What are the best indie alternatives to Auth0?

8 curated indie and bootstrapped alternatives to Auth0: Clerk, Hanko, Lucia Auth, Logto, SuperTokens and more. All are smaller, founder-led tools that compete with Auth0 on price, openness or developer experience.

How much does Auth0 cost?

Auth0 has a freemium pricing model starting at $35/mo (Essentials).

What category does Auth0 fall under?

Auth0 is listed in Auth & Identity. See all auth & identity tools in our directory.

Auth & Identity8 alternativesFreemium · $35/mo (Essentials)

Alternatives to Auth0

Auth0 is the enterprise IDaaS. Indie alternatives are smaller, cheaper, often open source.

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Pricing

$35/mo (Essentials)

Freemium

About

Founded 2013

Acquired by Okta in 2021 for $6.5B.

Top indie alternatives

Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with Auth0.

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Clerk

User management for modern apps.

Beautiful UIs and a great DX.

$25/mo + usage

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Hanko

Open-source authentication.

Passkey-first, open-source authentication.

$59/moOSS

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Lucia Auth

Bring-your-own-DB auth library.

Tiny TypeScript auth library by an indie maintainer.

OSSOSS

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Logto

Open-source identity platform.

Auth0 alternative, self-hostable.

$16/mo (Hobby)OSS

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SuperTokens

Open-source user authentication.

Self-host and own your auth stack.

$0 + usageOSS

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Better Auth

Comprehensive TypeScript auth.

Indie OSS framework-agnostic auth library.

OSSOSS

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Kinde

Auth for SaaS builders.

Smaller team, friendly pricing, decent DX.

$25/mo (Plus)

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Stack Auth

Open-source auth and user management.

Open source, modern auth platform.

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