Enterprise identity / Cost calculator

How much could you save
by switching to Midships Keycloak?

Calculate your potential savings over five years. Compare your current identity licensing costs with Midships Keycloak, deployed on premises in your own environment, with no charge per identity or device.

No per identity or per device fees from MidshipsOn premises deployment, not SaaSFive year comparisonNHI and agentic AI readyCalculations stay in your browser
01 / Your current position

What are you paying today?

Enter what you pay each year in identity licence fees, or work it out from your billable identity and device volumes. Example figures are prefilled and can be edited.

The total on your identity licence invoice for a year, in USD.
Use your contract's billable units, not necessarily your total stored users. For monthly active user pricing, use an effective annual cost based on your actual billed activity.
Expected annual growth

Adjust to see the effect of future identity and device growth on your licence cost.

0% growth30% growth
Not included

Current comparison: $400,000 annual Accelerator subscription, without Midships managed operations or incumbent support.

Midships Keycloak / Planning assumptions

On premises deployment. Indicative USD, excluding taxes. Not a quotation
Indicative enterprise Accelerator subscription · no per identity/device fees
$400,000
per year
Optional 24×7×365 managed operations
From $240,000
per year, only when selected
One time seamless migration
$625,000
Fixed planning allowance in Year 1; typical estimate $500,000 to $750,000

The comparison starts with the indicative $400,000 annual enterprise Accelerator subscription only. Managed operations are optional. A fixed $625,000 migration allowance is included in Year 1. Prices assume the same agreed deployment scope over five years, with final terms subject to assessment. All figures exclude applicable taxes.

No per identity charges

Midships does not charge per active identity, inactive identity or device. Subscription scope depends on the agreed deployment.

Seamless migration

Our target is no changes to consuming channels and zero downtime, subject to technical validation of compatibility and migration design.

Predictable renewals

Our standard terms cap any increase in recurring Midships fees at renewal at 15%, for the same scope and service levels, as written into your contract. Red Hat subscriptions and other third party charges are excluded.

NHI and agentic AI ready

Keycloak 26.6 added experimental support for acting as an authorisation server for MCP. The Accelerator takes agent and service identities to production: agent clients defined as code and promoted through the same audited pipelines as every other change, and ready to integrate with a Persona Registry that holds each agent’s authority and accountability.

See how the Midships Keycloak Accelerator works →

02 / Five year comparison

Same starting point. Two possible futures.

Compare your existing licence costs with Midships Keycloak, first at current volumes and then with annual growth.

USD · Five year view
Scenario A / No growth
What five years look like if your billable populations stay constant.
Estimated five year savings
$5,375,000
67.2% lower modelled expenditure
Existing licensing$8,000,000
Existing total included$8,000,000
Midships Accelerator subscription$2,000,000
Migration, once$625,000
Midships five year estimate$2,625,000
Scenario B / With growth
Billable populations increase 10% annually; incumbent unit rates stay constant.
Estimated five year savings
$7,143,160
73.1% lower modelled expenditure
Existing licensing$9,768,160
Existing total included$9,768,160
Midships Accelerator subscription$2,000,000
Migration, once$625,000
Midships five year estimate$2,625,000

Does it pay back within one year?

Year 1 indicative Accelerator and migration: $1,025,000. Compare with your current annual licensing expenditure, before excluded costs or concurrent vendor charges.

Within budget

Annual expenditure across five years

Year 1 Midships includes the one time migration
Existing licences / no growthExisting licences / with growthMidships, including migration

Existing platform costs assume fixed per identity/device unit rates, selected support scope and proportionate growth in billable populations. Midships recurring charges are held at their starting level solely for illustration. See exclusions below.

View the year by year figures
Annual cost comparison in USD
YearExisting included costs / no growthExisting included costs / growthMidships with migration
Total over 5 years

Included in this model

  • Five years of current identity and device licensing using your annual unit rates. Separately paid incumbent 24×7 operational support is included only if you enable the support option.
  • Indicative Midships Enterprise Accelerator at $400,000 per year, regardless of identity or device count within the agreed deployment scope.
  • Optional Midships 24×7×365 managed operations starting from $240,000 per year, included only if selected.
  • Fixed illustrative one time migration allowance of $625,000 in Year 1. Actual migration typically estimated at $500,000 to $750,000 and subject to architecture assessment. Our target is zero downtime with no consuming channel changes, after compatibility validation.

Outside this model

  • Red Hat enterprise subscriptions: typically less than USD $100,000 per year for some reference deployments, but requirements dependent and to be confirmed. Excluded.
  • On premises infrastructure, hardware and hosting, which you provide (Midships Keycloak is deployed in your environment, not offered as SaaS); taxes and inflation.
  • Parallel incumbent licensing during migration, other operational costs, changes in deployment capacity or support scope and any post-term renewal increases (the model assumes an agreed five year term).

All figures are indicative, in USD and exclude applicable taxes. They are not a quotation or an offer. This is an illustrative comparison of current licence charges with the selected Midships subscription, optional support and migration costs, not a complete total cost of ownership assessment or guaranteed savings. Midships charges no per identity or per device fees, but different regions or clusters can change the contracted subscription. The 15% renewal cap is a standard term that applies to Midships fees at renewal for the same contracted scope, and takes effect only as written in the executed agreement. Estimates are subject to architecture, technical feasibility, migration scope, contractual terms and validation of Red Hat entitlements. The 24×7 service price is a starting point and can be higher.

Next step / Feasibility assessment

Find out whether the economics work for your organisation.

We assess compatibility, design the migration to avoid changes to consuming channels and target zero downtime. We can validate the five year business case including the costs outside this model. See our Keycloak approach ↗

Request an assessment →
Five year saving, with growth$0
Five year saving, no growth$0
Migration pays back inn/a

Indicative, USD, excluding taxes. Updates as you edit.