Logto alternatives
The highest-scoring alternative to Logto is Permit.io at 79/100 on the AgentReady, against 58/100 for Logto.
All scored in Authentication & Identity.
| Score | Alternative | Compare |
|---|---|---|
| 79 | Permit.io | - |
| 74 | Supabase | - |
| 65 | Scalekit | - |
| 65 | Stripe | - |
| 64 | Speakeasy | - |
| 63 | Auth0 | - |
| 61 | Descope | - |
| 61 | WorkOS | - |
| 59 | Propelauth | - |
| 58 | Mcp | - |
| 57 | Better Auth | - |
| 57 | Frontegg | - |
| 56 | Unkey | - |
| 55 | Ory | - |
| 54 | Kinde | - |
| 54 | Nebius | - |
| 54 | SuperTokens | - |
| 52 | Bump | - |
| 51 | Stytch | - |
| 48 | Clerk | - |
| 48 | Hanko | - |
| 48 | Stoplight | - |
| 47 | Twilio | - |
| 46 | Cerbos | - |
| 41 | - |
What Permit.io does that Logto does not
Permit.io passes mcp discoverable, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, programmatic credential creation, copyable quickstart, cli available, mcp integration available, structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, and Logto fails them. That is the whole of the gap between the two scores, so if none of those matter to your agent the ranking above overstates the difference.
Why people look for an alternative
Logto fails mcp discoverable, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, cli available, mcp integration available, structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified. Each one is a place an unattended run stops, which is usually what sends someone looking in the first place.
Where Logto loses the points
| Pillar | Logto | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Discover | 87 | Can an agent find it at all: sitemap, robots, structured data. |
| Understand | 54 | Is there a spec, an llms.txt, a machine-readable description. |
| Adopt | 50 | Signup, keys, SDKs, and whether a human has to be involved. |
| Operate | 39 | Rate-limit headers, errors, status, and behaviour under load. |
Logto is weakest on operate at 39/100. Missing rate-limit headers mean an agent finds the limit by hitting it. If that is the part your agent depends on, take the ranking above seriously; if it is not, Logto may still be the right pick.
What an agent runs into with Logto
These are the findings from the last audit on 2026-08-23. Each one is a place unattended software stops, which is the practical reason to look at the list above.
- Ship an MCP server so agents can call you as a tool.
- Publish MCP install instructions so agents can discover the server.
- Flesh out the OpenAPI: paths, schemas, and descriptions.
- Document error responses as an enum in your OpenAPI.
- Let agents create API keys programmatically.
- Return X-RateLimit / Retry-After headers so agents pace themselves.
- Add request examples to your API reference.
- Add response examples to your API reference.
What this category actually supports
Across the 26 products scored in Authentication & Identity, authenticate users is offered by 69%, social / oauth login is offered by 54%, enterprise sso is offered by 50%, manage orgs & roles is offered by 38%. Anything under half is a gap you should expect to fill yourself whichever one you pick.
An agent can get this list directly: resolve("alternative to Logto") over the MCP server, or GET /v1/categories/auth.