Yes, Ory has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes access to the Developer free plan with 1 member, 0 production environments, and 0 staging environments. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $21/mo.
About
Ory is an identity and access management platform for applications, enterprises, and AI agents. It provides customer identity, B2B identity, and agent identity capabilities through API-first components for authentication, authorization, permissions, and session management.
The platform is available as Ory Network (managed SaaS), Ory Enterprise License (self-hosted), and Ory Open Source. The pricing page lists a free Developer plan with 1 member, 0 production environments, 0 staging environments, and 2 development environments, plus 21 USD in included monthly credit, 24h historical analytics, and 3 social connections.
- API-first identity and access management
- Customer, B2B, and agent identity
- 1 member free Developer plan
- 2 development environments included
- 21 USD monthly credit included
- 24-hour historical analytics
- 3 social connections on free plan
- Open source, self-hosted, and SaaS deployment
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a capped developer plan with one member, two development environments, and only 24 hours of historical analytics, so it’s useful for small proofs of concept but not close to the paid production offerings. The cheapest paid plan is $770/year, or about $64.17/month, and the free tier looks like roughly one-third of that practical value, so about $21/month is a fair estimate. A credit card is not explicitly waived, and the plan is clearly limited rather than unlimited.
What's included in the free tier
Last checked
- Access to the Developer free plan with 1 member.
- Includes 0 production environments.
- Includes 0 staging environments.
- Includes 2 development environments.
- Includes 24 hours of historical analytics and insights.
- Includes 3 maximum organizations.
- Includes community support.
See Ory pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Production
- production environments
- 1
- staging environments
- 3
- SaaS
- All top-tier security features
- 1 production environment and 3 staging environments
- Permissions and machine-to-machine tokens
Growth
- production environments
- 2
- staging environments
- 5
- SaaS
- Everything from Production, plus
- Advanced analytics and insights
- 2 production environments and 5 staging environments
- B2B SSO (OIDC only)
Enterprise
- SaaS
- Ideal for mission critical, production, global applications
- Event firehose to your data lake
- Multi-region deployments with data residency
- Volume pricing matching your needs
- Enterprise integrations for legacy systems
- Multi-tenancy
- Concierge onboarding for a smooth launch
Ory Enterprise License
- Self-hosted
- Ideal for mission critical, production, global applications
- Full control of hosting
- Flexibility to support multi-region deployments
- Custom pricing to match your needs
- Premium enterprise integrations for legacy systems
- Premium support with SLAs
Pricing extracted from Ory's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Ory free forever?
Yes. Ory has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What happens when you exceed Ory's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Ory's cheapest paid plan is Production at $64.17 / month.
What is Ory's free tier worth?
Ory's free tier is worth about $21 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 52/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
