Yes, SuperTokens has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes access to SOC 2 compliance and free under 5,000 monthly active users on the cloud plan. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $100/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
SuperTokens is an open source user authentication platform that provides session management, login flows, and account security features for web and mobile applications. It supports email/password authentication, social login, passwordless magic links, SMS or email OTP, single sign-on, multi-tenancy, account linking, and prebuilt UI components, with SDKs for multiple frameworks and languages.
The pricing page states that the open source features are free to self-host with no MAU limit, while the managed cloud service is free under 5,000 monthly active users at $0.02 per MAU above that threshold. Paid add-ons include MFA, account linking, dashboard users beyond the first three, multi-tenancy options, and implementation assistance.
- Open source authentication and session management
- Free self-hosted core features
- Free under 5K monthly active users
- Email, social, and passwordless login
- Single sign-on and multi-tenancy support
- Prebuilt UI and custom UI options
- SDKs for 25+ frameworks
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable for small projects because it includes the core authentication stack, UI, RBAC, session management, and community support, while the managed cloud service stays free under 5K monthly active users. At the cloud rate of $0.02 per MAU, that allowance is worth about $100/month, and there’s no credit-card friction mentioned for the free offering. The cap keeps it from being unbounded, but within that limit it covers most of the practical value of the paid cloud service.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Access to email/password authentication for user sign-in and sign-up.
- Access to social login and SSO providers, including Google, GitHub, Facebook, and custom providers.
- Access to passwordless magic-link authentication.
- Access to passwordless SMS and email OTP login.
- Access to username and password authentication.
- Access to phone number and password authentication.
- Access to email verification and forgot-password flows.
- Access to sign-up and sign-in page UI.
- Access to role-based access control (RBAC).
- Access to a user management dashboard.
- Access to session management.
- Access to overrides for hooks and custom actions.
- Access to SOC 2 compliance.
- Access to community support.
- Free under 5,000 monthly active users on the cloud plan.
See SuperTokens pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Cloud
- MAU
- $0.02
- MFA
- $0.01 per MAU
- Account linking
- $0.005 per MAU
- Dashboard users
- $20 per user/month
- Minimum billing
- $100/month
- Managed cloud service
- High reliability infrastructure
- Same core auth features as self-hosted
- Multi-factor authentication add-on
- Account linking add-on
- Dashboard users add-on
- Multi-tenancy pricing available
- Implementation assistance available
Self-hosted
- MAU
- unlimited
- Free MAU count limit
- none
- Open source
- Self-hosted on your infrastructure
- Same core auth features as cloud
- No free MAU count limit
- Community support
- No managed-service infrastructure fee
Pricing extracted from SuperTokens's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is SuperTokens free forever?
Yes. SuperTokens has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does SuperTokens require a credit card?
No. You can start on SuperTokens's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed SuperTokens's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. SuperTokens's cheapest paid plan is Cloud at $0.02 / month.
What is SuperTokens's free tier worth?
SuperTokens's free tier is worth about $100 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 76/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
