Where Hexclave's free tier stops
Hexclave Hexclave's free tier is perpetual and does not require a credit card, but it stops at 10,000 auth users, 1 dashboard admin, and 1,000 emails per month. It includes email, OAuth, and magic links, plus community support, so the core login surface is usable. The practical break point is collaboration and messaging volume, not basic auth features: once you need more admins, more users, or more outbound email capacity, the free plan no longer fits. That is the point where an alternative becomes the better move.
Switch table
| Hexclave | Clerk | Auth0 | SuperTokens | Logto | MojoAuth | Kinde | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auth users or MAU | 10,000 auth users | 50,000 retained users per app | 25,000 monthly active users | Free under 5,000 monthly active users on the cloud plan | 50,000 monthly active users | 25,000 MAUs | 10,500 monthly active users included free |
| Dashboard seats or admins | 1 dashboard admin | 3 dashboard seats | Not stated | Not stated | 1 tenant member for console access | Not stated | Unlimited dashboard seats |
| Email or OTP allowance | 1,000 emails per month | Not stated | Not stated | Passwordless SMS and email OTP included | 50,000 tokens per month | Email OTP included | 10 SMS for passwordless phone authentication included |
| Applications | Not stated | Unlimited applications | Not stated | Not stated | 3 total applications | Not stated | Unlimited applications |
| Organizations | Not stated | Up to 20 members per organization | 5 organizations | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | 5 monthly active organizations included free |
| Webhooks or tokens | Not stated | Webhooks included, Machine Authentication subject to monthly limits | Not stated | Not stated | 1 webhook | Not stated | 1 billing webhook included |
| Card required | - | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| First paid tier | - | Pro, $20 per month billed annually | Essentials, $35 per month | Cloud, varies by usage | Pro, $24/mo | Business Pro Plan, $50/month | Pro, $25 USD per month |
The alternatives
Clerk
FTV 62 / 100Clerk's free tier gives you up to 50,000 monthly retained users per app, unlimited applications, up to 3 dashboard seats, and a broad auth feature set including prebuilt UI, custom domains, social connections, passwordless options, webhooks, account linking, and security controls. For teams, the free plan is also more collaborative than Hexclave because it includes multiple dashboard seats instead of one. It falls short on email volume because the free tier item list does not include an email sending quota like Hexclave's 1,000 emails per month. Switch if you want a more spacious auth platform for several projects or teammates.
- Beats Hexclave: 50,000 retained users per app and up to 3 dashboard seats
- Falls short: No free email-send quota is stated
- Who should switch: Choose Clerk if your main pain is Hexclave's 10,000-user and 1-admin cap, and you can live without a stated free email allowance.
Auth0
FTV 58 / 100Auth0's free tier supports up to 25,000 monthly active users, 1 custom domain, passwordless authentication, unlimited social connections subject to system limitations, 5 organizations, branding customization, basic attack protection, community support, 1 enterprise connection, self-service SSO, and SCIM. It beats Hexclave on user capacity and organization support, and it is a stronger fit if you need identity features beyond basic auth flows. It falls short on credit-card friction because custom domain use requires credit card verification, while Hexclave's free tier explicitly does not require a card. Switch if you need a bigger free MAU ceiling and more enterprise-shaped identity controls.
- Beats Hexclave: 25,000 monthly active users and 5 organizations
- Falls short: Credit card verification is required for the custom domain
- Who should switch: Choose Auth0 if you need more free MAU headroom and enterprise identity features, and card verification is acceptable.
SuperTokens
FTV 76 / 100SuperTokens includes email/password auth, social login and SSO providers, passwordless magic links, SMS and email OTP, username and phone-number sign-in, email verification, forgot-password flows, sign-up and sign-in UI, RBAC, a user management dashboard, session management, hooks and custom actions, SOC 2 compliance, and community support. It also stays free under 5,000 monthly active users on the cloud plan. Its edge over Hexclave is breadth of auth mechanics and account security. Its shortcoming is scale on the managed cloud side, since the free cloud allowance is 5,000 MAU versus Hexclave's 10,000 auth users. Switch if you want a deeper auth toolkit more than a larger free hosted user cap.
- Beats Hexclave: Broader auth feature set, including RBAC, session management, and passwordless flows
- Falls short: 5,000 monthly active users on the cloud plan
- Who should switch: Choose SuperTokens if richer authentication features matter more than Hexclave's larger hosted free-user limit.
