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Alternatives to Google Authenticator
19 cybersecurity tools sit alongside Google Authenticator in this directory. Below is what separates each from Google Authenticator on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 0
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Google Authenticator starts at
- Free
Why people look past Google Authenticator
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Google Authenticator entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Google Authenticator publishes a single plan, Free at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Real-time transaction fraud and financial crime detection for banks and payment processors
- No free tier, where Google Authenticator has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Free, no in-app purchases.
Workforce and customer authentication from a certificate authority
- No free tier, where Google Authenticator has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $2/month, where Google Authenticator does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Free, no in-app purchases.
- 2 tiers to Google Authenticator's 1.
Adaptive behavioural analytics for payment fraud and financial crime
- No free tier, where Google Authenticator has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Free, no in-app purchases.
Large Chinese video platform that US federal buyers and federal contractors cannot lawfully use
- No free tier, where Google Authenticator has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Free, no in-app purchases.
Unified video, access control and licence plate platform sold in perpetual channel licences plus an annual maintenance contract
- No free tier, where Google Authenticator has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Free, no in-app purchases.
Managed video for restaurants and convenience stores that pairs camera footage with point of sale transaction data
- No free tier, where Google Authenticator has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Free, no in-app purchases.
Every Google Authenticator alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Google Authenticator badges page.
What you would be giving up
Google Authenticator is most often brought in for someone setting up two-factor authentication on a website that asks for a totp app, a user who wants codes to survive a lost or replaced phone via account sync, someone who prefers a simple, free, single-purpose authenticator over a password manager's built-in one, a person migrating between phones who wants existing 2fa codes to transfer automatically. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Google Authenticator is broadly right and the question is cost, the Google Authenticator pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Cybersecurity category lists everything the directory holds, and best cybersecurity tools ranks them.
Google Authenticator runs on ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Google Authenticator alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Google Authenticator?
- 19 other cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by Feedzai, Entrust Identity as a Service, Featurespace ARIC Risk Hub, Dahua Technology. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Google Authenticator?
- None of the cybersecurity tools listed alongside Google Authenticator publish a free tier on the record we hold.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Google Authenticator?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Google Authenticator?
- Google Authenticator is most often brought in for someone setting up two-factor authentication on a website that asks for a totp app, a user who wants codes to survive a lost or replaced phone via account sync, someone who prefers a simple, free, single-purpose authenticator over a password manager's built-in one, a person migrating between phones who wants existing 2fa codes to transfer automatically. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Google Authenticator?
- None of the cybersecurity tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Google Authenticator alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Cybersecurity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Google Authenticator against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Google Authenticator covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every cybersecurity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Cybersecurity category, 19 tools beside Google Authenticator. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.