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What SenseCrypt adds
Auth0 supports many ways to sign a user in, from passwords and social logins to passwordless options. SenseCrypt supports one: the user looks at the camera. Nothing is typed and nothing is read out over the phone, so there is no shared secret for an attacker to collect on a fake login page.
That single choice is the whole design argument. Everything below follows from removing the secret instead of protecting it better.
The match runs on the device
Capture and face matching happen on the user's own device. The server keeps no face image and no face template, so there is no face gallery to breach, subpoena, or migrate later.
The face token is single use
Each sign-in spends one token and that token is then dead. A copy captured in transit buys an attacker nothing, and the tokenization is patent-pending.
Nothing to read out at sign-in
A one-time PIN appears once in the whole lifecycle, when a new device is bound; it is emailed, and also sent by SMS when a mobile number is on file. Sign-in itself has no password and no shared code, which is the reason it resists phishing.
Liveness is certified, recognition is evaluated
Liveness holds iBeta ISO 30107-3 certification at Level 1 and Level 2, which covers presentation attacks at the camera such as a printed photo or a mask; app attestation and device authenticity checks block virtual-camera and SDK injection. Face recognition entered the NIST evaluation in 2021 and is maintained through our latest submissions.
Where each fits
Both are full identity providers, so the honest question is not which one has more features. It is what you are optimizing for: the breadth of an established ecosystem, or a sign-in method that cannot be phished.
Auth0 has been in the market for years and covers customer and workforce identity across a wide surface. SenseCrypt is younger and deliberately narrow.
Auth0 is the broader platform
It carries a large catalog of connections and extension points, and years of public answers to awkward edge cases. If your requirements list is long and varied, that breadth is worth real money.
SenseCrypt is narrow on purpose
One sign-in method, hardened, with no password path left behind it to weaken the result. That is a strength when phishing is your real risk and a constraint when it is not.
The protocol layer is common ground
Both speak OIDC, OAuth 2.0 and SAML 2.0, so the integration code your apps already hold is largely portable. Decide on sign-in method and operating fit, not on wire format.
Use them together
Most teams cannot pull out an identity provider that already holds their apps and their audit history, and they should not have to. Auth0 accepts an external identity provider over OIDC or SAML. SenseCrypt is one.
So face login becomes a connection you add, not a migration you schedule. Auth0 stays the front door, and what changes is the moment of proof.
Auth0 keeps the user directory
Your applications keep pointing at Auth0, and sessions, policies and user records stay where they are. Nothing about your existing app integration has to be rewritten.
SenseCrypt becomes the proof step
Auth0 hands the user to SenseCrypt, the face ceremony runs on the device, and SenseCrypt returns a standard token or assertion. Auth0 then issues the application session exactly as before.
Start with one app or one pilot group
Federation is set up as a connection, so you can route a single application or a small group through face login and leave everyone else on the current method. Widen it when the support queue tells you it holds.
Standards, controls, and pricing in SenseCrypt
Because SenseCrypt is a full identity provider, the protocol surface is not a bolt-on. You integrate with the same OIDC or SAML code you would write for any other provider. On authorization, SenseCrypt emits roles and permissions in the token and your application enforces them, while SenseCrypt itself runs a default-closed group gate at sign-in and capability checks on the admin console routes.
The price is one dollar per user per month with a 20-seat minimum, and that is the list price rather than the whole bill. Non-exportable signing-key custody adds twenty dollars per key per month, and each tenant or custom domain past the three included in every account costs ten dollars per month. Customer identities bill as monthly active users, so an account that does not sign in that month costs nothing. The 30-day trial takes no card.
- OIDC and OAuth 2.0, with PKCE and pushed authorization requests.
- SAML 2.0 for the applications that federate that way.
- SCIM 2.0 for user and group provisioning.
- CIBA, where the backchannel push starts a device-bound face ceremony instead of a tap to approve.
- Role-based access control, multi-tenant isolation, and audit logs.
SenseCrypt and Auth0 across common identity dimensions.
| Dimension | SenseCrypt | Auth0 |
|---|---|---|
| Primary sign-in method | Passwordless face login | Varies by plan |
| Biometric data on server | None; face matching on-device | Varies by plan |
| Open standards | OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML 2.0, SCIM 2.0, CIBA | Supported |
| Phishing-resistant by design | Yes; no password or shared code to enter | Varies by plan |
| Use as external IdP | Yes; federate SenseCrypt into Auth0 | Supported |
| Pricing model | One dollar per user per month (20-seat minimum) | Varies by plan |
Frequently asked questions
Is SenseCrypt an Auth0 alternative?
Yes. SenseCrypt is a full identity provider with passwordless face login. You can use it instead of Auth0, or alongside it.
Can I use SenseCrypt with Auth0?
Yes. SenseCrypt speaks open standards. You can federate SenseCrypt into Auth0 as an external identity provider.
Does SenseCrypt store my biometric data?
No. SenseCrypt matches the face on-device. SenseCrypt stores no face image and no face template. It uses a single-use face token.
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