SuperTokens
SuperTokens is a YC Summer 2020 (S20) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 10.
About SuperTokens
Summary
SuperTokens builds open-source authentication infrastructure for developers who need to add login flows, session management, and user data control to their applications without relying on third-party auth providers like Auth0, AWS Cognito, or Firebase Auth. It offers modular, drop-in recipes covering email/password, passwordless, social login, SSO, and multi-tenancy, so teams integrate only what their app requires. Developers can self-host SuperTokens to retain full ownership of user data, or use the managed cloud tier.
Business model
Free to self-host, with a paid managed hosting tier for teams that prefer not to run their own infrastructure.
Go-to-market
Developers at startups and enterprises adopt SuperTokens self-serve, starting from an npm initializer or SDK integration that targets production readiness within a day.
From the Y Combinator listing
Open source alternative to Auth0 / AWS Cognito / Firebase Auth
SuperTokens is building open source authentication (as an alternative to Auth0, Firebase and AWS Cognito). Add secure, hassle free authentication to your app in 1 day. We enable startups to launch quicker and focus on their core product offering 1. We're easier to implement as we take a modular approach - making it possible to pick only the features you need for your use case. This means you need not worry about complications associated with other features (eg: SSO and OAuth if you don’t need it) and this in turn makes it easier to implement and manage SuperTokens. 2. Developer's can own and manage their user's data. 3. SuperTokens can be run on your premise for free and also has a generous hosted tier for those who dont want to manage it themselves. SuperTokens is being used by hundreds of developers across the globe.
Facts
- B2B / B2B -> Security
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 10
- Active
- Early
Founders (1)
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