Yes — ZITADEL has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 100 Daily Active Users and 3 identity providers. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $25/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
ZITADEL is an identity infrastructure platform for authentication and authorization. It provides hosted login, API-first identity management, social login templates, passwordless authentication, multifactor authentication, passkeys, role-based access control, and multi-tenant organization support.
The free plan includes all security features, unlimited users, unlimited organizations, 100 daily active users, and up to 3 identity providers. It is aimed at developers and teams that need a cloud or self-hosted identity layer with documented APIs, SDKs, and extensibility through actions.
- 100 daily active users
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited organizations
- 3 identity providers
- Hosted login page
- Passwordless and MFA support
- Role-based access control
- Multi-tenant organization model
- API-first identity platform
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable rather than a demo: it includes the core security features, unlimited users and organizations, service users, custom workflows, and a small but real 100 daily active user allowance. The cheapest paid plan is Pro at US$100/month, and the free tier delivers roughly a quarter of that practical value, so about $25/month is a fair estimate. No credit card is called out, and the offer is capped rather than unlimited, which keeps it below the paid plan but still meaningful.
What's included in the free tier
- All security features
- Store unlimited users
- Manage unlimited organizations
- 100 Daily Active Users
- 3 identity providers
- Community support
See ZITADEL pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
PRO
- daily active users
- 25,000 per month included
- identity providers
- 3 included
- Everything in Free
- 25,000 Daily Active Users per month included
- 3 identity providers included
- Custom domain included
- 99.5% uptime guarantee
- 1h response SLO
- 99.95% uptime guarantee
Self Hosted / CloudENTERPRISE
- daily active users
- unlimited
- Cloud or own infrastructure
- Unlimited Daily Active Users
- Custom Support SLA
- Technical Account Manager
- Volume discounts
- Commercial license
- Custom Security Questionnaires
- 99.99% uptime guarantee
Pricing extracted from ZITADEL's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is ZITADEL free forever?
Yes. ZITADEL has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does ZITADEL require a credit card?
No. You can start on ZITADEL's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed ZITADEL's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. ZITADEL's cheapest paid plan is PRO at $100 / month.
What is ZITADEL's free tier worth?
ZITADEL's free tier is worth about $25 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 67/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
