Uncompromised Control: Identity That Runs Your Way
Run identity anywhere - on-prem, sovereign, or air-gapped - and define exactly how it behaves. Duende IdentityServer gives you complete control over credentials, token, flows, and business logic. The standards stay the same and everything else is yours to shape.
Talk to an ExpertChallenge
If SaaS Controls Your Identity, Who Controls Your Risk?
In highly regulated environments, control is not optional - it's mandated. For enterprises facing national sovereignty, strict regulatory mandates (HIPAA, GDPR, FedRAMP), OEM redistribution, or vendor-neutral strategies, handing identity to a rigid SaaS IdP is a non-starter. You're surrendering both where it runs and how it behaves.
Impact
When You Don't Control Identity,
Risk Compounds
Without centralized control, app-local authentication stacks drift out of compliance, policies diverge, and audit findings pile up. Your developer team is stuck maintaining fragile integrations and outdated security practices, while SaaS callbacks into on-prem systems add latency, risk, and friction that make every cloud or hybrid migration slower and more expensive.
Duende IdentityServer customers:
Trusted by over 2500 organizations who run identity on their own terms.
Solution
Uncompromised Control: Own Where Identity Runs and How It Works
Duende IdentityServer gives you a control-centric identity core that preserves sovereignty over credentials, tokens, and infrastructure—deployable on-prem, sovereign, or air-gapped. Control-centric means owning both dimensions: where identity runs and how it behaves, from authentication flows to custom business logic.
Full Control:
Command over UI, UX, business logic, and data. Keep credentials in your directories (AD/LDAP/HR) and run identity entirely inside your infrastructure.
Infinite Hosting Possibilities:
Self-managed on containers, Kubernetes, Windows, Linux - even offline or air-gapped. Your architecture dictates deployment, not the vendor.
Centralize Security:
One place for managing connected applications, machine-to-machine auth, claims, scopes and session lifetimes. All extensible to match your needs.
Standards & Compliance:
Deliver consistent OAuth2/OIDC/FAPI tokens across all apps, ensuring future-proof security and developer velocity.
Benefit
Identity on Your Terms
With Duende IdentityServer, you don't have to choose between flexibility and security. Run identity your way - with full architectural freedom, enterprise-grade support, and the assurance required in highly regulated environments.
Compliance Certainty
Keep credentials local and compliant
Vendor Neutrality & TCO
Deploy anywhere with predictable cost
Operational Simplicity
One policy plane for every app
Developer Velocity
Faster integration with standard tokens
Resilience & Performance
High-availability identity within your network