Auth0Authentication and authorization platform for users, AI agents and APIs

AuthentikOpen source, self-hosted identity provider for unified authentication.

Comparison · Identity & Access Management · weekly run Nov 3

Auth0 vs Authentik

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Auth0 is the stronger AI pick in Identity & Access Management: it has a visibility score of 17.2 versus 2.7 for Authentik, and ranks ahead in 0% of the answers that name both.

Choose Auth0 if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (17.2 vs 2.7)
You need SOC 2 or ISO 27001 or ISO 27018 coverage
Usage-based pricing suits your budget better than per seat
Developer-friendly customer identity and authentication

Choose Authentik if…

You want a lower entry price ($5 vs $35)
AI answers describe it more positively (67% vs 47% positive)
You need OpenID Certified coverage
Per seat pricing suits your budget better than usage-based

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Auth0	Authentik
Visibility score	17.2%	2.7%
Change vs last week	up+2.6%	up+1.7%
Rank in Identity & Access Management	#5	#24
Share of voice	5.4%	0.6%
Mentions this run	17	2
Positive in AI answers	47%	67%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Auth0 +3.3999999999999986pp · Authentik +1.0000000000000002pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Auth0 leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

11.4%

7.7%

AI Mode

18.9%

3.7%

Perplexity

15.6%

1.7%

Auth0Authentik

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

0Auth0 ranked higher

1Authentik ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Auth0	Authentik
Is there a free identity and access management platform for small teams?	Perplexity	#6	#5

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Auth0	Authentik
Pricing model	Usage-based	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $35 / mo	Free; paid from $5 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud (multi-tenant public cloud) or private cloud	Self-hosted (Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker Compose, AWS CloudFormation); no hosted version offered
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27018	OpenID Certified
Support	Community forum, Standard support, Premier support, 24/7 support	Community Discord, GitHub community support, Ticket-based support (Enterprise over $1k), Dedicated support with SLAs (Enterprise Plus)
Founded	2013	2018
Headquarters	Bellevue, WA, United States	—
Employees	—	1–10
Funding	Series D · $332M raised	Later-stage VC · $2M raised
Best for	Development teams adding login, SSO and authorization to B2C apps, B2B SaaS and AI agents	Organizations that want to self-host their identity provider and keep control of their identity data, from homelabs to enterprises with thousands of users.