Hasura vs Keycloak
The ultimate side-by-side head-to-head analysis for 2026.
Short answer
- Price: not directly comparable — Hasura is free tier available, Keycloak is free.
- How to start: Hasura is free tier available, Keycloak is free.
These lines are generated from the pricing we track, not from a paid placement. We do not publish a quality score, because we do not have one we can stand behind. They cannot tell you which tool fits your workflow — the sections below are there for that. How we score tools.
Hasura
Keycloak
Category
Developer Tools
Developer Tools
Base Price
Free tier
Free
Public API
Yes
Yes
Mobile app
No
No
Open source / self-hostable
Yes
Yes
SSO (SAML)
Yes
Yes
Choose Hasura if:
Teams that want an API over an existing database quickly.
Choose Keycloak if:
Organisations that need enterprise identity without a per-user bill.
Hasura: pros & cons
- API appears without writing resolvers
- Row-level permissions handled declaratively
- Real-time subscriptions built in
- Business logic still needs somewhere to live
- Ties your API shape to your schema
- Cloud pricing scales with usage
Keycloak: pros & cons
- Full identity server at no licence cost
- Standards support including SAML and OIDC
- Complete control over user data
- Operating it is a real responsibility
- Administration console is dense
- Upgrades need care
Our verdict on Hasura
A big shortcut for CRUD-heavy products. Complex domain logic still belongs in your own services.
Our verdict on Keycloak
The serious open-source answer to Auth0. Budget for the operations, because the licence saving is not free.