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.
SuperTokens
Authentication backend with prebuilt UI, sessions and multi-tenancy.
Alternative to
Will it still be around?
Stable
Score 74/100
Can a business use it freely?
Free core, paid extras
Apache-2.0 · open source (permissive)
Features compared
has,doesn't4 features
5/10 Auth0 features free in SuperTokens
Auth0 has every feature SuperTokens has on this list.
✕ doesn't have it · ◐ partly · $ higher plan or paid editionBoth have 5
Headline Auth0 features on the B2C Essentials plan, and whether SuperTokens has each in its free, self-hosted edition.
| Feature | Auth0B2C Essentials plan | SuperTokens5 of 10 free |
|---|---|---|
| Auth0 has, SuperTokens doesn't4 | ||
| Multi-factor authentication | Included | Paid editionPaid add-on |
| Organizations (B2B tenants) | Included10 organizations | Paid editionMulti-tenancy add-on |
| User management console | Included | PartlyFree for 3 dashboard users |
| OAuth 2.0 and OIDC provider | Included | Paid editionOAuth2 provider add-on |
| Both have5 | ||
| Hosted login pages | IncludedUniversal Login | YesPre-built UI |
| Social login | Included | Yes |
| Passkeys and passwordless | Included | Yes |
| Roles and permissions | Included | Yes |
| Custom code in login flows | IncludedActions | YesBackend overrides |
| Neither has fully1 | ||
| Breached password detection | Higher planProfessional plan | Paid editionAttack protection add-on |
Sources
- Auth0, checked 2026-10-09: auth0.com
- SuperTokens, checked 2026-10-09: supertokens.com, supertokens.com
Flat Rate Deploy
At 500 monthly active users, Auth0 B2C Essentials costs about $35 a month. SuperTokens on OpenTools costs $15 a month, setup included, so you save $20 a month, about $720 over three years.
Monthly cost
- SuperTokens 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: 74/100
Stable · activity, bus factor and issue responsiveness, from GitHub
Score v2 · How it works
Activity
45% weight100/100
- Last commit 8 days ago (100/100).
- 560 commits in the past 12 months (100/100).
- 50+ releases in the past 12 months (100/100).
Bus factor
30% weight24/100
- Top contributor wrote 82% of the last 94 commits (past 12 months).
- 8 people authored those commits.
Responsiveness
25% weight87/100
- 76% of all issues are closed (144 open, 462 closed) (77/100).
- 28 of 30 recent issues got a reply or were closed (93/100).
License
Free core, paid extras
Apache-2.0 · Open source (permissive)
What you need to do
The core is free to use. Enterprise features, kept in a separately licensed part of the code, need a paid license in production.
For SuperTokens
Everything outside ee/ is Apache-2.0. Code in ee/ needs a paid license.
Apache-2.0 (core) + commercial ee/ directory · Open source (permissive). OSI-approved license with few conditions beyond keeping the copyright notice.
License text checked 2026-10-07 · Read it
GitHub activity
- Stars
- 15k
- Forks
- 835
- Commits, 12 mo
- 560
- last 8 days ago
- Releases, 12 mo
- 50+
- last 35 days ago
- Contributors
- 35
- 8 in last 94 commits
- Open issues
- 144
- 462 closed
Snapshot from 2026-10-08
Top contributors
Points for pull requests merged into SuperTokens and reviews of them since 10 October 2025. Building something another user asked for earns more.
