Descope
Proprietary auth: Free Forever 7500 MAUs / 10 tenants / 3 SSO
Auth / Auth · Freemium
Reviewed 2026-09-04
What's Good
Free Forever: 7500 MAUs / 10 tenants / 3 SSO. Visual flows, passkeys, SSO on the free band. Fast to ship customer auth.
The Catch
Proprietary — not OSS. Free Forever caps are real; above them is paid. Vs Clerk/Logto/Kinde/WorkOS/Hanko/Better Auth. Distinct from Clerk, Logto, Kinde, WorkOS, Hanko, and Better Auth.
Verdict
Proprietary auth. Free Forever 7.5k MAUs — not open source.
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