FusionAuth pricing 2026: plans and costs
Quick pricing summary
- Community: $0 self-hosted
- Starter: $162 month, starting at, billed annually (1,000 MAUs)
- Essentials: $2,970 month, starting at, billed annually (1,000 MAUs)
- Enterprise: $2,970 month, starting at, billed annually (1,000 MAUs)
- Worth noting: Prices shown for 1,000 MAUs and scale with monthly active users. Starter listed as billed monthly or annually in one section. Community edition is self-hosted only.
Plans
Community
$0 self-hosted
- Core authentication standards & features most apps need
- Community support (forums, Github)
- Self-host on your own infrastructure for free
Starter
$162 month, starting at, billed annually (1,000 MAUs)
- Premium authentication features
- Breached Password Detection, Machine-to-Machine, and more
- Advanced MFA and application theming
- Community support (forums, Github)
- Includes basic hosting
Essentials
$2,970 month, starting at, billed annually (1,000 MAUs)
- Advanced connectivity, MFA, & security features
- Custom OAuth scopes
- Email support (24 to 48 hour response time during business hours)
- Includes business hosting
Enterprise
$2,970 month, starting at, billed annually (1,000 MAUs)
- Everything in Essentials
- Advanced threat detection
- SSO Tenant Manager
- Client ID Metadata Documents and OAuth Token Exchange
- 24/7 support (email and phone)
- Private Slack channel (with contract)
- Solution architect guidance
- Advanced governance & contract requirements
- Includes high availability hosting
What you get on each plan
| Feature | Community | Starter | Essentials | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identity Providers (IDPs) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Connectors | 1 | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Machine to Machine Auth | 100 entities | 1000 entities | Unlimited entities | Unlimited entities |
FusionAuth pricing vs alternatives
| Brand | Entry price | Free plan | Model | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FusionAuth | Free; paid from $162 / mo | Yes | Usage-based | — | |
| AWS | — | — | — | — | Compare → |
| WorkOS | Contact sales | Yes | Usage-based | SaaS and AI companies that need to add enterprise features like SSO and SCIM to sell to large organizations. | Compare → |
| Clerk | Free; paid from $25 / mo | Yes | Usage-based | Developers building React and Next.js apps who want prebuilt auth and user management, including B2B SaaS needing organizations and SSO | Compare → |
| Microsoft Entra ID | — | — | — | — | Compare → |
List prices as published on fusionauth.io/pricing. Totals are worked examples, not quotes.