Authentication and user management · Comparison

Auth0 vs WorkOS

2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.

Side by side

Auth0 vs WorkOS: value, access facts, plan limits and bottom lines
Metric	Auth0	WorkOS
What you're paying for	Compliance includedAudited enterprise identity — SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and six hosting regions — with a free plan of 25,000 users and one enterprise connection.	Saves engineering timeEnterprise SSO and directory sync at a published $125 per connection, on top of user management that is free for up to 1 million monthly users.
Overall score	6.8	7.9Best
Free option	Free plan	Free plan
Card to start	No card needed	No card needed
Getting access	Self-serve	Self-serve
Starter priceCheapest paid plan	$35/mo	$125/SSO connection/mo
Pricing model	Tiered	Usage-based
Pricing page	Public prices	Public prices
Free plan	25,000 MAU, no card to sign up	1,000,000 MAU, no card until production
Entry paid plan at 10,000 users	$700/mo (B2C Essentials)	$0 (users free up to 1M)
Enterprise SSO	1 connection free; 3 on B2B Essentials, more from $100/mo each	$125/mo per connection (1–15), down to $65 at 51–100
SOC 2 report	Type 2, from the Support Center	Type II, from the Trust Center on request
HIPAA BAA	With an Enterprise subscription	Enterprise plans
Data region	AU, CA, EU, JP, UK or US per tenant	US (per the DPA)
Log retention on the entry paid plan	5 days (Essentials)	90 days of events via the Events API
Bottom line	From its public pages, Auth0 is the most complete compliance and data-region package of the three, with a generous free plan. Its paid plans cost more per user than the others, so price the B2C or B2B plan at your user count first.	From its public pages, WorkOS offers the largest free user allowance here and clear per-connection prices for enterprise SSO. Budget $125 a month per SSO customer and check US-only hosting.

Evidence: Auth0: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; WorkOS: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.

When to pick each

In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.

From our WorkOS review
Checked Oct 15, 2026
Pick WorkOS when
You want published per-connection SSO prices without moving to a B2B plan, and 1 million free users.
Pick Auth0 when
You need ISO 27001, a non-US hosting region, or one enterprise connection on a free plan.

Entry price

Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.

Auth0
Essentials (B2C)
$35/mo
500 MAU; $700 at 10,000, $2,100 at 30,000
- Pro MFA (OTP, Duo)
- 5-day log retention
- Standard support
WorkOS
Enterprise SSO
$125/connection/mo
1–15 connections; $100 for 16–30, $80 for 31–50, $65 for 51–100
- SAML and OIDC
- Same price regardless of end users
- Admin Portal included

Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Auth0 2026-10-15, WorkOS 2026-10-15.

Which one fits

If you need to start today without a sales call: WorkOSSelf-serve sign-up, no card needed; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (7.9/10).
If you want to try it without entering a card: WorkOSFree plan, no card needed, and the highest score of the 2 that skip the card (7.9/10).
Lowest starter price: Auth0$35/mo for the Essentials plan.
Highest overall score: WorkOS7.9/10 (Good). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.

Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score

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