Comparison

Frontegg vs Ory

On the evidence we track, Frontegg leads this comparison with a composite score of 86/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
★Frontegg86
Ory69
Score
vioscaleAI score
Frontegg86 / 100medium · 73%
Ory69 / 100medium · 64%
Pricing
Free tier
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Model
Price level
Frontegglow
Transparent
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Integrations
Count
Frontegg200
Ory10
Reliability
Sla pct
Frontegg99.99
Status page
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Frontegg–
Ory9
Github stars
Frontegg–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Frontegg–
Ory0
Release
Cadence days
Frontegg–
Ory66
History
Frontegg–
License
Spdx
Frontegg–
Language
Primary
Frontegg–
OryGo
Content
Faq
Frontegg4 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for auth & identity software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Hosting
FronteggCloud only
OryCloud + self-hosted
Methods
Social login
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Passwordless
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Passkeys / WebAuthn
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Multi-factor auth
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Enterprise
SAML SSO
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
SCIM provisioning
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
B2B / multi-tenancy
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Standards
OpenID Connect provider
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Delivery
Hosted UI
FronteggHosted
OryBoth
Access
RBAC
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Licensing
Self-hostable OSS core
Frontegg✗
Ory✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Frontegg

Leader

A comprehensive identity and access management system providing authentication, authorization, and user management capabilities designed for enterprise-scale SaaS applications with features like SSO, MFA, and multi-tenancy support.

Independently observed

Ory

An open-source and cloud-based identity platform offering authentication, authorization, and access control for applications and AI agents. Available as self-hosted open-source software, a managed cloud service, or an enterprise license with dedicated support.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Frontegg

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier up to 7,500 monthly active users; enterprise custom pricing available

  • Pay as You GoFree
    • Fully Customized Hosted Login
    • 7,500 Monthly Active Users
    • 5 Enterprise Connections (SSO/SCIM)
    • Unlimited Organizations
    • Custom Domain
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything from Pay as You Go
    • Multiple Environments
    • Advanced Fraud Protection
    • 99.99% Uptime SLA
    • Premium Support
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Ory

from $0.14/moHybridFree tier

From $770/year. Free Developer tier. Usage-based (aDAU) metered pricing available.

  • DeveloperFree
  • Production$770/year plus $0.14/aDAU/month
    • All top-tier security features
    • 1 production environment and 3 staging environments
    • Permissions and machine-to-machine tokens
  • Growth$9,350/year
    • Everything from Production
    • Advanced analytics and insights
    • 2 production environments and 5 staging environments
    • B2B SSO (OIDC only)
  • Enterprise (SaaS)Contact sales
    • Everything from Growth
    • Event firehose to data lake
    • Multi-region deployments with data residency
    • Volume pricing
    • Enterprise integrations for legacy systems
    • +4 more
  • Enterprise License (Self-Hosted)Contact sales
    • Full control of hosting
    • Multi-region deployment flexibility
    • Custom pricing
    • Premium enterprise integrations
    • Premium support with SLAs
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
CLI
Frontegg✗
Ory✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Self-hosted
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
On-premise
Frontegg✓
Ory✓
Air-gapped
Frontegg✗
Ory✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Salesforce

Frontegg

Leader
21 total - 20 not shared
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Airtable
  • Amplitude
  • Asana
  • Auth0
  • AWS
  • BambooHR
  • BigCommerce
  • Bitbucket
  • Box
  • Calendly
  • CircleCI
  • ClickUp
  • Cloudflare
  • Confluence
  • Contentful
  • Copper
  • Customer.io
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Independently observed

Ory

15 total - 14 not shared
  • Amazon SES
  • AWS API Gateway
  • Google
  • Kubernetes
  • Ambassador
  • Kong
  • Splunk
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Slack
  • Patreon
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Apple
  • Lark
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Frontegg or Ory: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.