Category · Auth

Auth Tools & Alternatives

Auth as a standalone category in this data is narrower than Database & Auth, with eight tools and five marked open source, all focused on identity and user management. Clerk is more than authentication, with complete user management, Kinde is fast, scalable auth and user management for software teams, Logto is open-source IAM for modern apps and SaaS, and Ory is open source identity and access management. Listed pricing includes a free tier at 10,000 monthly active users, a generous free tier, and self-hosted free options with cloud tiers, so compare on whether you want a hosted user-management product or a self-hosted identity system. Authentik, one of the open-source tools in this set, is an open-source identity provider for SSO with OIDC, SAML, and LDAP, and Zitadel, the fourth, is an open-source identity and access management platform with SSO, MFA, passkeys, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, and multi-tenant access control. Stytch is passwordless authentication for consumer and B2B apps, listed with a free tier of 10,000 monthly active users, and Hanko, another open-source tool in this set, is passkey-first authentication, open source and self-hostable, listed as self-hosted free with a cloud free tier.

8 tools · 5 open-source · Prices and open-source status are as listed in the DevAlt directory.