Better Auth pricing and limits

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SEPT 2026 audit

Open-source TypeScript authentication framework that runs in your own codebase, with optional managed infrastructure for dashboards and audit logs.

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Entry paid plan$20/month for Pro on the managed infrastructure. The framework itself costs nothing — the plan buys a dashboard, audit logs and security detections around it.

GitHub stars29,908better-auth/better-auth

Free tierYes

CategoryAuthentication

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated September 202615 criteria comparedSources last checked 3 October 2026

Better Auth pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan: $20/month for Pro on the managed infrastructure source ↗
Pricing model: The framework is free and open source and holds your user data in your own database source ↗
What the free plan includes: One dashboard seat, 10,000 audit log events a month at one-day retention, 1,000 security detections a month and community support source ↗

First line of each sourced value. The full text is in Better Auth pricing below.

About the company

Better Auth is being acquired by Vercel — its own site carries the announcement “Better Auth is joining Vercel”, reported in July 2026. The library is open source and the sourced facts below were read from its documentation, but who owns it, how it is licensed and what a hosted tier costs are all things an acquirer can change.

Better Auth — announcement banner · read 2026-09-08

01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Teams that want the user table in their own database and no per-user bill at all — the framework is free, and the $20 plan buys tooling rather than access.

Consider something else if…

You want a hosted service with an SLA rather than a library you run, since everything below the dashboard is your operational problem.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

Machine-derived signals

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Open source: better-auth/better-auth · 29,908 stars · 2,889 forks

Better Auth's own site (better-auth.com) self-detects as: hosting — US hosting, Cloud PaaS, Cloud Hosting, Server Location (category-level via BuiltWith, not a named vendor)

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Better Auth pricing

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Free tierYes

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Pricing — Better Auth ↗
“The Better Auth framework is free and open source. Pricing below is for our managed infrastructure. [...] Starter For evaluation and side projects. $0 / month”
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Kind of free offerFree tier

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Better Auth Pricing ↗
“$0 / month 1 dashboard seat 10,000 audit logs / month 1 day retention 1,000 security detections / month community support”
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What the free plan includesOne dashboard seat, 10,000 audit log events a month at one-day retention, 1,000 security detections a month and community support.

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Better Auth Pricing ↗
“$0 / month 1 dashboard seat 10,000 audit logs / month 1 day retention 1,000 security detections / month community support”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing · Report a correction

Entry paid plan$20/month for Pro on the managed infrastructure. The framework itself costs nothing — the plan buys a dashboard, audit logs and security detections around it.

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Pricing — Better Auth ↗
“The Better Auth framework is free and open source. Pricing below is for our managed infrastructure. [...] Pro [...] $20 / month Unlimited seats”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing · Report a correction

Pricing modelThe framework is free and open source and holds your user data in your own database. The paid plans price the surrounding infrastructure by event: audit logs at $0.0001 each beyond the allowance, security detections at $0.001, email at $0.001 and SMS at $0.09.

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Pricing — Better Auth ↗
“$20 / month [...] 20,000 audit logs / month then $0.0001 per event 10,000 security detections / month then $0.001 per event [...] Transactional email & SMS $0.001 per email, $0.09 per SMS”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing · Report a correction

Infrastructure

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Uptime SLANone by default. The terms say service level commitments live in a separate SLA or order form, and that absent one the service is provided on a commercially reasonable efforts basis.

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Better Auth Terms of Service ↗
“any service level commitments or support obligations will be set forth in a separate service level agreement [...] absent an sla, the services are provided on a commercially reasonable efforts basis.”
Read 2026-09-14 · official site · Report a correction

Observability

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Self-hostableSupported

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Pricing — Better Auth ↗
“The Better Auth framework is free and open source. Pricing below is for our managed infrastructure. [...] Connect to our infrastructure and power your self-hosted Better Auth with a dashboard, audit logs, security, and more.”
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Auth

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Price per SSO connectionOne SSO connection is included on the $20/month Pro plan, then $50 per month per additional connection; Directory Sync is metered the same way.

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Pricing — Better Auth ↗
“For production teams running auth in the critical path. $20 / month [...] Self-service SSO & Directory Sync 1 connection, then $50/month per connection”
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SAML single sign-onSupported

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Single Sign-On (SSO) — Better Auth docs ↗
“Single Sign-On (SSO) allows users to authenticate with multiple applications using a single set of credentials. This plugin supports OpenID Connect (OIDC), OAuth2 providers, and SAML 2.0.”
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SCIM provisioningSupported

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SCIM — Better Auth docs ↗
“The SCIM plugin adds an inbound System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) 2.0 service to Better Auth. A directory can use this service to create, update, deactivate, and delete users and groups in your application.”
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Multi-factor authenticationSupported

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Two-Factor Authentication — Better Auth docs ↗
“Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) adds an extra security step when users log in. Instead of just using a password, they'll need to provide a second form of verification.”
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Audit logs10,000 audit log events a month with 1-day retention on the free Starter plan; 20,000 on Pro, then $0.0001 per event.

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Pricing — Better Auth ↗
“Starter [...] 10,000 audit logs / month 1 day retention [...] Pro [...] 20,000 audit logs / month then $0.0001 per event”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing · Report a correction

Compliance

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GDPR / data residencyBetter Auth signs a DPA as processor; transfers outside the EEA, UK or Switzerland rely on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Decision 2021/914).

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Data Processing Addendum — Better Auth ↗
“Where Personal Data is transferred outside the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, Processor shall ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, including the Standard Contractual Clauses set forth in Exhibit A. [...] The Standard Contractual Clauses approved by European Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 of 4 June 2021”
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Encryption at restFramework option account.encryptOAuthTokens encrypts OAuth tokens before they are stored in your own database; it is off by default. Framework-level, in the customer's own database; managed infrastructure at-rest encryption is not documented.

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Options — Better Auth docs ↗
“encryptOAuthTokens Encrypt OAuth tokens before storing them in the database. Default: false”
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Role-based access controlOrganization plugin provides role-based access control: permissions follow the user's role in the organization, and roles can also be created at runtime. Framework capability, not a managed-service feature.

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Organization — Better Auth docs ↗
“The organization plugin provides a very flexible access control system. You can control the access of the user based on the role they have in the organization. [...] Dynamic access control allows you to create roles at runtime for organizations.”
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Better Auth in the news

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Better Auth pricing questions

How much does Better Auth cost?

$20/month for Pro on the managed infrastructure. The framework itself costs nothing — the plan buys a dashboard, audit logs and security detections around it.

Pricing — Better Auth · read 6 Sept 2026

How does Better Auth charge?

The framework is free and open source and holds your user data in your own database. The paid plans price the surrounding infrastructure by event: audit logs at $0.0001 each beyond the allowance, security detections at $0.001, email at $0.001 and SMS at $0.09.

Pricing — Better Auth · read 6 Sept 2026

Does Better Auth have a free tier?

Yes. One dashboard seat, 10,000 audit log events a month at one-day retention, 1,000 security detections a month and community support.

Better Auth Pricing · read 13 Sept 2026

What uptime does Better Auth guarantee?

None by default. The terms say service level commitments live in a separate SLA or order form, and that absent one the service is provided on a commercially reasonable efforts basis.

Better Auth Terms of Service · read 14 Sept 2026