Styra
The Unified Authorization Company.
Overview
Styra provides a unified authorization platform, with its flagship product being the Styra Declarative Authorization Service (DAS). Styra DAS is the enterprise control plane for the open-source Open Policy Agent (OPA). It allows organizations to create, manage, and enforce fine-grained authorization policies for microservices, Kubernetes, service mesh, and custom applications. While not a traditional developer portal, it's a critical tool for platform teams building IDPs to ensure consistent security and compliance guardrails are applied to all self-service actions and infrastructure changes.
✨ Key Features
- Centralized Policy Management for OPA
- Policy Authoring (UI and Code)
- Real-time Policy Impact Analysis
- Decision Logging and Auditing
- Pre-built Policy Libraries (e.g., for Kubernetes admission control)
- Enterprise-grade OPA distribution
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Enterprise management plane for the open-source OPA standard
- Unified policy across the entire cloud-native stack
- Policy impact analysis and decision logging for compliance and debugging
Unique Value: Provides a centralized and scalable way to manage authorization policy as code across all applications and infrastructure.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Using the catalog to apply consistent authorization policies across a fleet of microservices
- Enforcing security best practices in Kubernetes clusters via admission control
- Auditing authorization decisions for compliance purposes
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Teams looking for a general-purpose developer portal for documentation, onboarding, or self-service actions unrelated to security policy.
🏆 Alternatives
Offers a comprehensive management UI, compliance features, and enterprise support on top of the open-source OPA, which is a significant advantage over managing OPA manually. Its catalog is purpose-built for authorization, unlike general-purpose developer portals.
💻 Platforms
✅ Offline Mode Available
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
Free tier: Free tier for up to 20 systems/agents.
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