Is Authelia or Orange better?

Neither clearly leads. Authelia starts at Free and Orange at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Authelia or Orange?

Authelia starts at Free and Orange at Free.

Does Authelia or Orange run on more platforms?

Authelia runs on Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Self-hosted. Orange runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.

Can I use Authelia for free?

Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.

What is Authelia best used for?

Authelia is most often used for putting a login and 2fa in front of self-hosted services that have none, adding sso across a small set of internal tools without a full identity platform, home and small-team infrastructure behind a single reverse proxy. Of those, putting a login and 2fa in front of self-hosted services that have none and adding sso across a small set of internal tools without a full identity platform are not what Orange is typically brought in for.

What can Authelia do that Orange cannot?

Authelia covers Reverse proxy integration, Two-factor authentication, Access control rules, Lightweight backends. Orange covers Visual programming, Data visualization, Machine learning, Text mining.

Cybersecurity · head to head

Authelia vs Orange

Authelia

Cybersecurity

Open-source authentication and two-factor portal for reverse proxies

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Orange

Machine Learning

Data mining and visualization toolkit

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Authelia depends on a reverse proxy: it is not a standalone identity provider; Orange orange is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3, so distributing modified or derived software requires releasing the source under the GPL
They diverge on capability: Authelia covers Reverse proxy integration, Orange covers Visual programming.
Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Authelia and Orange actually diverge.

Attributes where Authelia and Orange differ
Attribute	Authelia	Orange
Pricing model	Open source, no licence fee	open-source
Platforms	Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Mac, Windows
Category	Cybersecurity	Machine Learning
Founded	Unknown	1996

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Authelia

Reverse proxy integration
Two-factor authentication
Access control rules
Lightweight backends

Only in Orange

Visual programming
Data visualization
Machine learning
Text mining
Bioinformatics
Python
scikit-learn
PyQt

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Authelia

Putting a login and 2FA in front of self-hosted services that have nonenot Orange
Adding SSO across a small set of internal tools without a full identity platformnot Orange
Home and small-team infrastructure behind a single reverse proxynot Orange

Orange

Visual programming for data mining and machine learning workflowsnot Authelia
Teaching data science without writing codenot Authelia
Exploratory data visualisation and clustering on tabular datanot Authelia

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Authelia

Depends on a reverse proxy: it is not a standalone identity provider
Configuration is YAML-first with no administrative interface, so changes mean editing files
Not a full IAM: user management, provisioning and federation are limited compared with Keycloak
Scales poorly as an organisation-wide identity solution, which is not its target

Orange

Orange is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3, so distributing modified or derived software requires releasing the source under the GPL
The widgets and canvas are built on Qt, which is itself distributed under GPL 3.0
Orange add-ons may carry additional licensing requirements set in their own licence files
Documentation and website content are under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, which imposes an attribution and share-alike obligation on reuse
The software is distributed without any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose

Pricing, plan by plan

Authelia

Free

AutheliaFree
- Full functionality
- No usage limits
- Community support

Orange

Free

Open SourceFree
- Visual programming
- Machine learning
- Data visualization

Which should you pick?

Choose Authelia if

You need reverse proxy integration.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Self-hosted.
You also want two-factor authentication.

Authelia review

Choose Orange if

You need visual programming.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Linux, Mac, Windows.
You also want data visualization.

Orange review

Questions people ask

Is Authelia or Orange better?: Neither clearly leads. Authelia starts at Free and Orange at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Authelia or Orange?: Authelia starts at Free and Orange at Free.
Does Authelia or Orange run on more platforms?: Authelia runs on Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Self-hosted. Orange runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.
Can I use Authelia for free?: Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Authelia best used for?: Authelia is most often used for putting a login and 2fa in front of self-hosted services that have none, adding sso across a small set of internal tools without a full identity platform, home and small-team infrastructure behind a single reverse proxy. Of those, putting a login and 2fa in front of self-hosted services that have none and adding sso across a small set of internal tools without a full identity platform are not what Orange is typically brought in for.
What can Authelia do that Orange cannot?: Authelia covers Reverse proxy integration, Two-factor authentication, Access control rules, Lightweight backends. Orange covers Visual programming, Data visualization, Machine learning, Text mining.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Authelia: Is Authelia free?

Yes, open source with no licence fee.

Orange: What is the cost of Orange Data Mining?

Orange Data Mining is free open-source software available for Windows, Mac, and other platforms. There are no subscription fees, licensing costs, or paid tiers.

Source

Authelia: Does Authelia need a reverse proxy?

Yes. It integrates through forward authentication with Nginx, Traefik, Caddy or HAProxy rather than sitting in front of traffic itself.

Orange: How is Orange Data Mining funded?

Orange Data Mining is supported through optional voluntary donations. The project encourages donations from users who value the software to support bug fixes, new features, educational content, and infrastructure maintenance.

Source

Authelia: Authelia or Keycloak?

Authelia is far lighter and aimed at protecting self-hosted services behind a proxy. Keycloak is a full identity and access management platform, and much more to run.

Authelia vs Orange

Authelia

Orange

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Authelia

Only in Orange

What people use each for

Authelia

Orange

Where each one falls short

Authelia

Orange

Pricing, plan by plan

Authelia

Orange

Which should you pick?

Choose Authelia if

Choose Orange if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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