Ory provides a modern, developer-friendly approach to identity and access management. I like that it’s built on open standards, making integration with existing systems straightforward. The modular architecture (Kratos, Hydra, Keto, Oathkeeper) allows me to pick exactly what I need instead of being locked into a monolithic solution. Its strong focus on security, open-source transparency, and detailed documentation give me confidence in using it for production environments. I also appreciate the active community and how easy it is to customize authentication and authorization flows to match real-world requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Ory is a strong platform, the learning curve can be steep for new users unfamiliar with identity systems. Some parts of the documentation could go deeper with practical, real-world examples, especially for advanced use cases. Additionally, managing infrastructure at scale can require more expertise compared to fully managed offerings, so smaller teams may find setup and maintenance demanding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We are very satisfied with the self-hosted versions of Kratos and Oathkeeper, and we'll soon be adding Hydra.

Oathkeeper is exactly what we needed in an API Gateway. Its routing syntax is simple, yet the modular configuration allows for custom workflows, which has been incredibly useful.

Kratos was a bit more challenging to understand initially due to its various flows. However, once we completed the setup, it proved to be extremely reliable, delivering fast and consistent responses even under heavy load. We particularly appreciate the choice between cookies and JWTs; as trust is our top priority, knowing we can rely on such a simple yet efficient mechanism to block intruders is very reassuring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kratos native app flows are not always reliable and easy to use compared to web browser flows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really appreciate Ory’s stability and robustness—it has been rock solid in production for us for over three years. Deploying the stack is straightforward, and the platform is very flexible: customizing the UI to match our needs was easy, and scaling has been seamless. It’s truly a versatile toolbox that addresses many of our requirements, including those of our B2B customers. Using it in a self-hosted environment has been smooth and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Ory is excellent overall, I’d like to see more responsiveness on certain pull requests and a faster pace for new features in the open-source side of the project. These improvements would make an already great platform even better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Expandability and the features you'll get right out of the box. All you'll need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Understandably, their focus is their own cloud and support/docs for self-hosting is a bit lacking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's easy to use through the Ory Network UI.

It's very configurable and covers a lot of use cases.

The pricing is a lot fairer than some other providers.

The team were very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the documentation can be a little confusing but its getting better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integration is straightforward, the permission system is quite easy to use and very powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The branding customization with multilangual support is not straightforward, we spent quite some time to do that, but still doable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Flexibility of the setup.

Very helpful and friendly support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Flexibility of the setup :-) . For the first use, things are quite complex to understandt. Even for simple solutions like implementing OAUTH2 which is usually quite straight-forward with other providers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being able to self host individual Ory services such as Hydra, in our own infrastructure.

Clear documentation.

Community helm charts.

Full functionality without locking important functionality behind an enterprise license. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The documentation is generally excellent, but can sometimes be lacking details about more complex self hosted use cases, or be outdated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of integration of their services, wide availability of customer support options, wide variety of different products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The developer documentation could do with more real-world examples and comments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the "Bring your own UI" idea, it's also fast and reliable.

We've been using it for 4 years without any major issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you're using Ory in opensource and you propose new features,

they take times to review them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.