# Kinde vs TrueCaaS

**Leader by Vioscale AI score:** Kinde

| Attribute | Kinde | TrueCaaS |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale AI score** | 69.6 (70% (medium)) | 53.5 (18% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An authentication service that provides multiple SDKs across different platforms. Comparable to Auth0 but includes additional billing and feature flagging functionality. | TrueCaaS is a multi-tenant identity and authorization control plane for SaaS applications, enterprise applications, APIs, and AI agents. It provides authentication, enterprise federation, application-level roles and privileges, runtime authorization and entitlement decisions, machine and agent identities, governance, and audit trails through a centralized platform.

TrueCaaS complements existing identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and enterprise directories rather than requiring organizations to replace them. Applications can authenticate users through TrueCaaS and make real-time authorization decisions based on the tenant, application, identity, requested action, privileges, and surrounding context.

Built around a Tenant → Environment → Application architecture, TrueCaaS is designed for organizations building multi-tenant SaaS platforms, customer and partner applications, enterprise applications, APIs, and agentic systems that need consistent identity and authorization without rebuilding those capabilities inside every application. |
| features.capabilities | `{"mfa":true,"saml_sso":true,"open_source":true,"passwordless":true,"social_login":true}` | `{"mfa":true,"oidc":true,"rbac":true,"hosting":"both","saml_sso":true,"hosted_ui":"hosted","passwordless":true,"b2b_multi_tenant":true,"passkeys_webauthn":true}` |
| integrations.count | 5 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Stripe"},{"name":"TrustPath.io"},{"name":"Entra ID"},{"name":"SAML"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"}]` | `[{"name":"Active Directory","native":true,"category":"federation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"LDAP","native":true,"category":"federation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"SAML","native":true,"category":"federation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"OIDC","native":true,"category":"federation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Webhooks","native":true,"direction":"outbound"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| media.logo | - | https://www.truecaas.io/_next/image?url=%2Ftruecaas-logo-tb.png&w=1920&q=75 |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$25/month","features":["1 True Clone™","10 virtual clones","Unlimited email support","Patented no-impersonation technology™","Free feature flags"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $25/month. Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://kinde.com/learn/billing/billing-for-ai/ai-token-pricing-optimization-dynamic-cost-management-for-llm-powered-saas/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:30:15.037Z","startingPrice":{"amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Developer","summary":"$29/month","features":["Hosted login + redirect flow","Passkeys + MFA","Starter RBAC for one app"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For developers validating TrueCaaS in a real tenant app before production rollout","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"audit_logs":"7 days","support_tickets":"2/month","included_end_users":"1","mfa_requests_per_minute":"30","oidc_requests_per_minute":"120","source_ip_requests_per_minute":"3600"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$99/month","features":["Hosted login","OIDC / OAuth2","Passkeys","TOTP MFA","Email MFA","RBAC","REST API","Webhooks"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Start fast with hosted login, MFA, and app RBAC for your first production customer app","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"audit_logs":"30 days","support_tickets":"10/month","included_end_users":"3000","mfa_requests_per_minute":"180","oidc_requests_per_minute":"300","mcp_access_checks_per_min":"60"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"$349/month (Most popular)","features":["Hosted login","OIDC / OAuth2","Passkeys","TOTP MFA","Email MFA","SMS MFA","RBAC","REST API","Webhooks","MCP API","IRP API","Managed tenants","Audit export","Custom domain","Priority support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":349,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For production products with real growth and automation needs","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"audit_logs":"30 days","support_tickets":"10/month","included_end_users":"9000","mfa_requests_per_minute":"180","oidc_requests_per_minute":"300","mcp_access_checks_per_min":"360","oidc_client_requests_per_minute":"10000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","summary":"$899/month","features":["Hosted login","OIDC / OAuth2","Passkeys","TOTP MFA","Email MFA","SMS MFA","RBAC","REST API","Webhooks","MCP API","IRP API","Managed tenants","Audit export","Custom domain","Priority support","BYOK Enabled","Display Logo","Feature Tracking","Governed Actions","Migration Supported"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":899,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For public-facing platforms with large user populations","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"audit_logs":"90 days","support_tickets":"25/month","included_end_users":"9000","mfa_requests_per_minute":"600","oidc_requests_per_minute":"900","mcp_access_checks_per_min":"360","source_ip_requests_per_minute":"3600","oidc_client_requests_per_minute":"10000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth Yearly","summary":"$3,560/year","commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":3560,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Scale Yearly","summary":"$9,170/year","commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":9170,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $29/month. SaaS, Licensed, and Managed deployment models available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.truecaas.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-06T14:17:12.316Z","startingPrice":{"amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":29,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | - | https://www.truecaas.io/security |

## Capabilities (Auth & Identity Software)

| Capability | Kinde | TrueCaaS |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | - | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Methods** |  |  |
| Social login | ✓ | - |
| Passwordless | ✓ | ✓ |
| Passkeys / WebAuthn | - | ✓ |
| Multi-factor auth | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Enterprise** |  |  |
| SAML SSO | ✓ | ✓ |
| SCIM provisioning | - | - |
| B2B / multi-tenancy | - | ✓ |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenID Connect provider | - | ✓ |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Hosted UI | - | Hosted |
| **Access** |  |  |
| RBAC | - | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Self-hostable OSS core | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale AI. Generated 2026-09-06T18:39:55.686Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*
