FusionAuth Acquires Permify to Enhance Identity and Access Platform

The deal enables FusionAuth to unite authentication and fine-grained authorization into one self-hostable architecture.

Written by Built In Staff, With AI
Published on Nov. 25, 2025
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Ashley Bowden | Nov 25, 2025

FusionAuth, a customer identity and access management platform, announced its acquisition of Permify, an open-source authorization service. This acquisition joins authentication and authorization within a comprehensive platform, enabling organizations to oversee authentication, user management and fine-grained permissions in one place.

The integration incorporates Permify’s relationship-based authorization engine, which enables resource-level access control, into FusionAuth’s offerings. Customers will benefit from a unified platform for identity and permission management, along with centralized access policies to enforce consistency across services. 

FusionAuth stated it will continue to support and expand the Permify open-source community. The unified product and an updated pricing model reflecting the combined capabilities are scheduled to launch in 2026. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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