Kinde vs Stytch
SEPT 2026 auditA comparison of Kinde and Stytch built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
Choose Kinde if…
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.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose Stytch if…
B2B products selling to several SSO-using customers early — five connections free is the difference between paying per logo and not paying at all.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- Kinde: 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.
- Stytch: There is no flat plan to budget against: everything above the free allowances is metered, so the bill tracks usage rather than a number you agreed to.
2 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
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At a glance.
| Criterion | Kinde | Stytch |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| 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. | Pay as you go with no platform fee: usage above the always-free allowances is metered, and the estimator on the page prices monthly active users, SSO connections, SCIM connections and M2M tokens as separate lines. |
| 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%. | 10,000 monthly active users free, permanently, alongside unlimited organizations and 1,000 M2M tokens. |
| SAML single sign-on | Supported | Supported |
| Multi-factor authentication | Supported | Supported |
Where they differ.
Pricing model
- Kinde
- 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.
- Stytch
- Pay as you go with no platform fee: usage above the always-free allowances is metered, and the estimator on the page prices monthly active users, SSO connections, SCIM connections and M2M tokens as separate lines.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Kinde ↗
“When you bill your customers with Kinde: 0.5% per transaction MAU is free [...] 0.1% transaction fee discount [...] 0.2% transaction fee discount”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — Stytch ↗
“Pay as you go Starting at: $0 / Month [...] Monthly active users : SSO Connections SSO SCIM Connections SCIM M2M Tokens M2M Optional add ons”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
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%.
10,000 monthly active users free, permanently, alongside unlimited organizations and 1,000 M2M tokens.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Kinde ↗
“$0 forever 10,500 monthly active users (MAU) [...] $25 USD per month 10,500 MAU free [...] Uncapped MAU [...] 6% MAU discount [...] 13% MAU discount”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — Stytch ↗
“Always free: 10,000 monthly active users and AI agents Unlimited Organizations 5 SSO or SCIM Connections 1,000 M2M Tokens”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Should I choose Kinde or Stytch?
Pick Kinde if 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.
Pick Stytch if B2B products selling to several SSO-using customers early — five connections free is the difference between paying per logo and not paying at all.