Alternatives to Auth0
Enterprise-grade authentication and authorization platform
Auth0 ranks #4 of 12 in Authentication & identity providers, with an Alt Score of 89. It is proprietary, freemium from $35/mo and available on the web. 12 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Auth0 (an Okta company) is a developer-focused identity platform providing authentication, authorization, social and enterprise SSO, MFA, and user management via drop-in SDKs and a hosted login, for web, mobile, and API applications.
Development teams building consumer (B2C) or business (B2B/SaaS) applications who need production-grade login, MFA, and enterprise SSO without building an identity system in-house — from startups on the free tier up to regulated enterprises needing private cloud deployment.
A hosted authentication platform (Universal Login) with social login, passwordless/magic-link and passkey/WebAuthn support, adaptive MFA, SAML/OIDC enterprise SSO, inbound SCIM provisioning, and B2B Organizations with role-based access control — delivered as a managed cloud service, now part of Okta.
You connect your app via Auth0's SDKs/quickstarts and redirect users to Auth0's hosted Universal Login (or build a fully custom UI with Advanced Customization for Universal Login); Auth0 handles credential storage, social/enterprise identity provider connections, MFA challenges, and issues tokens (JWT/OIDC) back to your application.
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Ranked alternatives
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FusionAuth is a developer-focused authentication and user management platform that can be self-hosted for free (Community Edition) or run as a managed cloud service.
Ory is an open-source identity platform composed of modular services — Kratos for identity/authentication, Hydra for OAuth2/OIDC, and Keto for permissions — that can be self-hosted or consumed as a ma.
Zitadel is an open-source identity and access management platform, written in Go, offering OIDC/OAuth2/SAML, MFA, passwordless, and a native multi-tenant 'organizations' concept designed for SaaS prod.
Clerk is a developer-first authentication and user-management platform with pre-built React/Next.js UI components, social and passwordless login, passkeys, MFA, and B2B organizations, designed to add.
Frontegg is a B2B-focused identity platform that bundles authentication, tenant/org management, roles and entitlements, and a pre-built admin portal for end customers.
Stytch is a developer platform for authentication and fraud prevention, offering passwordless and passkey login, social and enterprise SSO, B2B multi-tenant auth, and device fingerprinting through API.
Descope is a customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform that lets developers build authentication journeys (social login, passwordless, MFA, passkeys) with a visual no-code/low-code flow.
WorkOS is a platform of enterprise-readiness APIs — SAML/OIDC single sign-on, SCIM directory sync, audit logs, and its AuthKit user management — that lets B2B SaaS apps add the features enterprise cus.
Keycloak is an open-source identity and access management server (a CNCF project) offering single sign-on, social and enterprise SSO, user federation, MFA, and fine-grained authorization, self-hosted.
Amazon Cognito is AWS's managed customer identity and access management service, providing user pools for sign-up/sign-in, social and enterprise SSO federation, MFA, and native passkey support, plus f.
Feature comparison
Rows come from the Authentication & identity providers checklist (16 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
| Authentication & identity providers checklist | Auth0 | FusionAuth | Ory | Zitadel | Clerk | Frontegg |
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| Generous free tier (MAUs) |
Every fact and feature listed for Auth0 is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Status acquired verified 2026-07-13
© 2026 Okta, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
https://auth0.com/platform/cloud-deployment -
License Proprietary verified 2026-07-13
Essentials $ 35 / month
https://auth0.com/pricing -
Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-13
Free $ 0 / month No credit card needed
https://auth0.com/pricing -
Starts at $35/mo verified 2026-07-13
Essentials $ 35 / month For projects with higher production demands.
https://auth0.com/pricing -
Platforms Web verified 2026-07-13
From Auth0 Dashboard > Authentication > Social, select Create Connection to see a list of supported social identity providers.
https://auth0.com/docs/authenticate/identity-providers/social-identity-providers -
Social login Yes verified 2026-07-13
Social login is a method of authentication that allows users to log in to an application using existing credentials from a social identity provider, such as Google or Facebook.
https://auth0.com/docs/authenticate/identity-providers/social-identity-providers -
Passwordless / magic links Yes verified 2026-07-13
Magic Links: This form of passwordless authentication asks a user to enter their email address into the login box. An email is then sent to them, with a link they can click to log in.
https://auth0.com/features/passwordless -
Passkeys / WebAuthn Yes verified 2026-07-13
Passkeys are a secure, passwordless authentication method modeled on the FIDO2 (WebAuthn and CTAP) standards.
https://auth0.com/docs/authenticate/database-connections/passkeys -
MFA Yes verified 2026-07-13
Auth0 MFA is a security layer that requires users to provide two or more verification factors to gain access. It supports various factors including push notifications via Auth0 Guardian, SMS, voice, e
https://auth0.com/features/multifactor-authentication -
Enterprise SSO (SAML / OIDC) Yes verified 2026-07-13
Future-proof your stack with protocols you already trust: OpenID Connect, SAML, LDAP, and more.
https://auth0.com/features/single-sign-on -
SCIM provisioning Yes verified 2026-07-13
Pricing page lists Inbound SCIM as Included on Free and Enterprise plans, but Not included on Essentials/Professional (upgrade to a B2B tier required).
Auth0 supports inbound SCIM for selected Enterprise Identity Providers.
https://auth0.com/docs/authenticate/protocols/scim -
B2B org / multi-tenant Yes verified 2026-07-13
Auth0 Organizations is a B2B identity solution that delivers a programmatic toolset of APIs and SDKs for app development teams to manage and customize workflows for their end customers at scale.
https://auth0.com/organizations -
Self-hostable Partial verified 2026-07-13
Private Cloud is a dedicated, Auth0-managed single-tenant instance (Enterprise add-on), not a self-hosted install customers run themselves.
The power of Auth0, with the benefits of a managed private instance — deployable on Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services.
https://auth0.com/platform/cloud-deployment -
Pre-built UI components Yes verified 2026-07-13
Deliver production-ready, branded login experiences quickly with Universal Login.
https://auth0.com/features/universal-login -
RBAC / permissions Yes verified 2026-07-13
Pricing page shows 'Role-based Access Control Per Organization' as an Essentials-tier ($35/mo) feature, not included on the Free plan.
Role-based access control (RBAC) refers to the idea of assigning permissions to users based on their role within an organization.
https://auth0.com/docs/manage-users/access-control/rbac -
Open source No verified 2026-07-13
Auth0's platform is a closed, commercially licensed SaaS with paid subscription tiers; only client SDKs are open source, not the core service.
Free $ 0 / month ... Essentials $ 35 / month ... Professional $ 240 / month ... Enterprise ... Contact us
https://auth0.com/pricing -
Generous free tier (MAUs) Yes verified 2026-07-13
Up to 25,000 monthly active users
https://auth0.com/pricing
FAQ
Yes. FusionAuth, Zitadel and Clerk have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Ory, Zitadel and Keycloak — every license claim links its source.