# Auth0 alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 361 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Auth0 holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/auth0/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Microsoft Entra ID: 85
- Cisco Duo: 67
- Okta Verify: 20
- Clerk: 18
- YubiKey: 14
- Google Authenticator: 11

## Customer identity and access management

**Small business**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Auth0 (Auth0 is #4 of 15 at 11%).

- Clerk: first choice in 18 of those 54
- Kinde: first choice in 6 of those 54
- WorkOS AuthKit: first choice in 6 of those 54
- Frontegg: first choice in 5 of those 54
- Descope: first choice in 4 of those 54
- PropelAuth: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Supabase Auth: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Amazon Cognito: first choice in 1 of those 54

**Mid-market**: 41 of 84 answers did not name Auth0 (Auth0 is #1 of 16 at 34%).

- FusionAuth: first choice in 3 of those 41
- Firebase Authentication: first choice in 2 of those 41
- Frontegg: first choice in 2 of those 41
- Keycloak: first choice in 2 of those 41
- Kinde: first choice in 2 of those 41
- WorkOS AuthKit: first choice in 2 of those 41
- miniOrange: first choice in 2 of those 41
- Amazon Cognito: first choice in 1 of those 41

**Enterprise**: 43 of 84 answers did not name Auth0 (Auth0 is #1 of 13 at 38%).

- FusionAuth: first choice in 4 of those 43
- Ping Identity: first choice in 4 of those 43
- Okta: first choice in 3 of those 43
- Auth0 [Okta Customer Identity Cloud]: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Auth0/Okta Customer Identity Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Curity Identity Server: first choice in 1 of those 43
- IBM Verify: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Keycloak: first choice in 1 of those 43

## Multi-factor authentication

**Small business**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Auth0 (Auth0 is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- Cisco Duo: first choice in 26 of those 73
- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 24 of those 73
- Google Authenticator: first choice in 7 of those 73
- Google Workspace 2-Step Verification: first choice in 7 of those 73
- Microsoft Authenticator: first choice in 6 of those 73
- Microsoft 365: first choice in 3 of those 73
- YubiKey: first choice in 3 of those 73
- Built-in MFA from Microsoft or Google: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Mid-market**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Auth0 (Auth0 is #8 of 11 at 0%).

- Cisco Duo: first choice in 23 of those 69
- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 20 of those 69
- YubiKey: first choice in 8 of those 69
- Okta Verify: first choice in 5 of those 69
- Google Authenticator: first choice in 4 of those 69
- Google Titan: first choice in 3 of those 69
- Google Workspace 2-Step Verification: first choice in 3 of those 69
- Microsoft Authenticator: first choice in 3 of those 69

**Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Auth0 (Auth0 is #5 of 8 at 2%).

- Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 41 of those 81
- Cisco Duo: first choice in 18 of those 81
- Okta Verify: first choice in 15 of those 81
- YubiKey: first choice in 3 of those 81
- FIDO2/WebAuthn: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Google Titan: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Ping Identity: first choice in 2 of those 81
- FIDO2 security keys: first choice in 1 of those 81

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