Auth0 vs SuperTokens
SEPT 2026 auditA comparison of Auth0 and SuperTokens built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
Choose Auth0 if…
Projects that fit inside the free 25,000 monthly active users, which includes an enterprise connection, self-service SSO and SCIM at no cost.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose SuperTokens if…
Teams that want to run auth themselves and keep the user table in their own database, with a managed option priced per user rather than per plan.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- Auth0: Leaving the free plan is a cliff rather than a step: paid tiers begin at 500 MAU, and a footnote says enterprise connections, SSO and SCIM need a B2B upgrade to keep.
- SuperTokens: The $100 monthly minimum makes it expensive below about 5,000 users, and MFA is a separate per-user charge rather than an included feature.
3 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
Auth0 0
SuperTokens 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | Auth0 | SuperTokens |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Entry paid plan | $35/month for Essentials at 500 monthly active users; Professional is $240/month at the same volume. Both scale with the MAU slider. | $100/month minimum billing on the managed cloud, which covers the first 4,999 MAU at $0.02 each. |
| Pricing model | Per monthly active user, chosen on a slider, with a discontinuity that is easy to miss: the free plan covers 25,000 MAU and includes an enterprise connection, SSO and SCIM, while the paid tiers start at 500 MAU and a footnote says keeping those three features requires upgrading to B2B. | Per monthly active user, with features metered on top of the base rate rather than bundled: $0.02 per MAU for auth, $0.01 more for multi-factor, $0.005 more for account linking, and $20 per dashboard user per month beyond the free ones. The published example works out at $125 for 5,000 MAU with account linking. |
| Auth | ||
| Users included | 25,000 monthly active users on the free plan — the largest free allowance here apart from WorkOS. Essentials and Professional start at 500 and are priced upward from there. | No fixed allowance — billing is $0.02 per monthly active user against a $100 monthly minimum, so the first 4,999 users are covered by the floor. |
| Multi-factor authentication | Supported | Supported |
Where they differ.
Entry paid plan
- Auth0
- $35/month for Essentials at 500 monthly active users; Professional is $240/month at the same volume. Both scale with the MAU slider.
- SuperTokens
- $100/month minimum billing on the managed cloud, which covers the first 4,999 MAU at $0.02 each.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Auth0 ↗
“ESSENTIALS $ 35 / month [...] Up to 500 monthly active users [...] PROFESSIONAL $ 240 / month [...] Up to 500 monthly active users”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — SuperTokens ↗
“Minimum Billing of $100 / month [...] Pricing Example if you have 1 - 4,999 MAUs, that will be $100 / month.”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Pricing model
- Auth0
- Per monthly active user, chosen on a slider, with a discontinuity that is easy to miss: the free plan covers 25,000 MAU and includes an enterprise connection, SSO and SCIM, while the paid tiers start at 500 MAU and a footnote says keeping those three features requires upgrading to B2B.
- SuperTokens
- Per monthly active user, with features metered on top of the base rate rather than bundled: $0.02 per MAU for auth, $0.01 more for multi-factor, $0.005 more for account linking, and $20 per dashboard user per month beyond the free ones. The published example works out at $125 for 5,000 MAU with account linking.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Auth0 ↗
“HOW MANY MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS? [...] Up to 25,000 monthly active users [...] ESSENTIALS $ 35 / month Up to 500 monthly active users [...] ¹ Upgrade to B2B to continue using EC, Self-Service SSO, and SCIM.”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — SuperTokens ↗
“$0.02 per MAU [...] Multi-factor Authentication $0.01 / MAU [...] Account Linking $0.005 / MAU [...] $20 / user / month [...] ( $0.02 + $0.005 ) * 5000 = $125”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Users included
25,000 monthly active users on the free plan — the largest free allowance here apart from WorkOS. Essentials and Professional start at 500 and are priced upward from there.
No fixed allowance — billing is $0.02 per monthly active user against a $100 monthly minimum, so the first 4,999 users are covered by the floor.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Auth0 ↗
“Up to 25,000 monthly active users [...] ESSENTIALS [...] Up to 500 monthly active users”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — SuperTokens ↗
“$0.02 per MAU Number of unique logged in users that are on your prod [...] if you have 5,000 MAUs, that will be ( $0.02 + $0.005 ) * 5000 = $125”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Entry paid plan: Auth0 or SuperTokens?
Auth0: $35/month for Essentials at 500 monthly active users; Professional is $240/month at the same volume. Both scale with the MAU slider.
SuperTokens: $100/month minimum billing on the managed cloud, which covers the first 4,999 MAU at $0.02 each.
Should I choose Auth0 or SuperTokens?
Pick Auth0 if Projects that fit inside the free 25,000 monthly active users, which includes an enterprise connection, self-service SSO and SCIM at no cost.
Pick SuperTokens if Teams that want to run auth themselves and keep the user table in their own database, with a managed option priced per user rather than per plan.