Keycloak
96 · HealthyIdentity and access management server with SSO, OIDC, SAML and user federation (CNCF).
Open source Auth & identity
authentik
91 · HealthyIdentity provider with flows, SSO across OIDC, SAML, LDAP and a proxy outpost.
Logto
86 · HealthyAuth and identity service for SaaS and AI apps, built on OIDC with organizations and RBAC.
ZITADEL
84 · HealthyMulti-tenant identity platform with event-sourced audit trail and B2B organizations.
Hanko
84 · HealthyAuthentication server with passkeys, passwords, social login and drop-in web components.
Better Auth
83 · HealthyTypeScript authentication framework with email and social login, passkeys, two-factor, organizations and SSO plugins.
Ory Kratos
78 · StableHeadless identity and user-management server with an API-first design.
Pocket ID
78 · StableLightweight OpenID Connect provider that signs users in to your apps with passkeys only.
SuperTokens
74 · StableAuthentication backend with prebuilt UI, sessions and multi-tenancy.
Authelia
71 · StableSingle sign-on and two-factor portal that sits in front of web apps via a reverse proxy.
Better Auth
TypeScript authentication framework with email and social login, passkeys, two-factor, organizations and SSO plugins.
Alternative to
Will it still be around?
Healthy
Score 83/100
Can a business use it freely?
Free to use
MIT · open source (permissive)
Features compared
has,doesn't2 features2 features
9/12 Auth0 features free in Better Auth
✕ doesn't have it · ◐ partly · $ higher plan or paid editionBoth have 7
Headline Auth0 features on the B2C Essentials plan, and whether Better Auth has each in its free, self-hosted edition.
| Feature | Auth0B2C Essentials plan | Better Auth9 of 12 free |
|---|---|---|
| Auth0 has, Better Auth doesn't2 | ||
| Hosted login pages | IncludedUniversal Login | NoA library; you build the screens |
| User management console | Included | PartlyAdmin plugin APIs; no dashboard |
| Better Auth has, Auth0 doesn't2 | ||
| Enterprise SSO for your customers | Higher planSAML and OIDC connections, Professional | YesSSO plugin with SAML and OIDC |
| Breached password detection | Higher planProfessional plan | YesHave I Been Pwned plugin |
| Both have7 | ||
| Social login | Included | Yes |
| Multi-factor authentication | Included | YesTwo-factor plugin |
| Passkeys and passwordless | Included | YesPasskey and magic link plugins |
| Organizations (B2B tenants) | Included10 organizations | YesOrganization plugin |
| Roles and permissions | Included | YesAccess control plugin |
| Custom code in login flows | IncludedActions | YesHooks |
| OAuth 2.0 and OIDC provider | Included | YesOIDC provider plugin |
| Neither has fully1 | ||
| Machine-to-machine tokens | Higher planAdd-on | PartlyAPI key plugin |
Sources
- Auth0, checked 2026-10-09: auth0.com
- Better Auth, checked 2026-10-09: better-auth.com, better-auth.com
Flat Rate Deploy
At 500 monthly active users, Auth0 B2C Essentials costs about $35 a month. Better Auth on OpenTools costs $15 a month, setup included, so you save $20 a month, about $720 over three years.
Monthly cost
- Better Auth on OpenTools
- $15
- Auth0
$35
You save each month
$20/mo
57% less than today
Saving from month one
You save
- Over 3 years
- $720
- In year one
- $240
List price checked 8 Oct 2026 · Source · Disclaimer
Health score: 83/100
Healthy · activity, bus factor and issue responsiveness, from GitHub
Score v2 · How it works
Activity
45% weight100/100
- Last commit yesterday (100/100).
- 2971 commits in the past 12 months (100/100).
- 50+ releases in the past 12 months (100/100).
Bus factor
30% weight69/100
- Top contributor wrote 48% of the last 93 commits (past 12 months).
- 32 people authored those commits.
Responsiveness
25% weight68/100
- 90% of all issues are closed (384 open, 3539 closed) (100/100).
- 14 of 30 recent issues got a reply or were closed (47/100).
License
Free to use
MIT · Open source (permissive)
What you need to do
Use, change, host and sell it for any purpose, commercial included, with no license to buy. Keep the copyright notice.
MIT License · Open source (permissive). OSI-approved license with few conditions beyond keeping the copyright notice.
Detected by GitHub as MIT.
GitHub activity
- Stars
- 30k
- Forks
- 3.0k
- Commits, 12 mo
- 3.0k
- last yesterday
- Releases, 12 mo
- 50+
- last 9 days ago
- Contributors
- 473
- 32 in last 93 commits
- Open issues
- 384
- 3.5k closed
Snapshot from 2026-10-09 · Funding: github
Top contributors
Points for pull requests merged into Better Auth and reviews of them since 20 August 2026 (older history is still loading). Building something another user asked for earns more. 47 people have points on Better Auth in all.
