Kinde vs WorkOS
No clear leader: WorkOS (71.6) and Kinde (68.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for auth & identity software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Kinde
A developer-centric platform that provides authentication (passwordless, social login, SSO, MFA), subscription billing integration, and feature flags to help SaaS teams build and monetize products with security built in.
WorkOS
A developer-focused authentication platform that provides single sign-on, SCIM user provisioning, role-based access control, and multi-factor authentication for SaaS applications. Designed to help companies quickly support enterprise security requirements without extensive in-house implementation.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Kinde
From $25/month. Free tier available.
- Starter$25/month
- 1 True Clone™
- 10 virtual clones
- Unlimited email support
- Patented no-impersonation technology™
- Free feature flags
WorkOS
Free up to 1,000,000 MAUs. $2,500/month per additional million MAUs. $125/month per SSO-enabled organization.
- FreeFree
- Single Sign-On (SAML & OIDC)
- SCIM provisioning
- Role-based access control
- Bot detection
- Identity linking
- +5 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Kinde
- Stripe
- TrustPath.io
- Entra ID
- SAML
- GitHub Actions
WorkOS
- Slack
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Xero
- Rippling
- ADP
- Intuit
- GitHub
- Microsoft
- Apple
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.