Companies that use Keycloak

Analyzed and validated by Henley Wing Chiu ยท Updated
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Keycloak We detected 1,935 companies using Keycloak. The most common industry is Software Development (19%) and the most common company size is 2-10 employees (72%). We find new customers by discovering URLs with known URL patterns through web crawling or certificate transparency logs.

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Company Employees Industry Country Region Usage Start Date
Armรฉe de lโ€™air et de lโ€™espace source 10,001+ Defense and Space Manufacturing
France
Europe
Casa do Construtor source 1,001โ€“5,000 Construction
Brazil
South America
Grupo Decio source 1,001โ€“5,000 Oil and Gas
Brazil
South America
Al-Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker Company source 501โ€“1,000 Wholesale
Saudi Arabia
Europe
MEDICE - The Health Family source 1,001โ€“5,000 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Germany
Europe
Ministerio De Gobernacion source 2โ€“10 N/A N/A North America
Iran Transfo Corporation source 1,001โ€“5,000 Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
Iran
Europe
Defne source 11โ€“50 Telecommunications
Turkey
Europe
DIAL America Inc. source 1 employee Software Development
United States
North America
Transportes Nazar source 1,001โ€“5,000 Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Chile
South America
SwipeRx source 501โ€“1,000 Health and Human Services
Singapore
Asia
Teddy Open Finance source 51โ€“200 Financial Services
Brazil
South America
TRADEX SA source 51โ€“200 Oil and Gas
Cameroon
Africa
Sip source 1,001โ€“5,000 Banking
Peru
South America
INBO (Research Institute for Nature and Forest - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek) source 201โ€“500 Research
Belgium
Europe
WFA source 11โ€“50 Advertising Services
Belgium
Europe
Autonomoz Technologies source 11โ€“50 Technology, Information and Internet
Brazil
South America
Nealis source 5,001โ€“10,000 Consumer Services
Spain
Europe
WaveMaker source 201โ€“500 Software Development
United States
North America
CAT Security Group source 5,001โ€“10,000 Security and Investigations
Philippines
Asia
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Market Insights

๐Ÿข Top Industries

Software Development 152 (19%)
IT Services and IT Consulting 114 (14%)
Technology, Information and Internet 98 (12%)
Financial Services 45 (6%)
Information Technology & Services 26 (3%)

๐Ÿ“ Company Size Distribution

2-10 employees 1394 (72%)
11-50 employees 325 (17%)
51-200 employees 149 (8%)
201-500 employees 21 (1%)
1 employee employees 20 (1%)

๐Ÿ“Š Who usually uses Keycloak and for what use cases?

Source: Analysis of job postings that mention Keycloak (using the Bloomberry Jobs API)

Job titles that mention Keycloak
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Job Title
Share
Backend Engineer
33%
DevOps Engineer/SRE
26%
Director of Information Technology
7%
Director of Software Engineering
7%
My analysis shows that Keycloak purchasing decisions are split between engineering leadership and platform teams. Directors of IT (7%) and Directors of Software Engineering (7%) are the primary buyers, focused on strategic priorities like building scalable identity platforms, reducing technical debt, and enabling secure multi-cloud deployments. VPs of Engineering (6%) appear in roles overseeing platform engineering and trust infrastructure, indicating that identity and access management is now considered foundational to business operations rather than a side concern.

The day-to-day users are overwhelmingly Backend Engineers (33%) and DevOps Engineers or SREs (26%). These practitioners are integrating Keycloak into microservices architectures, implementing OAuth2 and OIDC flows, managing authentication for containerized applications on Kubernetes, and building CI/CD pipelines that include identity services. They work hands-on with Spring Boot, Docker, AWS, and PostgreSQL, treating Keycloak as infrastructure code rather than a standalone product.

The job descriptions reveal companies are solving three core problems. First, they need "identity first security" and "Zero Trust environments where identity is the new perimeter." Second, they want to "eliminate friction" and enable employees to be "productive on Day 1." Third, they are building "AI-native products" and need secure authentication for ML pipelines and inference services. The consistent emphasis on air-gapped environments, multi-tenant architectures, and sovereign infrastructure suggests organizations are prioritizing control and compliance alongside developer experience.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ What types of companies use Keycloak?

Source: Analysis of Linkedin bios of 1,935 companies that use Keycloak

Company Characteristics
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Trait
Likelihood
Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting
4.6x
Company Size: 51-200
1.5x
I noticed that Keycloak users span an incredibly diverse range of industries, but they share a common thread: they're building digital platforms that handle sensitive data and user access. These companies are creating financial services platforms (payment processors, fintech apps, mortgage lenders), developing software products (SaaS platforms, AI tools, e-learning systems), or digitizing traditional operations (utilities, government procurement, healthcare clinics). What unites them isn't what industry they're in, but that they're putting systems online that require secure authentication and identity management.

These companies skew toward the smaller and mid-sized range. Most have under 200 employees, with a significant cluster in the 11-50 range. Very few show venture funding, and when they do, it's typically seed or early-stage amounts. This suggests they're either bootstrapped companies achieving sustainable growth or established small-to-medium businesses undergoing digital transformation rather than high-growth startups burning through capital. The mix includes both newer companies (founded 2015-2020) and surprisingly mature ones that have been around for decades.

๐Ÿ”ง What other technologies do Keycloak customers also use?

Source: Analysis of tech stacks from 1,935 companies that use Keycloak

Commonly Paired Technologies
i
Technology
Likelihood
273.8x
240.3x
101.7x
I noticed that companies using Keycloak are heavily infrastructure-focused organizations with sophisticated self-hosted and internal tooling requirements. The presence of self-hosted Sentry, Grafana, and Zabbix tells me these are teams that prefer running their own infrastructure rather than relying solely on managed services. They're likely mid-market to enterprise B2B companies or technology organizations that need granular control over their authentication layer, often for compliance, customization, or cost reasons.

The pairing of Keycloak with Microsoft Entra ID is particularly revealing. These companies aren't choosing between identity solutions but instead building federated identity systems that bridge their internal applications with enterprise customer requirements. This suggests they sell to other businesses that demand SSO integration. The combination with Argo CD and self-hosted monitoring tools paints a picture of organizations practicing GitOps and running Kubernetes environments where Keycloak handles authentication for multiple microservices. Cloudflare Tunnels appearing frequently makes sense too, as these teams need secure ways to expose self-hosted services without complex VPN setups.

The full stack reveals engineering-led organizations in growth or mature stages. These aren't early-stage startups using off-the-shelf auth solutions. They're companies that have reached sufficient scale to justify the operational overhead of running Keycloak and its associated monitoring infrastructure. The presence of Grafana and Zabbix suggests dedicated platform or DevOps teams. This is product-led growth territory where the technical buying committee has significant influence, and where demonstration of technical capabilities matters more than traditional sales pitches.

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