Okta to Acquire Auth0 for $6.5B
I hope this gives rise to another, smaller viable party outside of Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Perhaps I&#x27;m jaded, perhaps hopelessly biased - but I can only see this as a net negative.<p>Okta&#x27;s open source packages receive a pitiful amount of attention (for example: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;okta&#x2F;okta-oidc-js&#x2F;issues?q=is:issue+is:open+typescript" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;okta&#x2F;okta-oidc-js&#x2F;issues?q=is:issue+is%...</a>) with forks almost becoming a requirement. Auth0 by contrast has been &quot;on the ball&quot; for a long time with their offerings. Okta&#x27;s interfaces have been disjointed and inconsistent, confusing to users on a scale only surpassed by Jira, while Auth0&#x27;s have always been pleasant to use from a user and developer perspective.<p>From a personnel perspective, the two companies couldn&#x27;t be more different, with Auth0 embracing a remote-first-class culture with creative interview processes, and Okta (pre-covid) being very much the opposite. I interviewed with both, and the process at Auth0 had me walk away with respect, while contrasted with Okta that left me reminded that tech hiring is broken.<p>I&#x27;ll hold my breath for a short time that Auth0 is allowed to operate independently. Sadly I feel it&#x27;ll be inevitable that they&#x27;re eventually swallowed up by the mothership.