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Polis

Streamline your web application's authentication with Polis, an SSO service supporting SAML and OpenID Connect protocols. Beyond enterprise-grade Single Sign-On, it also supports Directory Sync via the SCIM 2.0 protocol for automatic user and group provisioning/de-provisioning.

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Ory Polis - formerly known as BoxyHQ Jackson - bridges or proxies a SAML login flow to OAuth 2.0 or OpenID Connect, abstracting away all the complexities of the SAML protocol. It also supports Directory Sync via the SCIM 2.0 protocol for automatic user and group provisioning/de-provisioning. Ory Polis also supports OpenID Connect providers.

Ory Polis on the Ory Network

The Ory Network is the fastest, most secure and worry-free way to use Ory's Services. SAML & SCIM on Ory Network are powered by Ory Polis.

The Ory Network provides the infrastructure for modern end-to-end security:

  • Identity & credential management scaling to billions of users and devices
  • Registration, Login and Account management flows for passkey, biometric, social, SSO and multi-factor authentication
  • Pre-built login, registration and account management pages and components
  • OAuth2 and OpenID provider for single sign on, API access and machine-to-machine authorization
  • Low-latency permission checks based on Google's Zanzibar model and with built-in support for the Ory Permission Language
  • SAML, SCIM, and complex Enterprise SSO capabilities

It's fully managed, highly available, developer & compliance-friendly!

  • GDPR-friendly secure storage with data locality
  • Cloud-native APIs, compatible with Ory's Open Source servers
  • Comprehensive admin tools with the web-based Ory Console and the Ory Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • Extensive documentation, straightforward examples and easy-to-follow guides
  • Fair, usage-based pricing

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Ory Polis On-premise support

Are you running Ory Polis in a mission-critical, commercial environment? The Ory Enterprise License (OEL) provides enhanced features, security, and expert support directly from the Ory core maintainers.

Organizations that require advanced features, enhanced security, and enterprise-grade support for Ory's identity and access management solutions benefit from the Ory Enterprise License (OEL) as a self-hosted, premium offering including:

  • Additional features not available in the open-source version.
  • Regular releases that address CVEs and security vulnerabilities, with strict SLAs for patching based on severity.
  • Support for advanced scaling and multi-tenancy features.
  • Premium support options, including SLAs, direct engineer access, and concierge onboarding.
  • Access to private Docker registry for a faster, more reliable access to vetted enterprise builds.

A valid Ory Enterprise License and access to the Ory Enterprise Docker Registry are required to use these features. OEL is designed for mission-critical, production, and global applications where organizations need maximum control and flexibility over their identity infrastructure. Ory's offering is the only official program for qualified support from the maintainers. For more information book a meeting with the Ory team to discuss your needs!

Directory Sync

Ory Polis also supports Directory Sync based on the SCIM 2.0 protocol.

Directory sync helps organizations automate the provisioning and de-provisioning of their users. As a result, it streamlines the user lifecycle management process by saving valuable organizational hours, creating a single truth source of the user identity data, and facilitating them to keep the data secure.

For complete documentation, visit the Ory Polis documentation

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What is Ory Polis?

Ory Polis - formerly known as BoxyHQ Jackson - is an Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) service for SAML and OIDC identity providers. It implements SSO as an OAuth 2.0 flow, abstracting away the complexities of the underlying SAML or OIDC protocol. Ory Polis offers a range of features to simplify and secure enterprise SSO:

  • SAML/OIDC Enterprise SSO: Implements Single Sign-On for SAML or OIDC Identity Providers, abstracting the underlying protocol complexities and making it easy to connect with various enterprise identity systems.
  • OAuth 2.0 flow abstraction: Presents the SSO process as a standard OAuth 2.0 flow. Ideal for developers already familiar with OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
  • Data ownership and control: As an open-source solution, Ory Polis allows you to host the service yourself, ensuring you maintain full control over your data and your customers' identity information.
  • Flexible database support (BYOD): Supports a "Bring Your Own Database" model. This includes built-in compatibility for databases such as MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, and PlanetScale, and works well with databases from major hosting providers.
  • Modular design: Built with a modular architecture where business logic is separated into distinct controllers, enhancing flexibility, maintainability, and the ability to adopt features incrementally.

We highly recommend reading the Ory Polis introduction docs to learn more about Ory Polis's background, feature set, and differentiation from other products.

Who is using it?

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The Ory community stands on the shoulders of individuals, companies, and maintainers. The Ory team thanks everyone involved - from submitting bug reports and feature requests, to contributing patches and documentation. The Ory community counts more than 50.000 members and is growing. The Ory stack protects 7.000.000.000+ API requests every day across thousands of companies. None of this would have been possible without each and everyone of you!

The following list represents companies that have accompanied us along the way and that have made outstanding contributions to our ecosystem. If you think that your company deserves a spot here, reach out to <a href="mailto:office@ory.com">office@ory.com</a> now!

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