#13 in Identity & Access ManagementUpdated 2026-08

SuperTokens

by SuperTokens · Open source user authentication, self-hosted or managed

48.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

SuperTokens is open source user authentication covering email/password, social login, SSO, passwordless magic links and OTP, sessions, RBAC and a user management dashboard. Frontend and backend SDKs cover 25+ frameworks, with a prebuilt sign-up/sign-in UI or your own. Run the core yourself or use the managed service, billed per monthly active user.

Best for: Development teams wanting self-hosted or managed authentication they can customise and control.
Pricing: Self-hosting the open source features is free at any scale; the managed cloud is $0.02 per monthly active user and free under 5,000 MAUs, with add-ons such as MFA at $0.01/MAU (minimum $100/month) and dashboard users at $20/user/month after the first three.
Runs on: WebSelf-hostedCLI

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Self-hosting the open source features is free, with no MAU limit
Managed cloud is free under 5,000 monthly active users
Prebuilt sign-in UI or your own, via frontend and backend SDKs
Bulk and lazy Auth0 migration without password resets

Trade-offs

MFA and account linking are paid add-ons with $100/month minimum billing
M2M, unified login and attack protection are contact-sales only
Free tiers get community support; professional support is quoted separately
Its own comparison table lists no Web3 login

Pricing

Published plans from SuperTokens’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

SuperTokens pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Cloud	$0.02per monthly active user	Free under 5,000 monthly active users Email/password, social, SSO and passwordless login RBAC, session management and user management dashboard Managed infrastructure and SOC2 compliance
Self-hosted	—	Free and open source, no MAU limit Same core features as the managed service Runs in your own infrastructure Community support; pay only for paid add-on features

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 65 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 93 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 85 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 80 out of 100
Operational trust: 15 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 55 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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