Category · 5 options
Choosing auth
Sign-up, sign-in, sessions, and organizations. For B2B, organizations and enterprise SSO matter more than social logins. Check the price per SSO connection and where user records live.
Free plans and prices
In Cuely's default order for the general case. Your needs change the order; see below.
| Tool | Free plan | Paid from | At 1,000 users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clerk Fastest to a polished sign-in, with drop-in UI components. | Hobby: 50,000 monthly retained users per app, 100 monthly retained organizations (up to 20 members each); no MFA, passkeys or SSO. | Pro: $20/month billed annually ($25 monthly), 50,000 MRU included, then $0.02 per MRU. | $0/month |
| Better Auth Free, open source, and your users stay in your own database. | The library is free and MIT-licensed with no per-user costs. Optional managed infrastructure has a $0 Starter plan. | Optional infrastructure Pro: $20/month (dashboard, audit logs, security detections). | $0/month |
| WorkOS AuthKit Free to 1M users, with enterprise SSO ready when a business customer asks. | First 1 million monthly active users free, including email and password, social login, passkeys, MFA and magic auth. | $2,500/month per additional 1M MAU; SSO and Directory Sync from $125 per connection. | $0/month |
| Supabase Auth The natural choice when the database is already Supabase. | Free: 50,000 monthly active users with social OAuth; no SAML SSO or phone MFA. | Pro: from $25/month, includes 100,000 MAU, then $0.00325 per MAU. | $0/month |
| Neon Auth Auth in the same Neon database, with no separate bill. | Included in every Neon plan at no separate charge; up to 60,000 MAU per project on Free. | Neon Launch (pay as you go) raises the limit to 1M MAU per project. | $0/month |
Best pick by need
From the published scores Cuely ranks with. Only needs where one tool clearly leads.
- EU data residency or GDPR: Better Auth. User data stays in whatever region your database runs in.
- fewer vendors: Supabase Auth. Same vendor and database as Supabase Postgres.
- keep costs as low as possible: Better Auth. No per-user fees at any scale.
- native iOS or Android app: Supabase Auth. Works from the Supabase React Native client, including Sign in with Apple.
- Next.js or React: Clerk. First-class Next.js SDK with prebuilt components.
- prefers open source or self-hosting: Better Auth. MIT-licensed library; users live in your own database.
- regulated or compliance-sensitive: WorkOS AuthKit. Audit Logs and enterprise SSO are available as add-ons.
- sells to businesses (organizations, roles, SSO): WorkOS AuthKit. Organizations are the core model, and enterprise SSO is one switch away.