14 of the 16 authentication tools we list have a free plan, confirmed on their own website. Here they are side by side.
Listed alphabetically. A tool is ranked by its reviews once it has 3.
| Tool | Reviews | Lowest paid plan | Free plan | Free trial | Public API | Runs on | Main features |
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Auth0 | Lowest paid plan$35Essentials, as of October 19, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onWeb, iOS, Android | Main features
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Clerk | Lowest paid plan$25Pro, as of October 19, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onWeb, iOS, Android | Main features
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DescopeIdentity journeys for customers and AI agents | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Descope | Lowest paid plan$249per month, billed annually, plus usage overagesPro, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onWeb | Main features
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Frontegg | Lowest paid planSee plans | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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FusionAuthThe CIAM platform built to deploy anywhere, give you total control, and scale across any modern architecture | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for FusionAuth | Lowest paid plan$162per month at 1,000 MAUs, billed annuallyStarter, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs oniOS, Android, Docker, Kubernetes | Main features
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HankoOpen-source authentication and user management platform for modern apps | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Hanko | Lowest paid plan$29per month, plus $0.01 per monthly active user over 10,000Pro, as of October 23, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onWeb | Main features
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Kinde | Lowest paid plan$25per month, plus usagePro, as of October 19, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs oniOS, Android | Main features
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LogtoModern auth infrastructure for developers | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Logto | Lowest paid plan$24per month, plus usagePro, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onWeb, Android | Main features
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Ory | Lowest paid plan$770per yearProduction, as of October 23, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onCLI | Main features
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| StytchAPIs and SDKs to integrate authentication and security into your app | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Stytch | Lowest paid planSee plans | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onWeb | Main features
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SupabasePostgres development platform with auth, instant APIs, realtime, functions, storage and vectors | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Supabase | Lowest paid plan$25per month, plus compute and usagePro, as of October 14, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APINot confirmed | Runs onWeb, CLI | Main features
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| SuperTokensOpen source user authentication: build fast, maintain control, with reasonable pricing. | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for SuperTokens | Lowest paid plan$0.02per MAU per monthCloud, as of October 28, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APINot confirmed | Runs onAndroid, iOS, Flutter | Main features
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WorkOSAuthentication and enterprise-ready features as APIs and drop-in UI for developers | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for WorkOS | Lowest paid planNot confirmed | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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| ZITADELZITADEL is the identity infrastructure platform built for developers and all users and applications. | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for ZITADEL | Lowest paid planUS$ 100per monthPro, as of October 28, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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From each tool's own website. “Not confirmed” means we couldn't confirm it there, not that the tool doesn't have it. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.
A tool is listed here only when we've confirmed on its own website that it has a free plan. Tools we couldn't confirm it for are left out, even if they may have it. Vendors can't pay for a place on this list. Add a tool we missed