Casdoor vs Ping Identity

An open-source alternative to PingFederate and PingOne

Ping Identity is an enterprise identity suite sold on a quote: PingFederate for federation, PingOne for cloud identity, PingDirectory for the directory and PingID for MFA. Casdoor covers the application identity layer in one open-source service, with the same protocols and a flat price.

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Casdoor and Ping Identity at a glance

	Casdoor	Ping Identity
Source code	Open source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary commercial suite
Where it runs	Casdoor Cloud, or your own servers with Docker or Kubernetes	PingOne cloud, or self-managed PingFederate and PingDirectory
Pricing	From $6.67/month billed yearly per dedicated instance, with no per-user fees; self-hosting is free	Quote-based enterprise licensing; no published per-user price for the suite
Protocols	OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML 2.0, CAS, LDAP, RADIUS and SCIM	SAML, OIDC and WS-Federation in PingFederate; LDAP in PingDirectory; MFA in PingID

Information about Ping Identity is from its public website as of October 2026 (Ping Identity product documentation, PingFederate documentation, Ping Identity platform) and may have changed. Ping Identity is a trademark of its owner.

Why teams choose Casdoor

One service

Application SSO, directory, MFA, LDAP and RADIUS from one open-source product instead of a suite of separately licensed pieces.

A price you can read

A dedicated Casdoor Cloud instance is from $6.67/month billed yearly with no per-user fees; self-hosting the same code is free.

Authorization included

Casbin RBAC, ABAC and ACL are built in, so permissions live next to identities.

Ready for AI agents

Casdoor can be the OAuth authorization server for your MCP servers, with tokens scoped to the tools a user allowed.

When Ping Identity may fit better

You need a vendor with an enterprise support contract, SOC 2 or ISO 27001 reports for the hosted service today. Casdoor Cloud does not have them yet; teams with that requirement self-host Casdoor in their own certified environment.
You rely on WS-Federation, PingAM policy scenarios or a Ping Identity suite already deployed and supported.

Moving from Ping Identity to Casdoor

PingFederate applications move over as SAML or OIDC clients with new metadata: entity ID, ACS URL, client ID and secret, or a new issuer URL. Users can be imported from PingDirectory over LDAP or synchronized with a syncer. Run both identity providers side by side and move one application at a time.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Casdoor a replacement for PingFederate?

For application federation, yes. Casdoor is a SAML 2.0 and OIDC identity provider, so applications that trusted PingFederate can trust Casdoor with new metadata. PingFederate's WS-Federation and some advanced policy features have no direct equivalent.

Can Casdoor import users from PingDirectory?

Yes. Casdoor can sync users and groups from an LDAP directory, including PingDirectory, and can also serve LDAP itself for applications and devices that need it.

How much does Ping Identity cost?

Ping Identity does not publish a per-user price for the suite; pricing is quote-based. That is one reason teams compare it with open-source and flat-price alternatives.

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