for data storage and says Redis can be configured as an in-memory cache.
Deployment options: Documentation lists development and testing quick starts, Helm deployments for Amazon, Google, Microsoft, local Kubernetes and Rancher, and VM packages for Ubuntu, SUSE and Red Hat.
Directory integrations: The listed use cases include synchronization with Active Directory or Keycloak and internal identity connections through SCIM.
Headquarters: Austin, Texas, USA
Identity stack: Flex is a commercially supported distribution of the Linux Foundation Janssen Project with an open-source core and a commercial Admin UI.
Intended users: Gluu describes Flex for organizations that need to self-host authentication and authorization, including businesses with data sovereignty or security requirements.
MFA methods: Casa supports self-service MFA credentials including SMS, one-time passwords, FIDO authentication, and passkeys.

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