# AuthZed

AuthZed is an Access Management product by AuthZed. It runs in the cloud or on-premises (hybrid). Pricing is commercial (contact sales).

Centralized authorization platform for fine-grained permissions at scale.

Checked October 2026.

## What is AuthZed?

AuthZed is an authorization platform built on SpiceDB, an open-source database system for managing fine-grained permissions. It is designed to handle authorization for modern applications and AI systems at scale.

Core functionality:
- Provides a centralized authorization infrastructure that allows organizations to define permissions once and enforce them consistently across all systems and services
- Based on Google Zanzibar-inspired relationship-based access control (ReBAC), enabling fine-grained permission modeling
- Supports a flexible schema/configuration language for defining permission relationships without requiring code rewrites when business requirements change
- Delivers strongly consistent access control guarantees across distributed systems

Use cases supported:
- Sharing and link-based access control (user-to-user, team-based sharing)
- Team-based access control (automatic permission grants/revocations based on team membership)
- Customer-managed permissions (allowing enterprise customers to manage their own access)
- Replacing legacy authorization systems
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for AI — enforcing data boundaries in AI applications
- Permission-aware list and search filtering (showing users only what they are authorized to see)

Deployment options:
- AuthZed Cloud (managed SaaS offering)
- SpiceDB open-source (self-hosted, available on GitHub with 6,500+ stars)

The platform is used by companies across fintech, healthcare, AI, media, and other industries including OpenAI, Workday, Anyscale, HackerRank, Turo, and others.

Tags: Authorization, RBAC, Permissions, RAG Security, Least Privilege, Multi Tenancy, Open Source, Agentic AI Security, REST API, Cloud Native

## Where it fits in your security program (NIST CSF 2.0)

- [Protect](https://cybersectools.com/guides/building-protect-program-small-team): helps you prevent attacks and keep data safe.

## Quick facts

- Category: [IAM](https://cybersectools.com/categories/iam) · [Access Management](https://cybersectools.com/categories/access-management)
- Vendor: [AuthZed](https://cybersectools.com/companies/authzed)
- Deployment: Hybrid
- Company size fit: Startup, SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise
- Pricing model: Commercial (contact sales)
- Features: 9 listed
- Website: authzed.com

The full feature and integration lists are on the page for signed-in visitors.

## Where it ranks

AuthZed is not a pick on the current [Best Access Management Solutions for Business](https://cybersectools.com/shortlists/best-access-management-solutions).

## AuthZed FAQ

### What is AuthZed?

AuthZed is a product by AuthZed in the Access Management category. It covers Authorization, RBAC and Permissions.

### What is the pricing for AuthZed?

AuthZed is a commercial product. For pricing, visit https://authzed.com/ or contact AuthZed.

### What are alternatives to AuthZed?

Alternatives to AuthZed listed on CybersecTools:

1. [Aserto](https://cybersectools.com/tools/aserto) - Fine-grained authorization service for apps and APIs with ~1ms latency. (Commercial)
2. [Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)](https://cybersectools.com/tools/attribute-based-access-control-abac) - Real-time ABAC platform evaluating contextual attributes for dynamic access control. (Commercial)
3. [Ory Oathkeeper](https://cybersectools.com/tools/ory-oathkeeper) - Identity & Access Proxy for authenticating, authorizing & mutating HTTP requests (Commercial)
4. [Axiomatics Policy-driven Authorization](https://cybersectools.com/tools/axiomatics-policy-driven-authorization) - Runtime ABAC authorization platform for apps, APIs, and AI agents using XACML/ALFA (Commercial)
5. [Happiest Minds Identity Vigil 2.0](https://cybersectools.com/tools/happiest-minds-identity-vigil-20) - Cloud-based IDaaS platform for identity and access management (Commercial)

Compare all AuthZed alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/authzed](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/authzed)

### What deployment and organization size does AuthZed fit?

AuthZed is available as cloud or on-premises (hybrid). It is listed for startups, small businesses, mid-market companies and enterprises. Pricing is commercial. Ask AuthZed for pricing and support terms.

## Compare AuthZed with similar solutions

- [AuthZed vs Aserto](https://cybersectools.com/compare/aserto-vs-authzed)
- [AuthZed vs Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)](https://cybersectools.com/compare/attribute-based-access-control-abac-vs-authzed)
- [AuthZed vs Ory Oathkeeper](https://cybersectools.com/compare/authzed-vs-ory-oathkeeper)

All alternatives to AuthZed: [/alternatives/authzed](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/authzed)

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