{"data":{"slug":"kinde","name":"Kinde","tagline":"Hosted auth plus billing, $0 forever, 10,500 MAU, no OSS","category":"nextjs","categoryName":"Next.js","url":"https://kinde.com","github":null,"pricing":"freemium","hook":"Kinde is Clerk-shaped auth that also meters subscriptions — and Free is actually $0 forever.","whatsGood":"Hosted, no OSS product. Free is $0 forever, no credit card, 10,500 MAU. Auth plus subscriptions/billing on Free. Billing take-rate 0.7%. Users charged more than USD $4/month via Kinde do not count as MAU. MFA, social, orgs, custom domain on Free.","theCatch":"Not self-host. Kinde branding stays on Free. SMS is 10 included. Pro is $25/mo to uncap MAU and drop branding. Distinct from Polar (Apache MoR, not an IdP) and Clerk (auth UI, no 0.7% billing take-rate on Free).","verdict":"Hosted auth+billing with a real $0 forever plan. No repo to fork; branding until Pro.","addedAt":"2026-09-03","featured":false,"domain":"Auth","subSpecialty":"Auth","capabilities":["auth","billing"],"surfaces":["Hosted"],"ecosystem":["Node.js","Browser"],"licenseModel":"Freemium","githubStars":null},"related":[{"slug":"vercel","name":"Vercel","tagline":"The platform that made Next.js deployment trivial"},{"slug":"prisma","name":"Prisma","tagline":"Type-safe database access with killer DX"},{"slug":"drizzle","name":"Drizzle ORM","tagline":"TypeScript ORM that feels like SQL"},{"slug":"trpc","name":"tRPC","tagline":"End-to-end typesafe APIs without codegen"},{"slug":"clerk","name":"Clerk","tagline":"Auth that actually ships with your UI"}],"links":{"self":"/api/gems/kinde","html":"/gems/kinde","markdown":"/gems/kinde.md","category":"/api/gems?category=nextjs","categoryPage":"/stacks/nextjs"}}