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Auth0 vs Plausible Analytics

Customer identity platform from Okta
vs. Privacy-first web analytics — cookieless, no GDPR/CCPA nightmare

Auth0 website ↗Plausible Analytics ↗

Pricing tiers

Auth0

B2C Essentials
Starting at 500 MAUs. Pro MFA, RBAC, passwordless, SAML, 10 orgs.
$35/mo
B2B Essentials
Unlimited orgs, 3 SSO connections, RBAC.
$150/mo
B2C Professional
Starting at 500 MAUs. Includes attack protection, custom DB, enterprise MFA.
$240/mo
B2B Professional
5+ SSO connections, attack protection, custom DB.
$800/mo
Enterprise
Custom. 99.99% SLA, dedicated support.
Custom
Auth0 website ↗

Plausible Analytics

Self-Hosted (CE)
Community Edition — AGPL-licensed, run on your own infra.
$0 base (usage-based)
Starter
$9/month. 1 site. Basic dashboard, goals, 3-year data retention.
$9/mo
Growth
$14/month. 3 sites + 3 team members. Shared dashboards + team mgmt.
$14/mo
Business
$19/month. 10 sites + 10 members. Custom properties, API access, funnels, 5-year retention.
$19/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SSO, managed proxy, priority support.
Custom
Plausible Analytics ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing b2c-essentials on Auth0 vs starter on Plausible Analytics.

MetricAuth0Plausible Analytics
mau start500 MAU—
sso connections0 conns—

Features

Auth0 · 14 features

  • Attack Protection — Bot detection, brute-force protection, breached-password detection, suspicious I…
  • Auth0 Actions — Node.js + TS hooks that run during auth flows (login, post-login, signup, MFA). …
  • Auth0 FGA (OpenFGA) — Fine-grained relationship-based authorization (ReBAC). Based on Google Zanzibar.
  • Custom Database — BYO user DB: scripts in Actions read from your database and create Auth0 users o…
  • Custom Domain — Serve auth at auth.yourbrand.com with managed cert.
  • Enterprise SSO — SAML 2.0 + OIDC + AD/LDAP enterprise connections. Per-tenant or per-org.
  • Log Streaming — Stream tenant logs to Datadog, Splunk, Sumo Logic, Azure Sentinel, HTTP, Mixpane…
  • Machine-to-Machine — Client-credentials grant for backend services.
  • Multi-Factor Auth — SMS, Voice, Email, TOTP, WebAuthn (biometrics), Push (Guardian app), Duo.
  • Organizations — Multi-tenant B2B: orgs with invitations, roles, branding, enterprise connections…
  • Passkeys — FIDO2/WebAuthn passkey sign-in.
  • Passwordless — Email magic link + code, SMS code, WebAuthn.
  • RBAC — Roles, permissions, API scopes — attach to users or orgs.
  • Universal Login — Hosted login page with customization, multi-factor flows, passwordless, social, …

Plausible Analytics · 16 features

  • 404 Error Tracking — Auto-detect 404 pages.
  • Custom Properties — Attach arbitrary properties to events (Business+).
  • Email/Slack Reports — Weekly + monthly reports to email/Slack.
  • File Download Tracking — Track PDF/DOC/ZIP downloads.
  • Funnels — Multi-step funnel analysis (Business+).
  • Goals & Conversions — Track custom events + pageview-based goals.
  • Import from Google Analytics — Import historical GA data via script.
  • Managed Proxy (Ent) — Proxy plausible.io through your domain to bypass ad-blockers.
  • Outbound Link Tracking — One-line extension to track outbound clicks.
  • Revenue Goals — Track $ amounts per goal. Great for e-commerce.
  • Self-Hosting — Run via Docker. AGPL Community Edition.
  • Shared Dashboards — Public or password-protected share links.
  • Single-page Dashboard — All your metrics on one page: visitors, pageviews, sources, devices, countries, …
  • Stats API — Pull data into your own tools via REST. Business+.
  • Team Management — Owners, admins, viewers per site.
  • UTM Campaigns — Track utm_source/medium/campaign automatically.

Developer interfaces

KindAuth0Plausible Analytics
CLIAuth0 CLI—
SDKAuth0 Android, Auth0 iOS/Swift, @auth0/nextjs-auth0, Auth0 React SDK, Auth0 SPA.js SDK, Go Auth0 SDK, Node Auth0 Backend SDK, Python Auth0 SDK@nuxtjs/plausible + plugins, plausible-tracker (npm)
RESTAuthentication API, Management APIEvents API, Plausible Stats API, Sites Management API
OTHER—Tracker Script (<script>)
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