Logto
FTV 60 / 100Logto's free tier includes up to 50,000 monthly active users, 50,000 tokens per month, up to 3 total applications, 1 machine-to-machine app, 3 social connectors, 1 custom domain, 1 webhook, audit logs retained for 3 days, and 1 tenant member for console access. Compared with Hexclave, it gives you much more room on users and also adds token and webhook allowances that are useful for app and API integration. It falls short on included admins because the free plan only states 1 tenant member for console access, which is closer to Hexclave's single-admin limit than a collaboration upgrade. Switch if you are hitting Hexclave's user ceiling and need token-based auth infrastructure too.
- Beats Hexclave: 50,000 MAU and 50,000 tokens per month
- Falls short: Only 1 tenant member for console access
- Who should switch: Choose Logto if you need more user headroom and token quotas, but do not need broader free team access.
MojoAuth
FTV 65 / 100MojoAuth's free tier includes 25,000 MAUs, unlimited total users, email OTP, magic link, Facebook and Google login, basic attack protection, and hosted login and registration pages. It is a good fit for passwordless flows and social sign-in, and it beats Hexclave on raw user ceiling as well as on the explicit unlimited total users item. It falls short on team collaboration and admin depth because the free tier items do not mention dashboard admins or multi-admin access the way Hexclave does. Switch if your main goal is a higher free-user limit and ready-made passwordless auth pages.
- Beats Hexclave: 25,000 MAUs and unlimited total users
- Falls short: No dashboard admin allowance is stated
- Who should switch: Choose MojoAuth if you need more free users and passwordless-first login flows, not admin-heavy collaboration.
Kinde
FTV 66 / 100Kinde's free tier includes 10,500 monthly active users, 5 monthly active organizations, unlimited dashboard seats, unlimited applications, billing APIs, a customer self-serve portal, custom billing plans, and a wide set of identity and security features such as email and password auth, passwordless email, social sign-on, SAML and Enterprise SSO, MFA, custom roles, permissions, feature flags, and more. It beats Hexclave on collaboration because dashboard seats are unlimited, and it offers far broader platform surface if you also need billing and access management in one place. It falls short on the free user cap, which is only slightly above Hexclave's 10,000 auth users. Switch if your primary bottleneck is seats and you want a broader SaaS platform, not just auth.
- Beats Hexclave: Unlimited dashboard seats and integrated billing/access management
- Falls short: 10,500 monthly active users
- Who should switch: Choose Kinde if you need unlimited collaborator seats and billing features alongside identity.
Two quick picks
Clerk
Clerk is the closest drop-in because it is still a hosted customer-identity platform with prebuilt auth UI, social login, custom domains, and webhook-driven integration patterns. The main switch is a bigger free user and seat ceiling rather than a different product model.
Logto
Logto gives the most obvious free headroom on the core scale axis with 50,000 monthly active users, plus token and webhook allowances. For builders outgrowing Hexclave's user cap, it leaves the most room before payment is needed.
Frequently asked questions
Which alternative has the highest free user limit?
Logto and Clerk both give much more free user capacity than Hexclave, with Logto at 50,000 monthly active users and Clerk at 50,000 retained users per app.
Which option is best if I need more than one teammate?
Clerk is the clearest upgrade for collaboration because its free tier includes 3 dashboard seats, while Hexclave only includes 1 dashboard admin.
Which alternative is best for passwordless login?
SuperTokens and MojoAuth both give strong passwordless coverage, including magic links and OTP-style flows, so they are better fits if passwordless is the main requirement.
Which free plan is closest to Hexclave for teams that also need billing?
Kinde is the closest if billing and access management matter, because its free tier includes billing APIs, a self-serve portal, and unlimited dashboard seats.
Bottom line
For most builders hitting Hexclave's free-tier limits, Logto is the best first alternative. It gives the most room on the main scaling axis with 50,000 monthly active users, plus tokens and webhooks that make it useful for real app integrations. If your main problem is team access rather than scale, Clerk is the closer drop-in. But when the common case is simply outgrowing Hexclave's 10,000-user cap, Logto is the cleanest next step.
Read the full listing for Hexclave. Scores use the FTV methodology at /ftv. Browse more alternatives on /alternatives, or head-to-head comparisons on /compare.