Aeion Auth vs Auth0 & Okta
Discover why modern enterprises are refusing to pay exorbitant "per-user" identity taxes to external IDPs when native, zero-cost security is an option.
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Decisive Architectural Advantages
Zero Identity Tax
Stop paying thousands of dollars a month just to let your users log in securely. Auth is a fundamental platform right, not a premium luxury.
No Database Syncing
With Auth0, you have to maintain a brittle synchronization between the Auth0 user store and your application's Postgres database. With Aeion Auth, the user identity *is* the application identity. One source of truth.
Native RBAC Integration
External IDPs don't understand your business logic. Because Aeion Auth sits directly on top of your application's data layer, you can enforce precise permissions (e.g., "User can edit Commerce Products but only view CRM Contacts") natively at the query level.
Complete Data Sovereignty
You own your user data, password hashes, and MFA secrets. You are never held hostage by a third-party vendor locking your users behind proprietary export gates.
When Auth0 or Okta Is the Right Choice
Native auth wins when your identity layer lives inside the same platform as your data. It is not the right tool for every shape of company, and it's worth being straight about where the incumbents still lead.
Frequently Asked Questions
Aeion manages the cryptography, OAuth PKCE flows, and session state under the hood. You get the peace of mind of a managed service without the vendor lock-in.
Yes. Includes hardened, pre-built adapters for Google, Microsoft Entra, GitHub, Apple, Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Discord, and Slack, plus a generic OIDC provider for custom setups.
The OAuth providers themselves don't move — Google, Microsoft, and the rest still issue the tokens; you swap the broker. Aeion's generic OIDC provider can even federate with Auth0 during a transition window so you can move users gradually without breaking active sessions.
Yes — both are included natively, with no per-connection fee. Native SAML 2.0 SSO (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, OneLogin, Ping) and SCIM 2.0 directory sync for automated user join/leave lifecycle.
SOC 2 Type II is ready with the audit motion in flight (attestation in progress), and the platform is built to support the controls enterprise security reviews ask for — immutable audit logs, per-tenant data isolation, and configurable retention. We describe compliance as "ready / attestation in progress," never as a finished certification we don't yet hold.