PricingFree up to 7.5k MAU$0.05/MAU ProCustom Enterprise
Free (self-hosted)Ory Network usage-basedCustom Enterprise
SDK Languagesjavascripttypescriptpythongojava
javascripttypescriptpythongojavaphpruby
Frameworkslangchainvercel-aiopenai-agents
Best ForAI agent auth from day one; built specifically for agentic workflows including MCP server authorization
Self-hosted identity infrastructure with Kubernetes-native deployment; strong FGA via Keto (SpiceDB-compatible)
LimitationsNewer product with smaller community and ecosystem compared to Auth0 or Clerk; enterprise support is still maturing
No dedicated agent SDK; requires significant ops expertise to run at scale; no human-in-the-loop out of the box