Descope Pricing in May 2026

Descope's pricing follows tiered structure: Free Plan for up to 7,500 MAU + basic features, Production at $0.05/MAU after 7,500, Enterprise custom-quote with SAML SSO and custom features. Real-world Descope bills for B2B SaaS land at $50-500/month for early-stage; mid-stage SaaS hit $2K-15K/month.

The Free Plan offer is genuinely valuable for early-stage validation. Eligibility is broad. The strategic decision: Descope's value is the drag-and-drop authentication and user management with passwordless flows — visual workflow builder for auth flows, passkeys, social login, and MFA. For teams who want to design custom auth flows without coding each step, Descope's workflow builder is uniquely positioned. The free tier is the right time to validate whether visual workflow auth fits your team's needs. For broader auth alternatives, Auth0 (Okta) is the dominant enterprise alternative. Clerk targets modern SaaS with polished React components. Stytch targets passwordless-first managed. Supabase Auth bundles with Supabase BaaS. Firebase Authentication targets mobile-first. WorkOS targets enterprise SSO. PropelAuth and Frontegg target B2B-multi-tenant. For specifically open-source self-hosted, Hanko, Ory Kratos, FusionAuth, and Keycloak compete. For specifically passkey-and-passwordless-first auth, Stytch and Hanko both support passkeys. For specifically visual workflow auth flows (Descope's distinctive feature), no major competitor matches at this level. For most teams choosing default auth, Clerk or Auth0 typically win on velocity. For passwordless-first with strong UX, Stytch or Hanko compete. Descope's specific niche is visual workflow auth builder — useful for teams designing complex custom flows that pre-built libraries cannot easily express.