Head to head
FusionAuth vs Okta Customer Identity Cloud
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
49/100 | 55/100Higher score | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #6 | #2 |
| Confidence | High confidence | Medium confidence |
| External Reputation | 74 | 78 |
| AI Authority | 30 | 49 |
| Web Authority | 23 | 23 |
| Expert Assessment | 62 | 64 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | Starter from $162/mo (billed annually, at the page default of 1,000 MAUs), community-forum support only, basic hosting included · free tier: Community — free, unlimited, self-hosted with core authentication features and community support (forums, Slack, GitHub); passkeys/WebAuthn and biometrics reportedly require registering a free Community licence | B2C Essentials from $35/month (500 MAU); B2B Essentials from $150/month (500 MAU) · free tier: $0/mo, no credit card, up to 25,000 monthly active users, 1 custom domain, passwordless, unlimited social connections, 5 Organizations, basic attack protection, community support, 1 Enterprise Connection, self-service SSO and SCIM; separately a 30-day free trial on Okta Customer Identity |
| Pricing model | Subscription (MAU-based tiers; free self-hosted Community edition) | Subscription (MAU-based tiers) plus sales-led custom |
| Best for | Engineering-led B2C or mid-market B2B SaaS teams that need data sovereignty or on-prem CIAM, are comfortable with OAuth2/OIDC concepts, and want an API-first platform they can start free and later move to managed hosting without switching vendors. | Product and engineering teams under ~25,000 MAU who want to ship customer login fast on the free tier, and B2B SaaS vendors needing multi-tenant Organizations, enterprise SSO and SCIM without building federation themselves. |
| Avoid if | You lack dedicated engineering capacity for identity work, require a truly open-source core, need 24x7 support or an SLA on a small budget, need cheap SCIM provisioning, or require FedRAMP or Zanzibar-style fine-grained authorization. | You run a high-volume, low-ARPU consumer app where MAU pricing plus next-tier-up billing decouples cost from revenue, you need multi-year budget certainty, you only need basic login/logout, or you want to self-host. |
| Markets | SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise, Developers, Startups | Startups, SMB, B2B SaaS, Enterprise |
| Founded | — | — |
| Headquarters | — | — |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.