Acquisition
Mar 2026SuperTokens announced it acquired Rownd’s authentication business line and began migrating Rownd authentication customers; Rownd planned to sunset the legacy auth platform on 2026-06-20.
SourceOpen source alternative to Auth0 / AWS Cognito / Firebase Auth
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
SuperTokens is an open-source user authentication provider that helps developers add native authentication/user infrastructure quickly, with an open-core model and a free self-hosted option plus paid managed features for larger customers.
Primary product
Open-source user authentication platform / auth infrastructure (self-hosted and managed cloud)
Founded
2019
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Open-source authentication / identity and access management (IAM)
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
Open-core open source software
Managed cloud service
Paid enterprise add-ons
Custom pricing / consulting
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$5M
Latest round
Seed · Jan 2023
Latest amount
$3.5M
People & investors
Leadership
CEO & Founder
Co-founder and CTO (ex-CTO)
Lead Product Designer
Software Developer
Senior Software Engineer
Founder’s Office - Generalist
Work & culture
Engineering and careers materials emphasize first-principles thinking, customer-centricity, intellectual humility, consistency, hard work, high standards, ownership, innovation, and a no-hierarchy culture with flexible hours and remote-friendly work.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public signals are limited. One YC job listing referenced a remote-friendly US/CA Solutions Engineer role with a $90K-$160K salary range; the careers page also mentions competitive salary and equity.
Benefits
Competitive salary
Healthcare
Equity
Learning materials (e.g. MasterClass subscription)
Product & market
Pricing
Free self-hosted open-source core with managed cloud pricing at $0.02 per MAU; under 5,000 MAUs is free; paid add-ons and custom pricing for advanced enterprise features.
Differentiators
- —Open-core model with source-available codebase
- —Self-hosting on the customer’s own domain with no redirects
- —Modular auth approach
- —Bulk and lazy migration paths from other providers
- —Developer-friendly, framework-agnostic integration
- —Paid features only for larger companies, base features remain free
- —Supports owned user data and control over auth logic
Customers
Qloo
Stacker
Curology
Flightcontrol
Blitz.js
Grit.io
GraphQL Hive
Traceable.ai
FaunaDB
hi.health
Classcard
Outdocart
Competitors
Auth0
AWS Cognito
Firebase Auth
Keycloak
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Unknown; third-party estimates cited in evidence range from roughly $1.37M to $5M ARR, but this is not confirmed by SuperTokens.
Estimated monthly visits
55.2K
Traffic estimate as of May 2026
Signals & risks
Latest news
SuperTokens Blog · Mar 2026
SuperTokens announced it acquired Rownd’s authentication business line and took on customer migration planning.
SuperTokens Blog · Oct 2025
Official post announcing a new set of open-source auth plugins and extensions.
SuperTokens Blog · Jul 2025
Recap of the launch week announcements and product updates.
SuperTokens Blog · Jul 2025
Official blog post about a CLI overhaul as part of launch week.
SuperTokens Blog · Jun 2025
Official launch-week post outlining new auth improvements and product direction.
Jobs and careers at SuperTokens
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