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Auth0 vs Okta: What are the differences?

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Auth0 and Okta are two popular Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) providers that offer authentication, authorization, and user management capabilities. While both platforms serve the same purpose, there are key differences between Auth0 and Okta that make them suited for different use cases.

  1. Pricing Model: Auth0 adopts a consumption-based pricing model, where you pay based on the number of active users or API calls. On the other hand, Okta follows a user-based pricing model, where you pay per user regardless of API usage. This makes Auth0 more cost-effective for applications with large API usage and intermittent user logins, while Okta is preferable for applications with a stable number of users and lower API usage.

  2. Customization and Extensibility: Auth0 offers a high level of customization and extensibility through features like Hooks, Rules, and Custom Databases. These enable developers to add custom logic and integrate with various external systems. Okta also provides customization options, but they are comparatively less flexible than Auth0. Therefore, if your application requires extensive customization and integration capabilities, Auth0 would be a better choice.

  3. Supported Identity Standards: Auth0 supports a wide range of identity standards, including OpenID Connect, OAuth, SAML, and more. It also provides implementable Quickstarts for various programming languages and frameworks. Okta also supports similar identity standards and provides SDKs for multiple platforms, making it easier to integrate with different environments. However, Auth0's extensive library of Quickstarts and customizable templates gives it an edge in terms of developer onboarding and ease of implementation.

  4. Developer Experience and Documentation: Auth0 places a strong emphasis on developer experience and provides extensive documentation, tutorials, and a well-organized knowledge base. It also offers a well-documented Management API and SDKs for various programming languages, ensuring a smooth development experience. Okta also provides comprehensive documentation and resources for developers, but Auth0's developer-centric approach makes it more favorable for developers who value a smooth integration process.

  5. User Experience and User-Facing Features: Okta offers a rich set of user-facing features such as self-service password reset, multi-factor authentication, and customizable workflows. It also provides customizable user portals and branding options, giving organizations more control over the user experience. While Auth0 also provides essential user-facing features, its focus is primarily on authentication and authorization rather than extensive user experience customization. Therefore, if your application heavily relies on user-facing features, Okta may be more suitable.

  6. Enterprise-Level Features and Scalability: Okta excels in providing enterprise-level features, including advanced policies for access management, lifecycle management, and detailed reporting and auditing capabilities. These features make Okta a strong choice for organizations with complex compliance requirements and large-scale user management needs. While Auth0 does offer enterprise-level capabilities, Okta's broader range of features and scalability options make it more suited for large enterprises.

In summary, Auth0 is a cost-effective and highly customizable IDaaS provider, with strong developer-centric features and extensive identity standard support. On the other hand, Okta is known for its enterprise-level features, robust user management capabilities, and comprehensive user-facing functionalities. The choice between Auth0 and Okta ultimately depends on the specific requirements and priorities of the application or organization.

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I would recommend Auth0 only if you are willing to shell out money. You can keep up with their free version only for a very limited time and as per our experience as a growing startup where budget is an issue, their support was not very helpful as they first asked us to sign a commercial agreement even before helping us t o find out whether Auth0 fits our use case or not! But otherwise Auth0 is a great platform to speed up authentication. In our case we had to move to alternatives like Casbin for multi-tenant authorization!

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I started our team on Amazon Cognito because I was a Solutions Architect at AWS and found it really easy to follow the tutorials and get a basic app up and running with it.

When our team started working with it, they very quickly became frustrated because of the poor documentation. After 4 days of trying to get all the basic passwordless auth working, our lead engineer made the decision to abandon it and try Auth0... and managed to get everything implemented in 4 hours.

The consensus was that Cognito just isn't mature enough or well-documented, and that the implementation does not cater for real world use cases the way that it should. I believe Amplify has made some of this simpler, but I would still recommend Auth0 as it's been bulletproof for us, and is a sensible price.

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Pros of Auth0
Pros of Okta
  • 70
    JSON web token
  • 31
    Integration with 20+ Social Providers
  • 20
    It's a universal solution
  • 20
    SDKs
  • 15
    Amazing Documentation
  • 11
    Heroku Add-on
  • 8
    Enterprise support
  • 7
    Great Sample Repos
  • 7
    Extend platform with "rules"
  • 4
    Azure Add-on
  • 3
    Easy integration, non-intrusive identity provider
  • 3
    Passwordless
  • 2
    It can integrate seamlessly with firebase
  • 2
    Great documentation, samples, UX and Angular support
  • 2
    Polished
  • 2
    On-premise deployment
  • 1
    Will sign BAA for HIPAA-compliance
  • 1
    MFA
  • 1
    Active Directory support
  • 1
    Springboot
  • 1
    SOC2
  • 1
    SAML Support
  • 1
    Great support
  • 1
    OpenID Connect (OIDC) Support
  • 14
    REST API
  • 9
    SAML
  • 5
    OIDC OpenID Connect
  • 5
    Protect B2E, B2B, B2C apps
  • 5
    User Provisioning
  • 5
    Easy LDAP integration
  • 4
    Universal Directory
  • 4
    Tons of Identity Management features
  • 4
    SSO, MFA for cloud, on-prem, custom apps
  • 4
    API Access Management - oAuth2 as a service
  • 3
    Easy Active Directory integration
  • 2
    SWA applications Integration
  • 1
    SOC2
  • 0
    Test

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Cons of Auth0
Cons of Okta
  • 15
    Pricing too high (Developer Pro)
  • 7
    Poor support
  • 4
    Rapidly changing API
  • 4
    Status page not reflect actual status
  • 5
    Pricing is too high
  • 1
    Okta verify (Multi-factor Authentication)

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What is Auth0?

A set of unified APIs and tools that instantly enables Single Sign On and user management to all your applications.

What is Okta?

Connect all your apps in days, not months, with instant access to thousands of pre-built integrations - even add apps to the network yourself. Integrations are easy to set up, constantly monitored, proactively repaired and handle authentication and provisioning.

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Stormpath
Stormpath is an authentication and user management service that helps development teams quickly and securely build web and mobile applications and services.
Amazon Cognito
You can create unique identities for your users through a number of public login providers (Amazon, Facebook, and Google) and also support unauthenticated guests. You can save app data locally on users’ devices allowing your applications to work even when the devices are offline.
Firebase
Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications. Simply add the Firebase library to your application to gain access to a shared data structure; any changes you make to that data are automatically synchronized with the Firebase cloud and with other clients within milliseconds.
Keycloak
It is an Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services. It adds authentication to applications and secure services with minimum fuss. No need to deal with storing users or authenticating users. It's all available out of the box.
OAuth.io
OAuth is a protocol that aimed to provide a single secure recipe to manage authorizations. It is now used by almost every web application. However, 30+ different implementations coexist. OAuth.io fixes this massive problem by acting as a universal adapter, thanks to a robust API. With OAuth.io integrating OAuth takes minutes instead of hours or days.
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