Auth0 vs Descope Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Free
- 1 Custom Domain*
- Secure Agentic AI workflows
- Passwordless Authentication
- Unlimited Social Connections**
- 5 Organizations
- Brand Customization
- Basic Attack Protection
- Community Support
- 1 Enterprise Connection
- Self-Service SSO
- SCIM
Essentials
- Higher Auth, API limits, and Feature limits
- Pro Multi-Factor Authentication
- Role-based Access Control Per Organization
- 10 Organizations (How we model your customers)
- Stream Auth0 Audit Logs to Datadog, Splunk, AWS, Azure, etc.
- Separate Production & Development Environments
- Standard Support
Professional
- Use your existing User Database for Logins
- Enterprise Multi-Factor Authentication
- Enhanced Attack Protection
- M2M Tokens
Enterprise
- Custom User & SSO Tiers
- 99.99% SLA
- Enterprise Rate Limits
- Enterprise Administration & Support
- Advanced Security Features
- Private Deployment
Free Forever
- 7,500 Monthly active users (MAUs)
- 10 Monthly active tenants
- 3 SSO connections
- 1 Federated app (OIDC)
- 5 Test users
- 10,000 M2M exchanges
- 2,000 Monthly active consents (MACs)
- 2,000 Monthly active tokens (MATKs)
- All auth methods
- Role-based access control
- MFA / step-up authentication
- Secure session management
- Self-service admin widgets
- Third-party connectors
- No Descope watermark
- Community support
- 99% SLA
Pro
- 10,000 Monthly active users (MAUs)
- 35 Monthly active tenants
- 5 SSO connections
- 2 Federated apps (SAML / OIDC)
- 100 Test users
- 50,000 M2M exchanges
- 5,000 Monthly active consents (MACs)
- 5,000 Monthly active tokens (MATKs)
- Custom Domain
- Google One Tap
- Custom OIDC Provider
- SSO for third-party apps
- Self-service SSO setup
- CI / CD integration
- Localization
- Web and email support
- SOC 2 reports
- 99.99% SLA
Growth
- 25,000 Monthly active users (MAUs)
- 100 Monthly active tenants
- 10 SSO connections
- Unlimited Federated apps (SAML / OIDC)
- 500 Test users
- 100,000 M2M exchanges
- 10,000 Monthly active consents (MACs)
- 10,000 Monthly active tokens (MATKs)
- Bot protection
- 1M Anonymous users
- Zero-downtime SSO migration
- SCIM provisioning
- Admin Portal
- Fine-grained authorization
- External audit connectors
- Multi-region data residency
- HIPAA BAA
- FedRAMP High deployments
Enterprise
- Tiered discounts
- Premium support add-on
- Dedicated CS engineer
- Custom deployments
- Unlimited test users
- Unlimited anonymous users
Auth0 vs Descope FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- Auth0 starts lower at $35/mo, compared to $249/mo for Descope.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Both offer free plans, so you can try each without paying. Start with whichever fits your workflow better and upgrade when you hit the limits.
- How do they charge?
- Both use a usage-based model, so the comparison is straightforward — it comes down to features and limits at each price point.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Auth0: Auth0 sits in the premium tier of the identity-as-a-service space, competing directly with Okta (which owns them), Firebase Auth, and Clerk. They're not the cheapest option — Clerk and Firebase undercut them at lower MAU counts — but they're selling on compliance depth, extensibility, and brand trust with enterprise buyers. Descope: They're positioned as a mid-market alternative to Auth0 and Okta — cheaper than Okta's enterprise lock-in, more feature-rich than rolling your own. The Hello World startup program is a direct shot at Auth0's free tier dominance in the developer-first space.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Auth0 and Descope and let you know when something moves.