Shibboleth
Shibboleth Identity Provider is a SAML-based single sign-on (SSO) web application that is widely used in academic organizations.
According to our data, Shibboleth ranks 18th among the authentication services we track.
It has 0.5% of the authentication market share and is detected on 0.004% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
💸 Pricing
Shibboleth is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Authentication
- Rank: 18
- Market share: 0.5%
🏆 Shibboleth Awards
- 🔥 12nd most popular in Germany in the Authentication category.
- 🔥 18th most popular in the United States in the Authentication category.
⚡ Sites Using Shibboleth
We have data on 134 websites that use the Shibboleth authentication service. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Shibboleth is kuleuven.be.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #2,756 | Belgium | Dutch | |
| 2 | #3,635 | United States | English | |
| 3 | #9,125 | Germany | German | |
| 4 | #11,564 | Germany | English | |
| 5 | #14,276 | Italy | Italian | |
| 6 | #18,508 | Germany | German | |
| 7 | #21,140 | Sweden | Swedish | |
| 8 | #29,950 | Germany | German | |
| 9 | #30,846 | American English | ||
| 10 | #30,935 | United States | English | |
| 11 | #32,205 | United States | English | |
| 12 | #41,773 | India | English | |
| 13 | #49,388 | Germany | English | |
| 14 | #53,025 | Germany | German | |
| 15 | #54,242 | Finland | Finnish | |
| 16 | #78,135 | Italy | ||
| 17 | #93,387 | France | English | |
| 18 | #110,170 | Germany | German | |
| 19 | #110,817 | Germany | German | |
| 20 | #116,412 | Italy | Italian |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Shibboleth:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Education/Reference category.
Most of the sites using Shibboleth are from the United States, Germany, and France.
- United States 25.6%
- Germany 17.4%
- France 7.4%
- United Kingdom 7.4%
- Italy 5.8%
- Belgium 5%
- Finland 4.1%
- Austria 3.3%
- India 3.3%
- Other 20.7%
Most Shibboleth users speak English, German, or French.
- English 56.1%
- German 18.9%
- French 5.3%
- Dutch 4.5%
- Italian 3.8%
- Finnish 2.3%
- Croatian 2.3%
- Swedish 1.5%
- Hungarian 1.5%
- Other 3.8%
The Shibboleth authentication service is especially popular on .com, .edu, and .de top-level domains.
- .com 16.4%
- .edu 14.9%
- .de 13.4%
- .org 8.2%
- .fr 4.5%
- .it 4.5%
- .be 4.5%
- .ac.uk 3.7%
- .fi 3.7%
- Other 26.2%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Shibboleth include education and reference, sports, and online shopping.
- Education/Reference 56.4%
- Sports 10.3%
- Online Shopping 7.7%
- Government/Military 7.7%
- Business 5.1%
- Marketing/Merchandising 2.6%
- Health 2.6%
- General News 2.6%
- Finance/Banking 2.6%
- Other 2.4%
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Where is Shibboleth's headquarters?
Shibboleth is located in Bristol, United Kingdom.
Does Shibboleth offer a free plan?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
What is the price of Shibboleth?
The pricing for Shibboleth starts at €2,750 per year.
Which country uses Shibboleth the most?
The majority of Shibboleth users are from the United States.
Who uses Shibboleth?
According to our data, Shibboleth is used on over a hundred sites, including such established ones as kuleuven.be,
unl.edu, and
tu-darmstadt.de.
Do academic institutions use Shibboleth?
Yes. The most notable of these are unl.edu,
uthscsa.edu, and
mtu.edu. In total, we know of 20 academic websites in the United States and 5 in the United Kingdom that use Shibboleth.
What are the alternatives to Shibboleth?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Shibboleth may include 
Google Identity, 
Facebook Login, and Google Sign-In.
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,524,018 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.