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Better Auth compared with Captapi
DetailBetter Auth logo Better AuthCaptapi logo Captapi
What it doesThe most comprehensive authentication framework One REST API for structured data from 33 social platforms
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Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFramework is free and open source. Managed infrastructure: Starter $0/month, Pro $20/month, Enterprise custom. Pro plan includes $0.001 per email and $0.09 per SMS for transactional communications. Self-service SSO and Directory Sync start at $50/month per connection. Custom domain for Dashboard and Free: 100 lifetime credits, 40 requests/minute. Starter: $9/month with 2,000 monthly credits, 120 requests/minute. Pro: $27/month with 6,000 monthly credits, 300 requests/minute. Business: $90/month with 20,000 monthly credits, 600 requests/minute. All plans include access to all 179 APIs. Credits d
Key features
  • Works with Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro, Hono, and 20+ more frameworks
  • Built-in credential authentication with sessions, email verification, and password reset
  • Social sign-on with 34+ providers including Google, GitHub, Apple, Discord
  • Multi-tenancy with teams, roles, invitations, and access control
  • Enterprise features: SSO, SAML 2.0, SCIM, directory sync
  • 50+ authentication methods including passkeys, magic links, API keys, JWTs
  • Auth for AI agents with MCP auth, token exchange, and agent delegation
  • Security features: bot detection, IP blocking, email validation
  • User management dashboard with session monitoring and organization oversight
  • Transcripts and AI summaries powered by GPT-4o-mini
  • Comments, replies, and profile statistics
  • Keyword, hashtag, and user search across platforms
  • Structured JSON responses without HTML parsing
  • MCP server for AI agents like Claude and Cursor
  • Official CLI and TypeScript SDK
  • HMAC-signed webhooks for monitoring and alerts
  • Automatic metric history time series
  • Batch endpoint for up to 20 calls per request
  • 24-hour shared cache with optional free cache hits
What makes it different
  • Declarative configuration as code instead of dashboard clicks, version controlled and reviewable in PRs
  • Bring your own database instead of being locked into a specific provider
  • 50+ authentication methods and growing with plugin ecosystem
  • Real-time threat detection before it reaches users with Sentinel
  • Built by community of 987+ contributors
  • One API key works across 33 platforms with 179 endpoints instead of separate SDKs and OAuth flows
  • No OAuth or per-platform API keys required
  • Pay only for successful data extraction, not for failed requests or cache hits
  • Cross-platform analytics with normalized metrics in one consistent format
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)77 no change since last check30 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)2412
Citation Flow (Majestic)4438
Referring domains (Majestic)2738263

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