Keycloak is an open‑source identity and access management system. It handles single sign‑on, user federation, identity brokering, and social logins. Running it yourself means provisioning infrastructure, managing updates, and fixing outages under pressure. Deploying Keycloak as a Platform‑as‑a‑Service strips that burden away.
A Keycloak PaaS delivers the same core features but removes operational complexity. You don’t set up clusters, configure metrics, or tune JVM memory. The service handles scaling, patching, and backups. Your team focuses on integrating secure authentication into apps and APIs, not rebuilding IAM hosting.
The benefits are direct: reduced maintenance cost, predictable performance, and high‑availability without manual intervention. Developers use standard Keycloak admin tools and REST APIs. Managers get clear SLAs and uptime guarantees. Security teams keep custom policies, realms, and clients exactly as in self‑hosted deployments—with managed infrastructure underneath.