Auth0 vs Vercel
Customer identity platform from Okta
vs. Frontend cloud for Next.js and modern web frameworks
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
Vercel
Hobby (Free)
Free forever. 100 GB bandwidth, 1M functions, 360 GB-hrs memory, 1M edge requests. 1 developer. Hard caps.
Free
Pro
$20/user/month. 1 TB bandwidth, pay-as-you-go overages. Team seats, concurrent builds.
$20/mo
Enterprise
Custom pricing. SLA, SSO, audit logs, dedicated support.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing b2c-essentials on Auth0 vs hobby on Vercel.
| Metric | Auth0 | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| bandwidth gb month | — | 100 GB/month |
| edge requests | — | 1000000 requests/month |
| function invocations | — | 1000000 invocations/month |
| mau start | 500 MAU | — |
| memory gb hrs | — | 360 GB-hrs/month |
| sso connections | 0 conns | — |
| team members | — | 1 users |
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, …
Vercel · 15 features
- Cron Jobs — Scheduled serverless functions. JSON config in vercel.json.
- Edge Functions — V8-isolate serverless functions at edge locations. Lower cold start than Lambda.
- Edge Middleware — Intercept requests at edge before hitting origin — auth, routing, A/B tests.
- Git-based Deploys — Auto-deploy from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket on every push. Preview URLs for every…
- Image Optimization — On-the-fly resize, format conversion (AVIF, WebP), CDN caching.
- Incremental Static Regeneration — Re-generate static pages on-demand or via revalidate. Next.js-native.
- Log Drains — Stream logs to Datadog, Axiom, Logtail, HTTP endpoints.
- Preview Deployments — Unique URL per Git branch/PR. Password-protect or share. Infinite.
- Serverless Functions — Node.js, Python, Go. AWS Lambda under the hood. Up to 15 min duration.
- Speed Insights — Real User Monitoring. FCP, LCP, CLS, INP per page.
- Vercel Blob — Managed object storage (S3-compatible API).
- Vercel KV (Redis) — Managed Redis via Upstash. Edge-accessible.
- Vercel Marketplace — One-click integrations: Supabase, Clerk, Sentry, PostHog, Resend, 100+ services.
- Vercel Postgres — Managed Neon Postgres. Edge-accessible with @vercel/postgres.
- Web Analytics — Privacy-friendly web analytics. Core Web Vitals, visitors, pages.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Auth0 | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | Auth0 CLI | Vercel CLI |
| SDK | Auth0 Android, Auth0 iOS/Swift, @auth0/nextjs-auth0, Auth0 React SDK, Auth0 SPA.js SDK, Go Auth0 SDK, Node Auth0 Backend SDK, Python Auth0 SDK | @vercel/client |
| REST | Authentication API, Management API | Vercel REST API |
| MCP | — | Vercel MCP |
| OTHER | — | Edge Runtime Bindings |
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