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WorkOS compared to other Authentication & backend providers
Compare WorkOS by active-user allowances, social login, MFA, SSO, organizations and audit logs.
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50K
WorkOS
$0 / mo
Pay as you go · 50K monthly active users
Listed USD plan fees and tracked usage only. Unlisted compute, transfer, extras, taxes and contract terms are excluded. Custom or unsupported plan usage is not estimated.
Auth & Backend overview & pricing
| Auth & Backend | WorkOS |
|---|---|
| Provider | WorkOS |
| Billing unit | monthly active users |
| Plan at selected usage | Pay as you go |
| Monthly estimate | $0/mo |
| Workload | 50K monthly active users |
| Free access | 1M MAUs free (AuthKit) |
| Published plans | Pay as you go, Annual Credits |
| Prices checked | 2026-10-08 |
Provider
- WorkOS
- WorkOS
Billing unit
- WorkOS
- monthly active users
Plan at selected usage
- WorkOS
- Pay as you go
Monthly estimate
- WorkOS
- $0/mo
Workload
- WorkOS
- 50K monthly active users
Free access
- WorkOS
- 1M MAUs free (AuthKit)
Published plans
- WorkOS
- Pay as you go, Annual Credits
Prices checked
- WorkOS
- 2026-10-08
Auth & Backend monthly cost
WorkOS: $0
Cost by monthly active users
Cost curve data
| monthly active users | WorkOS |
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| 0 | $0 |
| 12.5K | $0 |
| 25K | $0 |
| 50K | $0 |
| 100K | $0 |
| 250K | $0 |
| 500K | $0 |
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- WorkOS
- $0
12.5K
- WorkOS
- $0
25K
- WorkOS
- $0
50K
- WorkOS
- $0
100K
- WorkOS
- $0
250K
- WorkOS
- $0
500K
- WorkOS
- $0
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WorkOS features & plan notes
- SSO + SCIM
- Admin portal
- Enterprise-ready
- Automatic volume discounts
- First 1 million active users free
- Deploy in minutes
- Dedicated Slack channel
- Transparent pricing
- Social Auth
- Email + Password
- Magic Auth
- Multi-Factor Auth (MFA)
- Email verification
- Organization auth policies
- Just-in-time (JIT) user provisioning
- Biometric / Passkey Auth
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- CLI Authentication
How to compare authentication & backend providers
Check how each provider defines an active user and separates consumer identity from enterprise organizations. SAML, MFA, custom domains and audit logs can be gated behind higher plans. A backend platform can also charge separately for storage, functions and traffic.
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