cidaas

cidaas is a cloud identity and access management platform from Widas ID GmbH in Wimsheim, Germany. It belongs to the Widas Group, which has offered software made in Germany since 1997. cidaas covers customer identity (CIAM) as well as workforce identity (IAM) in one platform and is one of the few established German vendors in this field.

Features

• Single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and passwordless login
• Social login, self-registration and consent management for customer-facing applications
• Identity verification with its ID validator product
• Authorization with roles, groups and policies, API security
• Industry setups for retail, banking, insurance, energy, healthcare and software providers

Standing and limits

According to its website, cidaas is listed in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass 2026 among the leading B2B IAM solutions and has won several European Identity & Cloud Awards. Takko Fashion is one of the reference customers it names. cidaas is a commercial service, not open source, so it suits organisations that want a vendor with German support rather than their own identity infrastructure. Teams that want full control of the code should look at Keycloak or ZITADEL.