# Kinde

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/auth/kinde/

Auth and billing platform where every plan, paid or free, includes the same 10,500 monthly active users — the fee buys features rather than headroom.

## Who it suits

Products that want a predictable flat fee and a large free user allowance that does not change when you start paying — 10,500 MAU on every tier is the opposite of Auth0's paid-plan cliff.

Consider something else if Enterprise SSO only becomes free at the $75 tier, and if you use Kinde's billing there is a 0.5% cut of your own transactions on top of the plan fee.

## iScore

76 / 100 (80% interval 72–81), rank 5 of 8 in auth — interval overlaps the next rank, so this is an ordering, not a finding.

inetGeek's own reading, computed from sourced facts against category peers by disclosed rules. Not a provider claim. Intervals are 80%; a provider with few documented facts is pulled toward the category middle rather than scored on what little is known.
Read this score with care:
- Adoption is thin: 0 of 2 criteria are scored, so it sits near the category middle with a wide interval (13–87). Read the interval, not the point.

Method: https://inetgeek.com/iscore/. Full output with every criterion's basis: https://inetgeek.com/scores.json. Every auth peer ranked: https://inetgeek.com/auth/kinde/alternatives/

- Price: 76 (70–83), weight 32%, 5 of 6 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: sso_connection_price
- Capacity and limits: 49 (27–70), weight 5%, 1 of 1 criteria scored
- Capabilities: 86 (79–92), weight 13%, 1 of 2 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: self_hostable
- Trust and compliance: 81 (75–87), weight 32%, 10 of 15 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: customer_managed_keys, private_networking, rbac, scim_provisioning, uptime_sla
- Evidence: 90 (90–90), weight 10%, 4 of 4 criteria scored
- Adoption: 50 (13–87), weight 10%, 0 of 2 criteria scored

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: Yes ([source](https://kinde.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)
- Kind of free offer: Always free ([source](https://kinde.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)
- What the free plan includes: 10,500 monthly active users on every plan, with paid features billed on top; no credit card required. ([source](https://kinde.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-13)
- Credit card to start: No ([source](https://kinde.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-13)
- Entry paid plan: $25/month for Pro. Plus is $75 and the top tier $250 — each including the same 10,500 MAU as the free plan. ([source](https://kinde.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)
- Pricing model: A flat monthly fee with the same MAU allowance at every level, plus a transaction fee when you bill your own customers through Kinde — 0.5% per transaction, discounted 0.1% on Plus and 0.2% above. ([source](https://kinde.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)

### Auth

- Users included: 10,500 monthly active users on every tier including free. Paying more does not buy more users — Pro adds uncapped MAU billing, and the higher tiers add MAU discounts of 6% and 13%. ([source](https://kinde.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)
- SAML single sign-on: Supported ([source](https://kinde.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)
- Multi-factor authentication: Supported ([source](https://kinde.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-06)
- Audit logs: Kinde includes enterprise SSO, RBAC, advanced security, custom domains, audit logs, and compliance features on higher plans. ([source](https://www.kinde.com/), read 2026-09-21)

### Support

- Support on entry paid plan: Email support plus Slack and Discord community access on every plan including Free. In-app chat support starts at Pro, which has a $25 base price. ([source](https://kinde.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-14)

### Compliance

- SOC 2: SOC 2 Type 2 completed with report and attestation from AssuranceLab; full report is on paid plans (Pro, Plus, Scale) under NDA, not Free. ([source](https://docs.kinde.com/trust-center/privacy-and-compliance/compliance/), read 2026-09-13)
- ISO 27001: ISO 27001:2022 certified by Compass Assurance Services, with an ISMS and a dedicated internal security team; certificate downloadable from the docs. ([source](https://docs.kinde.com/trust-center/privacy-and-compliance/compliance/), read 2026-09-13)
- HIPAA: HIPAA compliant and acts as a Business Associate; a BAA is put in place on request before work begins. Kinde's FusionAuth comparison table lists HIPAA/BAA as Enterprise only. ([source](https://docs.kinde.com/trust-center/privacy-and-compliance/compliance/), read 2026-09-13)
- GDPR / data residency: GDPR compliant; data stays in the region chosen at sign-up (Sydney, Dublin, Oregon, London or Quebec), with only backend business metadata replicated. Region is picked at sign-up and cannot be changed later (docs: Supported data regions). ([source](https://docs.kinde.com/trust-center/security/security-at-kinde/), read 2026-09-13)
- PCI DSS: No PCI-DSS Report on Compliance from a QSA; uses a third party provider's SAQ-A scope, with its own SAQ and AOC in preparation for the billing feature. ([source](https://docs.kinde.com/trust-center/privacy-and-compliance/compliance/), read 2026-09-13)
- Encryption at rest: AES256 for all customer data at rest in the production databases; keys via AWS KMS, with KMS administration limited to privileged admins. ([source](https://docs.kinde.com/trust-center/security/security-at-kinde/), read 2026-09-13)
- Dedicated infrastructure: Offered as an option on the custom-priced Enterprise plan (with Kinde Care for Enterprise+), alongside advanced deployment options. ([source](https://kinde.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-13)

## Compared with

- [Kinde vs Auth0](https://inetgeek.com/compare/kinde-vs-auth0/)
- [Kinde vs Clerk](https://inetgeek.com/compare/kinde-vs-clerk/)
- [Kinde vs Better Auth](https://inetgeek.com/compare/better-auth-vs-kinde/)
- [Kinde vs Stytch](https://inetgeek.com/compare/kinde-vs-stytch/)
- [Kinde vs SuperTokens](https://inetgeek.com/compare/kinde-vs-supertokens/)
- [Kinde vs WorkOS](https://inetgeek.com/compare/kinde-vs-workos/)