Is SuperTokens free for authentication?

Yes, Cloud (under 5K MAU) costs nothing up to 5k MAU.

How much does SuperTokens cost for authentication?

Managed cloud is $0.02 per MAU, free under 5,000 MAU; self-hosting the open-source core is free at any scale. At list prices: monthly active users 1k MAU: $0/month (Cloud (under 5K MAU)); monthly active users 10k MAU: $200/month (Cloud); monthly active users 250k MAU: $5,000/month (Cloud).

SuperTokens pricing

How SuperTokens charges, what to know before you commit, and what you'd pay at your usage — next to what the alternatives would cost for the same thing.

How it charges

Checked 2026-10-03 on supertokens.com ↗ · USD, list prices

In short

Managed cloud is $0.02 per MAU, free under 5,000 MAU; self-hosting the open-source core is free at any scale.

Free plan: Yes
Side project: $0/mo Cloud (under 5K MAU)
Growing: $200/mo Cloud
Scaling: $5,000/mo Cloud

What the model leaves out

Managed service is $0.02 per MAU and "free under 5K MAU" — read here as a threshold (at 5,000 MAU and above every MAU is billed), which is how the page's own add-on examples count. Add-ons (MFA $0.01/MAU, account linking $0.005/MAU, each with a $100/mo minimum) and extra dashboard users ($20/mo after 3) are extra. Self-hosting the open-source core is free at any scale; hosting costs are yours. Volume discounts above 10K MAU on request.

Before you commit

Add-ons such as MFA ($0.01/MAU) and account linking ($0.005/MAU) each carry a $100/month minimum, self-hosted too.
Dashboard users beyond the first 3 cost $20 per user per month.
From 5,000 MAU every user is billed, not just those above 5,000, per the page's own examples.