Kinde alternatives, ranked by what you’d actually pay
Answer: As of 2026-10-30: at 10k users Kinde Free costs $0/mo and 0 of 7 priceable alternatives are cheaper; at 50k users Kinde Pro costs $716.25/mo and 5 of 5 priceable alternatives are cheaper (cheapest: Clerk Hobby at $0/mo, $8,595/yr less); at 100k users Kinde Plus costs $1533.85/mo and 5 of 5 priceable alternatives are cheaper (cheapest: WorkOS AuthKit at $0/mo, $18,406/yr less).
| Vendor (cheapest verified plan) | 10k users | 50k users | 100k users | 50k + 5 SSO | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinde (current) | $0 Free | $716.25 Pro | $1533.85 Plus | $718.85 Plus | |
| Clerk | $0 Hobby | $0 Hobby | $1025 Pro | $325 Pro | Kinde vs Clerk |
| WorkOS | $0 AuthKit | $0 AuthKit | $0 AuthKit | $625 AuthKit | Kinde vs WorkOS |
| Logto | $0 Free | $0 Free | $24* Pro | $264* Pro | Kinde vs Logto |
| Supabase Auth | $0 Free (platform) | $0 Free (platform) | $25 Pro (platform) | $39.25 Pro (platform) | Kinde vs Supabase Auth |
| Amazon Cognito | $0 Lite | $220 Lite | $495.00 Lite | $234.25 Lite | Kinde vs Amazon Cognito |
| Auth0 | $0 Free | — | — | — | Kinde vs Auth0 |
| Stytch | $0 Pay as you go (B2B) | — | — | — | Kinde vs Stytch |
Monthly USD list prices, cheapest verified plan per vendor for each scenario, sorted by 50k-user cost. “—” = no fixed published price for that volume (custom / contact sales, or overage not printed). Billing units differ: Clerk counts retained users (MRU), most others MAU. * Logto Pro bills access tokens, not MAU (50k tokens included, then $0.08 per 100) — the figure is base fee only; token overage depends on your usage. How we calculate this.
Why teams leave Kinde
Free $0 / Pro $25 / Plus $75 / Scale $250. Each includes 10,500 MAU; Pro overage $0.0175/MAU. Plus and Scale include unlimited enterprise SSO at no per-connection fee. Free/Pro include 1 SSO connection.
Source: kinde.com/pricing/ · 2026-10-30
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Unit (MAU), SSO per-connection fees, and MFA availability change the ranking more than the headline price. Run your exact numbers in the calculator and read MAU vs MRU.
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