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Authgear

Open-source customer identity with passkeys, WhatsApp OTP and SSO, in the cloud or self-hosted.

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About Authgear

Authgear is a customer identity platform aimed at consumer, mobile and frontline-worker apps. It offers passkeys, biometrics, social login, passwordless email, SMS and WhatsApp one-time codes, MFA, SAML SSO and role-based access control, with a hosted login UI you can brand and SDKs for web, iOS, Android, React Native and Flutter. The server is open source under Apache 2.0 and can run on Authgear's cloud, in your own cloud account or on your own hardware, which appeals to companies with data sovereignty requirements. Cloud plans do not charge per user at the lower tiers: the free plan and the developer plan include unlimited monthly active users, with paid tiers adding messaging, apps, seats, log retention and support. Authgear is based in Hong Kong and popular in Asia. It is a smaller player, so expect fewer third-party integrations than the big vendors.

Best for: Consumer and mobile apps that want passkeys and WhatsApp OTP without per-user fees.

Pros and cons

What works

  • Unlimited MAU on the free and developer cloud plans
  • WhatsApp and SMS OTP alongside passkeys and biometrics
  • Open source with cloud, VPC or on-premises deployment

Why people leave

  • Smaller ecosystem and community
  • Free plan has short log retention and few messages
  • Less focus on B2B features like SCIM

Top Authgear alternatives

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  1. 1SuperTokens logo
    SuperTokens

    Open-source and self-hostable with a strong developer community.

    66.5
  2. 2Auth0 logo
    Auth0

    Larger managed platform with more integrations and enterprise features.

    62.6
  3. 3MojoAuth logo
    MojoAuth

    Passwordless-focused service with a large free MAU allowance.

    59.6
  4. 4FusionAuth logo
    FusionAuth

    Self-hostable identity server with a complete API and long track record.

    57.2
  5. 5Hanko logo
    Hanko

    Open-source passkey-first auth with an EU-based team.

    55.3

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Authgear: common questions

Is Authgear free?

Yes. Authgear is free, open-source software that you can host yourself.

Is Authgear open source?

Yes. The source code is on GitHub at authgear/authgear-server. You can also run it on your own server.

What platforms does Authgear run on?

Authgear is available for Web, Self-hosted, iOS and Android.

What are the best alternatives to Authgear?

The highest-ranked Authgear alternatives right now are SuperTokens, Auth0 and MojoAuth. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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