Multi-Tenancy Model

Wristband is an authentication platform purpose-built for multi-tenant SaaS applications. Before exploring how Wristband tackles multi-tenancy, it helps to review the core design principles behind multi-tenant architectures.

A multi-tenant application serves multiple distinct user groups—called tenants—from a single software instance. These tenants generally represent real-world entities like companies, institutions, or enterprise organizations.

Multi-tenant architectures require specialized design choices. Two of the most critical factors are:

1. Tenant Isolation: Applications must enforce strict tenant isolation to prevent data leaks and cross-tenant interference. To the user, their tenant should function like a dedicated environment, despite sharing underlying resources with other customers.
2. Tenant Configurability: Tenants often require unique business, security, and branding configurations. Consequently, a multi-tenant platform must enable per-tenant customization for authentication policies, user interface themes, and business logic.

With these architectural principles established, let's explore Wristband's native multi-tenancy model. Follow the links below to discover how Wristband automates tenant isolation and dynamic configurability.

• Tenant Isolation - Explore how Wristband enforces strict tenant isolation for data entities and auth workflows.
• Tenant Configurability - Explore how tenants use Wristband's hierarchical configuration model to tailor their login experiences.