# Authelia vs SuperTokens

| Attribute | Authelia | SuperTokens |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.9 (41% (low)) | 59.2 (68% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 95 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 29,254 | 15,331 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A lightweight, open-source authentication system that enables multi-factor authentication and single sign-on for web applications. It integrates with reverse proxies to control access and comes with a web-based portal for user and access management. It is indexed under Auth & Identity Software.","source":"https://www.authelia.com","question":"What is Authelia?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Authelia is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.authelia.com","question":"Is Authelia free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Authelia supports the web, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.authelia.com","question":"What platforms does Authelia support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Authelia can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.authelia.com","question":"Can Authelia be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 49 integrations for Authelia, including 1Password, Active Directory, Ansible AWX, Apache Guacamole, Argo CD, Bitwarden, BookStack and Budibase, plus 41 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.authelia.com","question":"What does Authelia integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Authelia is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia","question":"Is Authelia open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"An authentication system offering login, session management, and user administration that can be self-hosted at no cost or deployed through a managed cloud service. Features include passwordless authentication, social login, and multi-factor authentication support. It is indexed under Auth & Identity Software.","source":"https://supertokens.com/pricing","question":"What is SuperTokens?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SuperTokens offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.02. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://supertokens.com/pricing","question":"Is SuperTokens free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SuperTokens supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://supertokens.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does SuperTokens support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. SuperTokens can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://supertokens.com/pricing","question":"Can SuperTokens be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 9 integrations for SuperTokens, including Google, GitHub, Facebook, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Email, SMS providers and Okta, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://supertokens.com/pricing","question":"What does SuperTokens integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for SuperTokens. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as SuperTokens not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://supertokens.com/security","question":"What security certifications does SuperTokens have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Authelia is a self-hosted identity and access management solution that enables centralized authentication and authorization across multiple applications. It supports multi-factor authentication, passwordless login via WebAuthn, and works as an OpenID Connect provider. | An authentication platform that lets developers add login and session management to applications. Available as open-source software for self-hosting or as a managed cloud service. |
| features.capabilities | `{"mfa":true,"oidc":true,"rbac":true,"hosting":"self","saml_sso":false,"hosted_ui":"hosted","open_source":true,"passwordless":true,"social_login":false,"passkeys_webauthn":true}` | `{"mfa":true,"oidc":true,"rbac":true,"hosting":"both","saml_sso":true,"hosted_ui":"both","open_source":true,"passwordless":true,"social_login":true,"b2b_multi_tenant":true,"passkeys_webauthn":true}` |
| integrations.count | 135 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"1Password"},{"name":"Active Directory"},{"name":"Ansible AWX"},{"name":"Apache Guacamole"},{"name":"Argo CD"},{"name":"Bitwarden"},{"name":"BookStack"},{"name":"Budibase"},{"name":"Caddy"},{"name":"Chronograf"},{"name":"Coder"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Drupal"},{"name":"EspoCRM"},{"name":"Express.js"},{"name":"FreeIPA"},{"name":"FreshRSS"},{"name":"Gitea"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"GLAuth"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"HAProxy"},{"name":"Harbor"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"Headscale"},{"name":"HedgeDoc"},{"name":"Homarr"},{"name":"Home Assistant"},{"name":"Immich"},{"name":"Jellyfin"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Kanboard"},{"name":"Kasm Workspaces"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"LDAP"},{"name":"Leantime"},{"name":"LibreChat"},{"name":"Linkding"},{"name":"Linkwarden"},{"name":"LLDAP"},{"name":"Mailcow"},{"name":"Mastodon"},{"name":"Matomo"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Mealie"},{"name":"MeshCentral"},{"name":"Miniflux"},{"name":"Nextcloud"},{"name":"NGINX"},{"name":"Cloudflare Zero Trust","native":true},{"name":"Rocket.Chat","native":true},{"name":"Vaultwarden","native":true},{"name":"WordPress","native":true},{"name":"Odoo","native":true},{"name":"Traefik","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"Google"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Facebook"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"SMS providers"},{"name":"Okta","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Microsoft Active Directory","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Apple","native":true,"category":"social_login","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Auth0","native":true,"category":"auth","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Java |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.authelia.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:35:22.241Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Self-hosted Open Source","summary":"Free, unlimited users, self-hosted open source","features":["Email password authentication","Social login","Passwordless magic links and OTP","Session management","User management dashboard","RBAC","Custom hooks and overrides"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Unlimited self-hosted deployment with no MAU limits","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"MAUs":"unlimited"}},{"free":true,"name":"Cloud - Free tier","summary":"Free up to 5,000 MAUs on managed cloud","features":["Email password authentication","Social login","Passwordless authentication","Session management","User management dashboard","RBAC"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Cloud-hosted service with no cost up to free threshold","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"MAUs":"under 5,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Cloud - Usage-based","summary":"$0.02 per MAU, minimum $100/month","features":["All free tier features","High-reliability