Authgear vs Duende IdentityServer
Authgear
authgear.comDuende IdentityServer
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| Figure | Authgear | Duende IdentityServer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $50/mo | $479.17/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 4 |
| Spec score · OAuth Server Software | 9.3 (#1) | 8.3 (#12) |
| Support | The pricing page lists community support for Free, priority email support for Developers, a dedicated Slack channel for Business and a dedicated account manager for Enterprise. | Support is included with each license and varies by plan from community support to priority support and a premium tier with a named Technical Account Manager. |
| User management | Its portal supports password resets, account locking, scheduled deletion or anonymization, profile management and concurrent-session controls. | The first-party .NET User Management SDK includes user profiles, authentication, and lifecycle management, with passwords, MFA, and passkeys built in. |
Plans
Authgear
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Developers$50 a month
- Business$500 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Duende IdentityServer
- Lite$5,750 a year
- Standard$12,500 a year
- Advanced$24,900 a year
- CustomPrice not published
In their own words
Authgear
Authgear is an identity-as-a-service platform for authentication and user management in web and mobile applications. It supports sign-in with email, phone, username, password, one-time codes and magic links, along with mobile biometrics, passkeys and multi-factor authentication through SMS, email or TOTP apps. Identity provider options include Google, Apple and Azure Active Directory. It offers single sign-on across web and mobile applications, including SAML SSO for web apps.
Its user-management portal supports password resets, account locking, profile management and scheduled deletion or anonymization. Developers can use SDKs for React, React Native, Ionic, native Android, iOS and Flutter, as well as OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect and Admin, User Import and User Export APIs. Authgear describes itself as open source and supports self-hosting; its hosted service is currently in the USA on Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. Plans include a free tier and paid service from $50/mo. The free tier includes two applications, two admin seats, one-day log retention and community support.
Duende IdentityServer
Duende IdentityServer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.