Kinde

Auth and user management with generous free tier, built for startups and SaaS.

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Pricing

Free tier

Per MAU

Adoption

→Stable

License

Proprietary

Data freshness

Unverified

Overview

What is Kinde?

Kinde offers authentication, user management, feature flags, and billing primitives aimed at startups, with a developer-friendly free tier.

Key differentiator

“Startup-first auth with a very generous free tier and built-in feature flags.”

Capability profile

Capability Radar

Ease of StartEcosystemValueMaturityFlexibilityScale Ready

Honest assessment

Strengths & Weaknesses

↑ Strengths

Very generous free tierhigh

10.5k MAU free, ahead of most competitors

Startup-friendly extrasmedium

Feature flags and billing primitives beyond plain auth

Clean developer experiencemedium

Quick setup with modern SDKs

↓ Weaknesses

Younger, smaller ecosystemmedium

Fewer integrations than Auth0/Clerk

Enterprise depth still maturinglow

Newer to SAML/SCIM than incumbents

Fit analysis

Who is it for?

✓ Best for

Startups needing affordable auth + flags

Generous free tier plus product primitives

SaaS wanting auth that grows with them

MAU pricing with room to scale

Cost structure

Pricing

Free Tier

Available

10,500 monthly active users free

Starts at

$25/mo

Model

Per MAU

Enterprise

Available

Performance benchmarks

How Fast Is It?

Ecosystem

Relationships

Alternatives

Auth0ClerkWorkOS

Next step

Get Started with Kinde

Step-by-step setup guide with code examples and common gotchas.

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