Kinde vs SuperTokens
SEPT 2026 auditA comparison of Kinde and SuperTokens 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 SuperTokens if…
Teams that want to run auth themselves and keep the user table in their own database, with a managed option priced per user rather than per plan.
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.
- SuperTokens: The $100 monthly minimum makes it expensive below about 5,000 users, and MFA is a separate per-user charge rather than an included feature.
3 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.
Kinde 0
SuperTokens 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | Kinde | SuperTokens |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| 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. | $100/month minimum billing on the managed cloud, which covers the first 4,999 MAU at $0.02 each. |
| 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. | Per monthly active user, with features metered on top of the base rate rather than bundled: $0.02 per MAU for auth, $0.01 more for multi-factor, $0.005 more for account linking, and $20 per dashboard user per month beyond the free ones. The published example works out at $125 for 5,000 MAU with account linking. |
| 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%. | No fixed allowance — billing is $0.02 per monthly active user against a $100 monthly minimum, so the first 4,999 users are covered by the floor. |
| Multi-factor authentication | Supported | Supported |
Where they differ.
Entry paid plan
- Kinde
- $25/month for Pro. Plus is $75 and the top tier $250 — each including the same 10,500 MAU as the free plan.
- SuperTokens
- $100/month minimum billing on the managed cloud, which covers the first 4,999 MAU at $0.02 each.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Kinde ↗
“$25 USD per month 10,500 MAU free [...] $75 USD per month 10,500 MAU free [...] $250 USD per month 10,500 MAU free”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — SuperTokens ↗
“Minimum Billing of $100 / month [...] Pricing Example if you have 1 - 4,999 MAUs, that will be $100 / month.”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
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.
- SuperTokens
- Per monthly active user, with features metered on top of the base rate rather than bundled: $0.02 per MAU for auth, $0.01 more for multi-factor, $0.005 more for account linking, and $20 per dashboard user per month beyond the free ones. The published example works out at $125 for 5,000 MAU with account linking.
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 — SuperTokens ↗
“$0.02 per MAU [...] Multi-factor Authentication $0.01 / MAU [...] Account Linking $0.005 / MAU [...] $20 / user / month [...] ( $0.02 + $0.005 ) * 5000 = $125”
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%.
No fixed allowance — billing is $0.02 per monthly active user against a $100 monthly minimum, so the first 4,999 users are covered by the floor.
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 — SuperTokens ↗
“$0.02 per MAU Number of unique logged in users that are on your prod [...] if you have 5,000 MAUs, that will be ( $0.02 + $0.005 ) * 5000 = $125”
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.
Entry paid plan: Kinde or SuperTokens?
Kinde: $25/month for Pro. Plus is $75 and the top tier $250 — each including the same 10,500 MAU as the free plan.
SuperTokens: $100/month minimum billing on the managed cloud, which covers the first 4,999 MAU at $0.02 each.
Should I choose Kinde or SuperTokens?
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 SuperTokens if Teams that want to run auth themselves and keep the user table in their own database, with a managed option priced per user rather than per plan.