General
Vision
Authentication for the passkey era
Provide people with secure access to any application in one-click or less
Geography
Europe
USA
Datacenter operator
German providers (2 independent providers)
AWS
Pricing
Simple and transparent pricing model
Opaque pricing – often only cheap at first sight but not with additional requirements
seamless user transition
Login UX
AI-based smart transitioning of existing users to passkeys
Integration of existing 2FA methods
Ready to use SMS OTP
Additional protection of existing users
Low integration effort
Existing user base
Greenfield
Flexibility
Due to web component and API approach
Due to strong web component reliance
Complexity
Lightweight auth layer on top of running authentication
Large migration project to migrate user data to Auth0
All data in customer database
Two-way synchronization with customer database
Expose all user data to provider
Cross-platform & -device
Mobile- / native-first design
Login based on device type
Device management
Improved passkey Ux
Passkey focus
Adjusted passkey UX and phrasing for every platform and device
Intelligent detection of passkey support
User onboarding to passkeys
Strategic approach
Passwordless-first
Legacy password-based
Widget only as UI layer and uses data from customer database
Widget requires data from Auth0 database
Due to API-first approach
Due to strong reliance on widgets
Integration
Passkeys
Security & privacy
Other
Simple and transparent pricing model. Decreases as you scale
Opaque pricing – often only cheap at first sight but not with additional requirements. Basic passwordless often only available in enterprise plans
Strategic approach
Passwordless-first
Flexible API-first
Widget only as UI layer and uses data from customer database
Due to API-first approach
Integration
Risk-free plugin
No lock-in to Corbado
Passkeys
Detection of user-preferred authentication method
Adjusted CX and phrasing for every platform and device. Device management optimized for passkeys. Intelligent detection of passkey support and fallbacks. Optimized customer onboarding to passkeys
Dedicated push towards passkeys and passwordless future
Intuitive passkeys recovery services (with passwordless options)
Security & privacy
Automatic credential stuffing protection and automatic risk-based 2FA for all accounts
Germany
German provider
English, German
Other
SMS OTP and email magic links ready-to-use
All data in customer database
Simple and transparent pricing model. Decreases as you scale
Strategic approach
Legacy password-based
Rigid widget-first
Widget requires data from Auth0 database
Due to strong reliance on widgets with little options for customization
Integration
Migration project with export of all customer data to Auth0
Strong lock-in to Auth0
Passkeys
Static selection of authentication method
Standard passkeys features
Passkeys and passwordless not directly pushed inferior to password-based login
No dedicated passkeys recovery services
Security & privacy
No out-of-the-box credential stuffing protection and no risk-based 2FA
USA
AWS
English
Other
SMS OTP and email magic links require own communication APIs
All data in Auth0 database
Opaque pricing – often only cheap at first sight but not with additional requirementsBasic passwordless often only available in enterprise plans