{"data":{"slug":"zitadel","name":"ZITADEL","tagline":"AGPLv3 identity Cloud at US$0/Month — 100 DAU, not Logto 50k MAU","category":"nextjs","categoryName":"Next.js","url":"https://zitadel.com","github":"https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel","pricing":"freemium","hook":"ZITADEL is the AGPL IdP whose Cloud is actually US$0 — until the 100th daily user.","whatsGood":"AGPLv3. Cloud Free is US$0/Month: 100 Daily Active Users, unlimited stored users, 3 identity providers, unlimited organizations. Data residency EU, US, Switzerland, Australia. Self-host the same stack. Not Logto (50k MAU Cloud), not Hanko (10k MAU passkeys), not authentik (MIT-core, no Cloud).","theCatch":"Loud: the wall is 100 DAU, not Logto 50k MAU. AGPLv3 is network copyleft — Cloud or self-host, the license is loud. Pro is US$100/Month for 25k DAU. Distinct from Hanko passkeys-first Cloud and authentik no-hosted-hatch.","verdict":"AGPL identity with a real $0 Cloud. 100 DAU is the meter; self-host if that is a joke.","addedAt":"2026-09-03","featured":false,"domain":"Auth","subSpecialty":"Auth","capabilities":["auth","identity"],"surfaces":["Self-host","Hosted"],"ecosystem":["Go"],"licenseModel":"Freemium","githubStars":14935},"related":[{"slug":"vercel","name":"Vercel","tagline":"The platform that made Next.js deployment trivial"},{"slug":"prisma","name":"Prisma","tagline":"Type-safe database access with killer DX"},{"slug":"drizzle","name":"Drizzle ORM","tagline":"TypeScript ORM that feels like SQL"},{"slug":"trpc","name":"tRPC","tagline":"End-to-end typesafe APIs without codegen"},{"slug":"clerk","name":"Clerk","tagline":"Auth that actually ships with your UI"}],"links":{"self":"/api/gems/zitadel","html":"/gems/zitadel","markdown":"/gems/zitadel.md","category":"/api/gems?category=nextjs","categoryPage":"/stacks/nextjs"}}