Build multi-app products
Multi-app businesses are companies with multiple platforms, product lines, or marketplace offerings that share a single identity system.
Key requirements for Multi-App businesses
One identity system across all products
- Avoid redundant accounts across platforms or apps
- Allow customers to use a single identity for multiple products within a business unit
- Reduce the business’s support workload
App-level unique branding
- Maintain a unified user pool while supporting custom branding for specific products
- Restrict sign-ups to specific apps as needed
- Customize sign-in methods for different apps
Roles and Access Control
- Manage complex business models with defined roles and permissions across multiple apps
- Revoke and manage access universally for a complete and consistent view
Support for multiple app types and frameworks
- Handle various applications, such as web and native apps, using a single user pool
- Support multiple app types, including non-human apps, like machine-to-machine and third-party integrations
Logto is perfectly suited to support multi-app businesses
It understands the intricacies of operating numerous apps and offers a comprehensive solution for efficient identity management.
Multiple apps in a single tenant on Logto Cloud
Logto Cloud allows multiple apps to operate under a single tenant. This gives you lots of flexibilities when building multi-app business and products in one centralized identity system.
Omni sign-in for a cohesive experience but with app-level customization
For multi-app businesses, a unified and consistent sign-in experience is often a top priority. Logto’s omni sign-in experience makes this possible, while also allowing app-level branding for a more customizable touch.
Multiple domains, one sign-in experience
Got multiple products across different domains? Say goodbye to duplicated efforts—one sign-in URL covers them all!
Single identity management task
Regardless of the app from which a user is registered, Logto consolidates them into a single user pool, making it incredibly simple to manage users across multiple apps.
Role-based access control
In multi-app environments, it is common for authorization policies to become more complex. Therefore, pairing RBAC (role-based access control) becomes a necessity. Assigning roles to each user enables precise access control, ensuring that users have the appropriate level of permissions.
Discover our blogs related to multi-app scenarios
This article is here to help you develop a secure and scalable identity system for your multi-app business. We will cover best practices, key factors to consider, and provide quick-start guides to get you started on the right track. Logto started with the CIAM for various reasons (we’ll have another article talking about this). During development, we realized that building a unified understanding across the team would be beneficial before taking our product to the next level. We hope this will also help you gain a better grasp of the IAM landscape. Take a look at how we designed Logto's multi-tenancy model and the benefits it brings to SaaS apps.
Why you need a centralized identity system for a multi-app business
CIAM 101: Authentication, Identity, SSO
Logto's multi-tenancy model explained