Authentication and user management · Comparison
Supabase Auth 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
| Metric | Supabase Auth | WorkOS |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Worth the price100,000 monthly active users on the $25 Pro plan, SSO priced per user, and SOC 2, ISO 27001 and a HIPAA BAA on the self-serve Team plan. | 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 | 9.3Best | 7.9 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | –Not measured | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $25/mo | $125/SSO connection/mo |
| Pricing model | Usage-based | Usage-based |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices |
| Free plan | 50,000 MAU; paused after 1 week inactive | 1,000,000 MAU, no card until production |
| Entry paid plan at 10,000 users | $25/mo (Pro), 100,000 MAU included | $0 (users free up to 1M) |
| Enterprise SSO | 50 SSO users on Pro, then $0.015 each | $125/mo per connection (1–15), down to $65 at 51–100 |
| SOC 2 report | Type 2, on Team ($599/mo) | Type II, from the Trust Center on request |
| HIPAA BAA | Team plan, paid add-on | Enterprise plans |
| Data region | 17 AWS regions, EU included | US (per the DPA) |
| Log retention on the entry paid plan | 7 days of auth audit logs (Pro) | 90 days of events via the Events API |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Supabase Auth is the least expensive per user of the three and the only one with a BAA on a self-serve plan. It fits best when the rest of your app runs on Supabase. | 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: Supabase Auth: 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.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- Supabase AuthPro$25/moFrom $25; 100,000 MAU, then $0.00325 per MAU
- SAML SSO: 50 SSO users, then $0.015 each
- Leaked password protection
- 7-day auth audit logs
- Email support
- WorkOSEnterprise SSO$125/connection/mo1–15 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: Supabase Auth 2026-10-15, WorkOS 2026-10-15.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- Supabase AuthSelf-serve sign-up; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (9.3/10).
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- WorkOSFree plan, no card needed; scored 7.9/10.
- Lowest starter price
- Supabase Auth$25/mo for the Pro plan.
- Highest overall score
- Supabase Auth9.3/10 (Excellent). 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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