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Replacement brief
Auth0
Replaces managed authentication
Auth0 charges per user. For most SaaS, a session-cookie library plus an email/password (or OAuth) flow is a weekend of work and $0/mo.
The verdict weighs direct cost against maintenance, reliability, migration risk, and founder time.
- Verdict
- easy Straightforward swap
- Estimated annual saving
- $420 against the typical bill
- Open-source options
- 3 reviewed alternatives
01 / Deploy
Start with one command
A Teploy-style starting point for a small VPS. Review the generated configuration, then replace the example host and domain with your own.
# roll your own — see /directory for a session-cookie patternBefore you migrate
Price the operational work alongside the server bill. The 7,500 MAU free tier is generous; the cliff after it is steep.