Descope vs JumpCloud 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 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
Platform Essentials
- Agentic IAM Lifecycle Management
- Cloud Directory
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- User Lifecycle Management
- Password Management
- Directory Insights
- Passwordless Authentication (JumpCloud Go™)
- MDM/Device Management
- System Insights™
- Patch Management
- Software Management
- Remote Access™
- Device Monitoring & Alerting
- External Identity Federation
Platform
- Agentic IAM Lifecycle Management
- Cloud Directory
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- MDM/Device Management
- System Insights™
- Patch Management
- Software Management
- Remote Access™
- Device Monitoring & Alerting
- External Identity Federation
- Identity Management for Devices
Platform Prime
- Agentic IAM Lifecycle Management
- Cloud Directory
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- User Lifecycle Management
- Password Management
- Directory Insights
- Passwordless Authentication (JumpCloud Go™)
- Cloud LDAP
- Cloud RADIUS
- Conditional Access / Zero Trust
- Access Requests
- MDM/Device Management
- System Insights™
- Patch Management
- Software Management
- Remote Access™
- Device Monitoring & Alerting
- External Identity Federation
- Identity Management for Devices
- Asset Management
- SaaS Discovery
- SaaS License Management
- SaaS Access Control
- SaaS Insights
- Premium JumpCloud Support
Descope vs JumpCloud FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- One or both use custom pricing, so it depends on your specific needs.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Descope has a free plan. JumpCloud doesn't — though they do offer a free trial.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. Descope uses usage-based pricing, while JumpCloud goes with custom. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. 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. JumpCloud: À la carte SSO at $11/user/mo puts them in direct competition with Okta and Azure AD, but JumpCloud's pitch is consolidation — replace multiple point solutions with one platform. They're positioning as the scrappy alternative to Microsoft's identity stack for mid-market IT teams who don't want to pay enterprise prices or manage that complexity.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Descope and JumpCloud and let you know when something moves.