JumpCloud 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.
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
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
JumpCloud vs Descope 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. JumpCloud uses custom pricing, while Descope goes with usage-based. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. 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. 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 JumpCloud and Descope and let you know when something moves.