Authgear
Customer identity and access management (CIAM) software
Identity management software
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What is Authgear
Authgear is a customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform used to add authentication, authorization, and user management to web and mobile applications. It supports common CIAM patterns such as social login, passwordless options, multi-factor authentication, and standards-based integrations (for example OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect). The product targets engineering teams that want to embed sign-in and account features into customer-facing apps while keeping identity flows configurable and centrally managed. Authgear is offered as a managed service and is also available in a self-hosted/open-source form depending on deployment requirements.
Standards-based identity integration
Authgear supports widely used identity standards such as OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, which helps teams integrate authentication into custom applications and APIs. This reduces the need for proprietary SDK lock-in and makes it easier to interoperate with other security and application components. Standards alignment also supports common enterprise requirements like token-based access and delegated authorization.
Developer-oriented CIAM features
The product focuses on CIAM building blocks that engineering teams typically need: user registration and login, session/token handling, and configurable authentication flows. It is designed to be embedded into product applications rather than used only as an internal workforce IAM tool. This positioning fits teams that want a dedicated identity layer without building and maintaining all identity components from scratch.
Deployment flexibility options
Authgear is available as a hosted service and also provides a self-managed option, which can be relevant for organizations with data residency or network isolation requirements. Self-hosting can help when identity services must run in a controlled environment or alongside existing infrastructure. This flexibility can be useful compared with CIAM offerings that are only delivered as SaaS.
Smaller enterprise ecosystem
Compared with long-established CIAM suites, Authgear typically has a smaller ecosystem of prebuilt enterprise integrations, implementation partners, and packaged connectors. Organizations that rely heavily on turnkey integrations (for example, many downstream SaaS apps and legacy directories) may need more custom work. This can increase implementation effort in complex environments.
Advanced governance may require work
Identity governance capabilities such as fine-grained access reviews, certification workflows, and extensive compliance reporting are not the primary focus of many developer-first CIAM platforms. If a program requires deep governance features beyond authentication and basic authorization, teams may need additional tools or custom processes. This can add operational overhead for regulated enterprises.
Self-hosting adds operational burden
While self-hosting can address control and residency needs, it shifts responsibility for uptime, scaling, patching, and security hardening to the customer. Identity systems are high-impact components, so operational maturity is important to run them safely. Teams without dedicated SRE/security capacity may prefer a fully managed deployment.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free (CLOUD) | $0 / month | Unlimited MAUs; 2 Applications; 2 Project Members; 1-day log retention; All features included (with Authgear branding); Community (Discord) support; No credit card required. |
| Developers (CLOUD) | $50 / month | Unlimited MAUs; 2 Applications; 2 Project Members; 1-day log retention; All features included; Priority email support; Metered SMS/WhatsApp (per-message pricing below). Add-ons: $100 per Environment / month; $100 per Application / month; $50 per Project Member / month. |
| Business (CLOUD) | $500 / month | 25,000 MAUs included (additional MAUs charged at $50 per 5,000 MAUs); Metered SMS/WhatsApp; 5 Applications; 5 Project Members; 60-day log retention; Dedicated Slack channel support; Add-ons: $100 per Environment / month; $100 per Application / month; $50 per Project Member / month. |
| Enterprise (CLOUD) | Custom pricing | Contact sales for volume discount, data residency, custom SMS gateway, tailored SLA, dedicated account manager, enterprise support. |
Additional offering — Authgear ONCE (self-hosted, perpetual license):
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| ONCE (self-hosted) | $299 one-time | Perpetual self-hosted license; complete CIAM platform; 2 years of updates included; Email & Discord support; 1 project per purchase; 120-day log retention; Bring-your-own SMS provider (WhatsApp support coming soon); Enterprise self-hosted options available (custom pricing). |
SMS/WhatsApp OTP (Cloud) per-message rates:
- US/Canada: $0.02 per message
- Other regions: $0.10 per message
Other notes from official site: All Cloud plans include all features (no feature gating). Authgear offers a 30-day money-back guarantee for SaaS plans and states "Free trials available" on the pricing/contact form.
Seller details
Oursky Limited
Hong Kong
2010
Private
https://www.authgear.com/
https://x.com/authgearcloud
https://www.linkedin.com/company/oursky
