# Auth0 vs WorkOS

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Auth0

| Attribute | Auth0 | WorkOS |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 85.8 (65% (medium)) | 77.1 (52% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Auth0 is a leading independent identity provider offering secure authentication and authorization solutions for AI agents and user applications. It provides customer identity and access management (CIAM) with enterprise-grade security, flexible deployment, and features including universal login, single sign-on, passwordless authentication, and fine-grained authorization. | Complete auth & user management platform for enterprise customers. Provides SSO, user provisioning, RBAC, MFA, fraud detection, and audit logging with instant deployment. |
| features.capabilities | `{"mfa":true,"oidc":true,"rbac":true,"hosting":"both","saml_sso":true,"hosted_ui":"both","open_source":false,"passwordless":true,"social_login":true,"b2b_multi_tenant":true,"passkeys_webauthn":true,"scim_provisioning":true}` | `{"mfa":true,"oidc":true,"rbac":true,"hosting":"cloud","saml_sso":true,"hosted_ui":"hosted","passwordless":true,"social_login":true,"b2b_multi_tenant":true,"passkeys_webauthn":true,"scim_provisioning":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Azure"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["Secure Agentic AI workflows","Passwordless Authentication","Unlimited Social Connections","Brand Customization","Basic Attack Protection","Community Support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Up to 25,000 monthly active users","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"organizations":"5","custom_domains":"1","monthly_active_users":"25,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Essentials","summary":"$35/month","features":["Higher Auth, API, and Feature limits","Multi-Factor Authentication","Role-based Access Control","Per Organization settings","Stream Auth0 Audit Logs to Datadog, Splunk, AWS, Azure","Separate Production & Development Environments","Standard Support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":35,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For projects with higher production demands","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"organizations":"10","monthly_active_users":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Professional","summary":"$240/month","features":["Use existing User Database for Logins","Enterprise Multi-Factor Authentication","Enhanced Attack Protection","M2M Tokens Add-on"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":240,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Best for teams and projects that need added security","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monthly_active_users":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Custom User & SSO Tiers","99.99% SLA","Enterprise Rate Limits","Enterprise Administration & Support","Advanced Security Features Add-on","Private Deployment Add-on"],"description":"For enterprises that need to scale","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $35/month for production use. Free tier with up to 25,000 monthly active users.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://auth0.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T14:05:11.713Z","startingPrice":{"amount":35,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Pay as you go","summary":"Free up to 1M AuthKit users and 1k Radar checks; $2.5k/mo per additional million users, $125/connection for SSO/Directory Sync, $100/mo per 50k fraud checks","features":["Social Auth (Microsoft, Google, etc)","Email + Password with leak detection","Magic Auth (passwordless email codes)","Multi-Factor Auth (TOTP, SMS)","Passkey / WebAuthn","Role-Based Access Control","Organization auth policies","Just-in-time provisioning","Email verification","Custom Domain add-on"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"million_users_over_1M","amount":2500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"sso_connection_1-15","amount":125,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"50k_radar_checks","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams that need speed and flexibility with pricing that scales","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"radar_checks":"1k free","authkit_users":"1M free"}},{"free":false,"name":"Annual Credits","summary":"Prepaid annual credits with volume discounts, guaranteed 99.99% SLA, dedicated support","features":["Everything in Pay as you go","Pre-pay credit discounts","99.99% uptime SLA","Guided migration and onboarding","Guaranteed support SLA","Private Slack channel","Technical onboarding guidance"],"commitment":"annual","description":"For teams focused on growth and support with predictable pricing","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing and dedicated support for enterprise deployments","features":["HIPAA BAA available","Dedicated support account manager","Quarterly architecture review","End-user configuration support","24x7x365 response SLAs"],"commitment":"annual","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Custom Domain","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Log Streaming","components":[{"kind":"fixed","unit":"SIEM_connection","amount":125,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Event Retention","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"million_events","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier (1M AuthKit users, 1k Radar checks). Pay-as-you-go from $2.5k/mo per million additional users. Volume discounts with annual prepay.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://workos.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T22:32:33.457Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 35 | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Auth & Identity Software)

| Capability | Auth0 | WorkOS |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud only |
| **Methods** |  |  |
| Social login | ✓ | ✓ |
| Passwordless | ✓ | ✓ |
| Passkeys / WebAuthn | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-factor auth | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Enterprise** |  |  |
| SAML SSO | ✓ | ✓ |
| SCIM provisioning | ✓ | ✓ |
| B2B / multi-tenancy | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenID Connect provider | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Hosted UI | Both | Hosted |
| **Access** |  |  |
| RBAC | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Self-hostable OSS core | ✗ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-08-07T00:01:06.722Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*