Passwordless Authentication Solutions for Builders

Remove the burden of password management. Add passwordless authentication, passkeys, WebAuthn, and email or SMS one-time codes, to improve security and user experience.

Traditional username and password authentication is vulnerable to password reuse, phishing, and social engineering attacks. Passwordless authentication eliminates the password as an attack vector, delivering phishing-resistant security with passkeys, WebAuthn, and one-time codes.

Passwordless security that eliminates attack vectors

Passwords are the most exploited attack vector — reuse, phishing, and credential stuffing all start there. Passwordless authentication removes the password entirely, closing the vector that drives most account takeovers.

Passkey Authentication

Let users sign in with the biometrics already on their devices. No passwords to forget, reset, or phish. Passkeys are phishing-resistant by design and sync securely across a user's devices.

Email & SMS One-Time Codes

Best-practice email and SMS one-time passcode (OTP) login, optimized for every device across desktop, tablet, and mobile. The fastest passwordless method to roll out to an existing user base.

WebAuthn Authentication

Built on the WebAuthn standard, users register and log in with public-key cryptography instead of a shared secret, the open standard underpinning passkeys and hardware security keys.

Integrations

Go passwordless in minutes

Turn on passwordless authentication with a switch in the built-in Ory Account Experience, or wire it into your own UI with the API and SDKs for Go, JavaScript, PHP, and more.

More on passwordless authentication

1. The case for device binding: what it actually protects
   Most authentication proves someone holds the right credential, not which device they're holding it on. Device binding (also called device authentication) closes that gap: a private key generated in a phone's secure hardware, attested by Apple or Google, and used for step-up approval or full passwordless login via PIN or biometrics.

2. What Is Magic Link Authentication and How Does It Work
   Magic link authentication sends a one-time login URL instead of a password. Learn how it works, where it fits, and how it compares to OTPs and passkeys.

3. The Real Benefits of Passwordless Authentication Explained
   Passwordless authentication removes shared secrets. See how passkeys improve phishing resistance, UX, support costs, and MFA fatigue, plus rollout trade-offs.

4. Why most CIAM and B2B platforms fail at data residency, and what Ory does differently
   Regulations require user data to stay within borders, but most CIAM and B2B platforms can't move it without rebuilding accounts. Ory can.