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Authorization without the OPA tax: Talk to an engineer

Whether you're evaluating OPA or already running it in production, you're facing the same challenges:

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Weeks learning Rego instead of shipping features.

Building custom control planes.

Uncertain roadmap after Styra's team moved to Apple.

What if authorization just worked?

Cerbos delivers enterprise-grade authorization without the complexity: YAML policies your team understands, enterprise control plane built-in, sub-millisecond decisions at scale, and centralized audit logs for compliance.

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We will go through your current setup, review your requirements, and show you how you can achieve secure, scalable authorization with Cerbos.

Overview of OPA vs Cerbos differences

How Cerbos fits into your existing tech stack

Personalized demo: your authorization use cases in Cerbos

POC support and next step guidance

Workshop with Cerbos

15-45 min.

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Don’t have time for a call?

Discover the differences between Cerbos and OPA across policy language, DX, architecture, performance, and policy management. Choose the best option for your use case.

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