Market map / Authorization & policy
Authress
A cloud authorization and access-control API for application developers.
- Category
- Authorization & access-control API
- Lane
- Authorization & policy
- Founded
- 2018
- Ownership
- Private (Rhosys AG)
- HQ
- Winterthur, Switzerland
Summary
Authress is a cloud-based authorization and access-control API built for application developers, offering fine-grained, relationship-aware permissions as a managed service. It is built by Rhosys.
Best for
Developer teams wanting a managed authorization API without running their own engine.
Consider if
You require a self-hosted open-source engine or an established enterprise vendor.
Strengths
- Managed authorization API
- Fine-grained, relationship-aware permissions
- Developer-oriented
Considerations
- Smaller vendor than the funded incumbents
- Managed-service dependency