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Ping Identity is an enterprise IAM vendor with PingOne (cloud) and self-managed commercial software (PingFederate / PingAM) known for deep federation. Choose Qeet ID when you want an open-source MIT binary, transparent per-MAU pricing, a real free tier, and developer-first setup.
Qeet ID
- License
- MIT (open source)
- Self-host
- First-class
- Pricing
- Linear per-MAU
- Stack
- Go + Postgres
- Free tier
- 25,000 MAU
Ping Identity
- License
- Proprietary (commercial)
- Self-host
- Licensed (commercial)
- Pricing
- Enterprise / custom
- Stack
- Closed (Java)
- Compliance
- SOC 2 / ISO / FedRAMP
Deep federation, without the heavy deploy.
Qeet ID covers the OAuth / OIDC / SAML / SCIM Ping is known for in one lightweight open-source binary — with pricing you can read and a free tier that's actually free.
Feature-by-feature
Verified against Qeet ID's implemented status and Ping Identity's public docs. Where we're still building, we say so.
- Available
- Partial / gated
- Not offered
| Capability | Qeet ID | Ping Identity |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | ||
Email + password (Argon2id + HIBP) | Yes | Yes |
Passkeys / WebAuthn | Yes | Yes |
Social login (Google, Apple, GitHub, Microsoft, …) | Yes | Yes |
MFA (TOTP, SMS, email, recovery codes) | Yes | Yes |
| Federation | ||
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC (you are the IdP) | Yes | Yes |
SAML 2.0 SP + IdP | Yes | Yes |
SCIM 2.0 provisioning | Yes | Yes |
Breadth of federation / brokering protocols Deep federation and protocol brokering are PingFederate's core strength and breadth. | Partial | Yes |
| Authorization | ||
RBAC + single-call /check API | Yes | Yes |
Explainable authz (grant-path “why?” trace) Qeet ID returns the role/group grant path (or denial reason) on every check. | Yes | No |
Fine-grained / attribute authz Ping ships fine-grained / attribute authorization via PingAuthorize; Qeet ID's ReBAC is planned. | Roadmap | PingAuthorize |
| Deployment | ||
Open-source code (MIT) Ping's self-managed software is licensed commercial code, not open source. | Yes | No |
Self-host without a commercial license | Yes | No |
Lightweight single binary Self-managed Ping is a heavier, multi-component Java deployment. | Yes | No |
| Pricing | ||
Free production tier | 25,000 MAU | No |
Transparent published pricing Ping pricing is enterprise / custom and quote-based. | Yes | No |
Per-MAU pricing | $0.02 / MAU (Pro) | Enterprise / custom |
| Security & audit | ||
Tamper-evident hash-chained audit log + /verify Qeet ID SHA-256 chains every audit row; an integrity endpoint proves no row was altered. | Yes | Partial |
Refresh-token theft detection | Yes | Yes |
Adaptive / risk-based MFA + device signals PingOne Protect ships mature adaptive risk; Qeet ID's is planned. | Roadmap | Yes |
| Compliance | ||
SOC 2 Type II / ISO 27001 Independent audit + external pen-test are scheduled before Qeet ID GA. | Roadmap (pre-GA) | Yes |
FedRAMP authorization | No | Yes |
| Developer experience | ||
OpenAPI + Postman | Yes | Yes |
Prebuilt React components / hosted UI PingOne ships hosted sign-on; Qeet ID's React component kit is in progress. | Partial | Yes |
Comparison is based on publicly-available product information at the time of writing. We do our best to be accurate — if anything above is wrong, please let us know and we'll correct it.
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