infrastructure","Managed scalability","SOC2 compliance"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"MAU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Cloud service with usage-based billing above free tier","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"MAUs":"5,000+"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Multi-tenancy with custom domains","Machine-to-machine authentication","Multiple availability zones with uptime SLAs","Attack protection suite","Implementation assistance","Professional support with guaranteed response times"],"description":"Custom enterprise features and support","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Multi-factor Authentication","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"MAU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Account Linking","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"MAU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.005,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Dashboard users (beyond 3 free)","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free self-hosted or cloud tier under 5K users; pay-as-you-grow at $0.02 per MAU on cloud","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://supertokens.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-07T13:10:58.874Z","startingPrice":{"amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":100,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 5 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.28","date":"2026-09-17T12:13:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.28"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.27","date":"2026-09-15T09:49:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.27"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.26","date":"2026-09-12T14:00:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.26"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.25","date":"2026-09-10T12:44:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.25"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.24","date":"2026-09-09T11:52:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.24"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.23","date":"2026-09-08T11:22:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.23"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.22","date":"2026-09-03T08:28:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.22"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.21","date":"2026-09-03T01:54:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.21"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.20","date":"2026-05-26T10:26:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.19","date":"2026-04-12T07:25:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.18","date":"2026-04-10T01:33:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.17","date":"2026-04-09T12:01:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.16","date":"2026-03-14T08:28:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.15","date":"2025-11-29T12:13:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.14","date":"2025-11-09T07:18:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.13","date":"2025-10-12T05:45:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.12","date":"2025-10-08T08:03:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.11","date":"2025-10-01T11:42:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.10","date":"2025-09-15T09:11:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/tag/v4.39.9","date":"2025-09-09T22:48:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.39.9"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v12.3.0-canary","date":"2026-09-09T14:47:32Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v12.3.0-canary"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v12.2.0","date":"2026-09-04T12:53:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v12.1.1","date":"2026-08-13T09:16:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v12.1.0","date":"2026-08-12T12:48:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v12.0.10","date":"2026-08-06T10:40:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.0.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v11.4.7","date":"2026-08-06T04:24:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.4.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v11.3.7","date":"2026-08-06T03:46:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.3.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v12.0.9","date":"2026-08-03T13:21:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.0.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v11.4.6","date":"2026-07-31T05:43:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.4.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v11.3.6","date":"2026-07-30T21:43:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.3.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v11.2.3","date":"2026-07-30T20:10:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v11.1.3","date":"2026-07-30T19:10:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v11.0.8","date":"2026-07-30T18:43:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.0.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v10.1.8","date":"2026-07-30T16:20:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v10.1.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v10.0.7","date":"2026-07-30T16:03:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v10.0.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v9.3.4","date":"2026-07-30T15:36:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.3.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v9.2.6","date":"2026-07-30T15:17:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.2.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v9.1.5","date":"2026-07-30T15:03:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.1.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v9.0.5","date":"2026-07-30T14:45:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v8.0.6","date":"2026-07-30T14:07:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.0.6"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"OpenID Certified","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 9.6 | 5.3 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://supertokens.com/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fauthelia%2Fauthelia&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsupertokens%2Fsupertokens-core&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Auth & Identity Software)

| Capability | Authelia | SuperTokens |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Methods** |  |  |
| Social login | ✗ | ✓ |
| Passwordless | ✓ | ✓ |
| Passkeys / WebAuthn | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-factor auth | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Enterprise** |  |  |
| SAML SSO | ✗ | ✓ |
| SCIM provisioning | - | - |
| B2B / multi-tenancy | - | ✓ |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenID Connect provider | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Hosted UI | Hosted | Both |
| **Access** |  |  |
| RBAC | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Self-hostable OSS core | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:22:37.815Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*