Frontegg vs Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Frontegg provides customer identity and access management for customer-facing applications. Its listed sign-in options include password and passwordless authentication, social login, enterprise SSO, passkeys, and MFA. Authorization capabilities include roles, permissions, relationship-based access control, feature flags, subscription management, and API access control. For B2B identity, it offers invitations and user groups, tenant-specific MFA and session policies, and tenant-level IP and domain restrictions. An embedded self-service admin portal supports identity and account management. Developers can use client SDKs for React, Next.js, Angular, Vue, and Vanilla.js, backend SDKs, or JWKS token validation; Android Kotlin and iOS Swift integrations are documented for step-up authentication. Integrations include Slack, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, HubSpot, and Twilio, with custom webhooks for other services. The free Pay as you go plan is $0/month and includes 7,500 monthly active users, five enterprise connections, unlimited organizations, and a custom domain. Enterprise pricing is custom. Frontegg lists SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 compliance and semi-annual penetration tests.

Okta Customer Identity Cloud, also known as Auth0, helps organizations manage secure access to applications. Universal Login brings authentication flows, branding, and multiple login methods together. The platform supports single sign-on through enterprise federation, social logins, or username-and-password setups, alongside adaptable multi-factor authentication and risk-based step-up policies. Passwordless methods include passkeys, biometrics, magic links, email and SMS one-time codes, and push notifications. Developers can extend identity workflows with serverless Actions or use Forms, a no-code editor for signup and login flows. Machine-to-machine authentication supports exchanges among devices, services, APIs, and non-interactive clients. Integrations include Salesforce, Zendesk, Slack, and New Relic, with more available through the Auth0 Marketplace. Deployment options include the Auth0 public cloud and isolated private deployment. The free plan supports up to 25,000 monthly active users. Essentials costs $35 a month, billed monthly; Professional costs $240 a month, billed monthly. Paid pricing is also listed from $3,000/mo annually. A 30-day trial is available.