Details

Authentication decisions extend far beyond licensing costs. While FusionAuth and Keycloak both deliver enterprise-grade identity management, their architectural differences create vastly different outcomes for engineering teams—including a $113K difference in 3-year total cost of ownership. This data-driven analysis examines real operational trade-offs that matter to developer team leaders making strategic business decisions.

What you'll learn:

• Total Cost of Ownership Reality: Why "free" solutions often cost more—real TCO analysis showing $113K difference over 3 years and the operational factors driving these costs

• Developer Productivity Impact: How authentication platform choice affects your team's velocity, from 40+ hour learning curves to 4-hour implementations, and why this matters for engineering leadership

• Operational Efficiency Trade-offs: The difference between 3+ hours weekly maintenance vs <30 minutes, and how architecture choices affect your team's operational burden

• Architecture Philosophy: Understanding single-tenant vs multi-tenant implications for data isolation, performance predictability, and the engineering "holy grail" of resiliency

• Strategic Decision Framework: When to choose each platform based on your organization's operational capabilities, feature requirements, and long-term goals
  ‍
• ‍Real-World Case Studies: Success stories including Betty Blocks scaling to 10,000+ applications and DataStax achieving 59% performance improvements with $150K developer savings

‍