Case Study: Topcoder goes upmarket and cuts identity development time by 90% with Auth0

How Topcoder Went Upmarket Using Auth0

Topcoder is a global crowdsourcing platform and Wipro subsidiary with roughly 1.5 million designers, developers, and data scientists serving clients like Microsoft, T‑Mobile, Harvard Medical School, and NASA. As Topcoder grew and pursued regulated, upmarket customers, building and maintaining in‑house identity and authentication became a recurring drain on developer time and introduced security and maintenance risks that threatened product focus and growth.

Topcoder adopted Auth0 (moving from the free tier to a paid engagement and professional services) to outsource identity. Auth0 provided secure features like M2M tokens, streamlined acquisitions and login integrations, and bolstered credibility with enterprise customers — cutting developer time spent on identity from a work year to a work month (about a 90% reduction) and significantly reducing complaints.

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Dave Messinger

CTO