Overview
No-code authentication flow builder. Descope handles user identity, sign-in flows, sessions, organisations, and account management.
What you get
Tools in this category give you email/password, magic links, OTP, social and SSO logins, multi-factor auth, organisations and roles, and admin dashboards. Most ship hosted UIs you can brand and embed, plus SDKs for the popular frontend and backend frameworks.
Where it fits in your stack
They sit between your users and the rest of your app. Most teams treat auth as something to outsource until the integration friction outweighs the cost, then swap to a self-hosted or open-source equivalent if data residency or licensing demands it.
Who it’s for
Descope is aimed primarily at teams adding sign-in to web or mobile apps. When evaluating, check the MFA story, the granularity of organisations/roles, audit logs, the strength of the migration tooling, and how the price scales with monthly active users.
Pricing & licensing
Auth products typically meter by monthly active users, with paid plans unlocking SSO, MFA, audit logs, and organisations. Descope should publish current quotas on its pricing page, pay attention to the limits at the free tier and how the price step-changes when you cross into MAU brackets that include features you need.