FusionAuth vs OpenIddict
FusionAuth
fusionauth.io
OpenIddict
openiddict.comSide by side
| Figure | FusionAuth | OpenIddict |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $162/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 1 |
| Spec score · OAuth Server Software | 9.1 (#2) | 7.7 (#24) |
| Authentication | It supports username/password login, identity providers, passkeys, and one-time passwords. | OpenIddict focuses on OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect protocol handling and leaves user authentication to the implementer; ASP.NET Core Identity is optional. |
| Customization | Pages and messages can be customized, while lambdas alter validation, MFA challenge and token transformation behavior and webhooks react to events. | Its event handlers can be removed, reordered, or replaced with custom handlers. |
| Integrations | Identity-provider integrations include Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter and arbitrary OIDC or SAML v2 providers, with connectors, plugins and monitoring integrations also available. | OpenIddict lists ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, MongoDB, and Quartz.NET among its integration areas. |
| Support | Community support is provided through forums, Slack, and GitHub; Essentials includes email support with a 24 to 48 hour business-hours response time, and Enterprise includes 24/7 email and phone support. | Dedicated support is available to regular contributors, sponsors, and companies with a custom support contract, and generally covers only the latest stable version. |
Plans
FusionAuth
- CommunityFree
- CommunityFree
- Starter$162 a month
- Starter$162 a month
- Enterprise$2,970 a month
- Enterprise$2,970 a month
- Essentials$2,970 a month
- Essentials$2,970 a month
In their own words
FusionAuth
FusionAuth is a Customer Identity and Access Management server for authentication, authorization, and user management. It supports username and password login, passkeys, one-time passwords, and external identity providers, including Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter. It implements OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SAML v2. Authorization includes role-based access across users, roles, groups, applications, and entities, plus fine-grained authorization integration. Teams can customize pages and messages and use lambda functions and webhooks. It can run locally, on-premises, in private or air-gapped cloud environments, or as a managed FusionAuth Cloud instance. The free Community Edition is self-hosted and unlimited, with no trial clock. Starter costs $162 a month billed annually and includes one connector and 100 machine-to-machine entities; Essentials and Enterprise cost $2,970 a month billed annually. FusionAuth supports Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, web, and API deployments.
OpenIddict
OpenIddict has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.