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Auth0 vs Better Auth
Auth0 is a hosted SaaS service; Better Auth is self-hosted and open source.
Auth0Authentication and authorization platform
Better AuthOpen-source authentication framework for TypeScriptWhich to pick
Pick Auth0 if you want…
- Unified identity platform for apps and AI agents
- Hosted SaaS auth
- Integrations with Okta universal logout (on Auth0's list, not Better Auth's)
Pick Better Auth if you want…
- Composable, self-hosted auth for TypeScript apps
- The lower starting price: $20/month against $35/month
- Open-source code (better-auth/better-auth on GitHub, MIT license)
- Integrations with Next.js, Nuxt or SvelteKit (on Better Auth's list, not Auth0's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Auth0:Auth0 provides scalable authentication and authorization for apps, APIs, and AI agents.
- Better Auth:Better Auth is an open-source, TypeScript-first authentication framework that runs inside your app.
- Best for
- Auth0:Unified identity platform for apps and AI agents
- Better Auth:Composable, self-hosted auth for TypeScript apps
- Who it’s for
- Auth0:Developers building B2C, B2B SaaS, AI agents, or machine-to-machine services.
- Better Auth:Full-stack developers building web apps with TypeScript.
- Pricing
- Auth0:Freemium
- Better Auth:Freemium
- Plans
- Auth0:Free $0 · Essentials $35 per month · Professional $240 per month
- Better Auth:Starter $0 per month · Pro $20 per month
- Open source
- Auth0:—
- Better Auth:Yes, 30,143 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Auth0:Okta universal logout
- Better Auth:Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro, Hono, Google, GitHub, Apple
Auth0 features
- Universal Login. Customizable login experience with passwordless, social, and adaptive MFA.
- Single Sign-On. Enterprise federation and cross-app SSO for human users and AI agents.
- Machine-to-Machine Auth. Short-lived tokens, client-credentials flow and M2M add-ons for services.
- Fine-Grained Authorization. Scalable APIs for granular access control, including RAG and AI contexts.
- Token Vault & MCP Auth. Secure storage of tokens and authorization for model-context protocols.
- Extensibility via Actions & Forms. Serverless hooks and no-code visual editor to extend login flows.
Better Auth features
- Framework agnostic. Works with Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro, Hono and 20+ other frameworks.
- Built-in credential auth. Provides sessions, email verification and password reset out of the box.
- Social sign-on. Supports Google, GitHub, Apple, Discord and additional providers.
- Multi-tenancy. Teams, roles, invitations and access-control built in.
- Enterprise SSO & SCIM. Offers SSO, SAML 2.0, SCIM provisioning and directory sync.
- Passkeys & magic links. Includes passkey, magic-link, API-key, JWT and other auth methods.
- AI agent auth. Provides token exchange and delegation for AI agents.
- Security & observability. Bot detection, IP blocking, email validation and audit-log monitoring.
Auth0 vs Better Auth FAQ
Is Auth0 or Better Auth free?+
Auth0 has a free plan; paid plans start at $35/month (Essentials). Better Auth has a free plan (Starter); paid plans start at $20/month (Pro).
Which is cheaper, Auth0 or Better Auth?+
Better Auth is cheaper to start with: Better Auth's Pro plan ($20/month) against Auth0's Essentials plan ($35/month).
Is Auth0 or Better Auth open source?+
Better Auth is open source (better-auth/better-auth on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Auth0.
Do Auth0 and Better Auth integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Auth0 lists Okta universal logout; Better Auth lists Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro and 5 more.
On DevHunt
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