# Stytch vs WorkOS

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/compare/stytch-vs-workos/

Every value below is read from Stytch's and WorkOS's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | Stytch | WorkOS |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing model | 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. | No monthly platform fee and no per-user charge below a million: WorkOS gives user management away and bills per enterprise connection instead — SSO and Directory Sync at $125 each per month, audit log streaming at $125 per SIEM connection, event retention at $99 per million events. |
| Users included | 10,000 monthly active users free, permanently, alongside unlimited organizations and 1,000 M2M tokens. | 1,000,000 active users free on AuthKit, then $2,500 per additional million. Two orders of magnitude above the other free allowances here. |
| Price per SSO connection | Five SSO or SCIM connections included free. Clerk includes one and charges $75 for each additional; WorkOS charges $125 each from the first. | $125 per SSO connection per month for the first 15, falling to $100 at 16–30, $80 at 31–50 and $65 at 51–100. Directory Sync is priced on the same ladder, separately. |
| SAML single sign-on | Supported | Supported |
| SCIM provisioning | Supported | Supported |
| Multi-factor authentication | Supported | Supported |

## Where they differ

### Pricing model

- 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. ([source](https://stytch.com/pricing))
- WorkOS: No monthly platform fee and no per-user charge below a million: WorkOS gives user management away and bills per enterprise connection instead — SSO and Directory Sync at $125 each per month, audit log streaming at $125 per SIEM connection, event retention at $99 per million events. ([source](https://workos.com/pricing))

### Users included

- Stytch: 10,000 monthly active users free, permanently, alongside unlimited organizations and 1,000 M2M tokens. ([source](https://stytch.com/pricing))
- WorkOS: 1,000,000 active users free on AuthKit, then $2,500 per additional million. Two orders of magnitude above the other free allowances here. ([source](https://workos.com/pricing))

### Price per SSO connection

- Stytch: Five SSO or SCIM connections included free. Clerk includes one and charges $75 for each additional; WorkOS charges $125 each from the first. ([source](https://stytch.com/pricing))
- WorkOS: $125 per SSO connection per month for the first 15, falling to $100 at 16–30, $80 at 31–50 and $65 at 51–100. Directory Sync is priced on the same ladder, separately. ([source](https://workos.com/pricing))

## Which should you choose?

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.

Pick WorkOS if B2B products where the enterprise features are the product requirement — a million users cost nothing and you pay only for the connections your customers actually use.

Consider something else: 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.

Consider something else: WorkOS — Those connections are the most expensive here at $125 a month each, so a long tail of small SSO customers costs more than it does at Clerk or Better Auth.

## Documented by only one

- Audit logs: WorkOS: Billed rather than bundled: $125 per month per SIEM connection for log streaming, plus $99 per month per million events stored.

## Questions this comparison answers

**Should I choose Stytch or WorkOS?**

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.
Pick WorkOS if B2B products where the enterprise features are the product requirement — a million users cost nothing and you pay only for the connections your customers actually use.