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- Permit.io is fine-grained authorization as a service for applications, APIs, and AI agents.
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- It combines policy as code with a no-code editor and local policy decision points to enforce RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC, logging every access decision with a reason.
- Best for
- Development and security teams at SaaS, fintech, healthcare, and government organizations that need centralized, auditable access control across apps, APIs, data, and AI agents.
- Pricing
- Permit.io offers a free Community tier with 1,000 MAU, 20 tenants, unlimited authorization queries and PDP instances, and 14-day decision log retention.
More detail
- The Enterprise tier has custom pricing with no limits on MAU or tenants, dedicated support, compliance reports, multi-cloud and on-prem deployment,
- Main limitation
- Teams looking for a complete identity provider or sign-in system; Permit.io is an authorization layer that works alongside your existing IdP.
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- Small projects that only need simple static roles may also find a dedicated authorization platform more than necessary.
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About
- Permit.io is fine-grained authorization as a service for applications, APIs, and AI agents.
- It combines policy as code with a no-code editor and local policy decision points to enforce RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC, logging every access decision with a reason.
What it helps with
- Authorization logic scattered across application code with if/else checks that security cannot review or reuse
- Static roles that cannot express tenancy, ownership, or contextual conditions without role explosion
- ABAC and ReBAC requirements bolted on late after a roles table has already calcified
- AI agents and services needing the same policy as human users without a second permission system
- Reconstructing why a user could access a specific record during audits or compliance exams
- Enterprise customers wanting to manage their own users and roles within provider guardrails
- Enforcing separation of duties consistently across multiple services that move money or sensitive data
- Prompt injection or agent drift allowing tool calls beyond delegated intent
Capabilities
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| Offering | Available | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Fine-grained authorization models | Yes | Supports RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC, and PBAC in one policy engine with a single check API. |
| Policy as code and no-code editor | Yes | Policy can be authored in a UI or in Git, with GitOps and CI/CD integration. |
| Local policy decision points (PDP) | Yes | OPA or Cedar PDPs run in your VPC or network, updated by OPAL; unlimited PDP instances on all tiers. |
| Audit logs and decision traces | Yes | Every decision is logged with user, action, resource, outcome, and a plain-English reason; logs can be forwarded to a SIEM. |
| MCP Gateway for AI agents | Yes | Applies the same RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC policies to agent tool calls at the edge. |
| Human-to-agent delegation | Yes | Agents can be granted a subset of a user's permissions rather than standing API keys, with intent checks at the gateway. |
| Embeddable authorization interfaces | Yes | Permit Elements allow embedding user management, approval flows, and audit logs in your product. |
| Identity provider integration | Yes | Works with existing JWT-based identity providers; Permit.io is not itself an identity provider. |
| Compliance support | Limited | SOC 2 Type II attested and HIPAA BAA available; GDPR and CCPA support. Compliance reports and BAAs are Enterprise features. |
| Self-hosted or on-prem deployment | Limited | On-prem and multi-cloud deployment options are listed as Enterprise features; hybrid deployment is available. |
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