Compare Kinde and Amazon Cognito
Better support and ease of integration make Kinde the best alternative to Amazon Cognito (AWS)
Ease of use at every stage
Developers often reference the complexity of integration with Cognito, and difficult to navigate docs. Kinde is built from the ground up with developer experience in mind. Integrate in minutes and add functionality with ease, even for the most complicated use cases
Legendary support that’ll make you 😊
Kinde’s engineering team prides itself on being as accessible as possible, no matter how small or large your project is. All users can access Kinde engineers through our Slack community, Discord community, in-app chat, and email.
Average response time of 3 hours. Kinde Care plans offer private chats, support SLAs and more.
More features to take your business further
Don’t settle for just authentication. Kinde offers additional functionality for feature flags, connected apps, marketing tools and billing (Coming later in 2024).
Time for an upgrade?
- Built for B2B (and B2C)
Sell to business customers
- No vendor lock-in
Export your data from the dashboard
- Developer experience
Support for every major language and framework
- Policy Acceptance
Use implicit or explicit T&Cs acceptance
- Feature flags
Release with confidence
- Social SSO
Access more social logins
- Secure by default
Built from the ground up using best in class security protocols
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Kinde Care
Get extra care from the people who know Kinde best.
All Kinde plans come with free in-product and email support, as well as access to our Slack and Discord communities. Average response time of 3 hours.
Kinde Care is a special service for businesses who want personalized, prioritized support — including private chats, support SLAs and more. Legendary support, all the time.
Time to switch?
We’ll make it easy (and cost effective)
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6 months free
Enterprises moving from another auth provider to Kinde get their first 6 months on Kinde free.
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Full migration support
Kinde’s engineers help existing businesses migrate their user bases to our platform from other providers. Talk to the team, or read our migration guides to learn more.
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No lock in
If you’re not happy at the end of all of that – we’ll even help you move off.
Pricing
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Pricing
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Starting price
Free
$25 USD
$75 USD
$250 USD
Applications
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Support for 20+ SDKs
Choice of data residency
Included environments (e.g local, staging, production)
1 production
1 non-production1 production
1 non-production1 production
5 non-production1 production
10 non-productionAdditional environments
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$5 USD per environment
$4 USD per environment
$3 USD per environment
Included Monthly Active Users (MAU)
10,500
10,500
10,500
10,500
Additional MAU
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$0.0175 USD per MAU
$0.0163 USD per MAU
$0.0151 USD per MAU
5
50
50
50
Additional MAO
-
$0.50 USD per MAO
$0.47 USD per MAO
$0.43 USD per MAO
Included machine to machine (M2M) tokens
2,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
Additional M2M tokens
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$0.001 USD per token
$0.0009 USD per token
$0.0008 USD per token
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Authentication
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Email (with password)
Email (passwordless)
10 SMS included
Unlimited
Market rate or BYO providerUnlimited
Market rate or BYO providerUnlimited
Market rate or BYO providerUsername authentication
Social sign on (Google, Apple, Slack, GitHub etc)
Cross-application sessions
Custom OAuth2 apps Coming soon
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Enterprise authentication
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
Custom SAML connection
Included enterprise connections (Entra ID, SAML)
1
1
1
5
Additional enterprise connections (Entra ID, SAML)
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$25 USD per connection
$10 USD per connection
Home realm discovery
Domain allow list on self sign up
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Multi-factor authentication
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan 10 SMS included
Unlimited
Market rateUnlimited
Market rateUnlimited
Market rateMFA via email
MFA via Authenticator app
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User and identity management
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Self-serve import / migration
Self-serve export of data
Manage user details
Roles and permissions
2 roles
10 permissionsUnlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Add and update user identity
SCIM/directory sync Coming soon
SCIM/connection Coming soon
$65 USD per connection
Audit logs
1 day
7 days
14 days
30 days
Just-in-time user provisioning
Allowed users per organization
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
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Access control
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Role-based access controls (RBAC)
Require policy acceptance on sign up
Email workflow (standard notifications)
Refresh tokens
Token customization (custom claims)
Application secret rotation
Application secret rotation (advanced)
Brute force protection
Account lockout
Secure your API
API permissions (scopes)
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Customization
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Remove Kinde branding
Custom SMS provider
Custom email provider
Included custom domains
1
1
1
1
Customize terms and conditions
Light / dark mode for user screens
Custom data (properties)
5
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Customize sign-in/sign-up page
Organization branding
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Integrate and extend
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Webhooks
1 per environment
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Connected apps
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Multi-tenant / B2B features
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Advanced organizations
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5 included
Custom authentication per org
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Custom domain per org
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Domain allowlist per org
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Auto-join based on domain per org
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Assign default roles per org
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Multi-factor auth (MFA) per org
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Exempt enterprise connections for MFA
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Exempt roles for MFA
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Additional advanced organizations
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$10 USD per org (5 included)
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Account management
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Team members
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Non-admin team roles Coming soon
Access to Kinde admin and business management tools
Sign in to Kinde with enterprise SSO
MFA sign in (On request)
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Leads and marketing
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Lead generation forms
Subscription forms
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Feature flags
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Feature flags
10 included
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Feature flag control via API
Flags in access token
Set feature flag per user
Set feature flag per organization
Environment targeting
Feature flag dashboard
Server-side evaluation
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Feature flag webhooks Coming soon
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Compliance
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan ISO 27001 certificate
ISO 27001 statement of applicability
HIPAA/BAA
Price varies
SOC 2 attestation status confirmation
SOC 2 attestation report
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Internationalization
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan Multi-language authentication
Eastern name order
Right to left languages
BYO translation
Open-source translations
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Support
Feature Free plan Pro plan Plus plan Scale plan In-app support via chat
Email support
Slack community access
Discord community access
Need additional support? Learn more about Kinde Care
Pricing
| Starting price | Free |
|---|---|
| Applications | Unlimited |
| Support for 20+ SDKs | |
| Choice of data residency | |
| Included environments (e.g local, staging, production) | 1 production 1 non-production |
| Additional environments | - |
| Included Monthly Active Users (MAU) | 10,500 |
| Additional MAU | - |
| Included monthly active organizations (MAO) Organizations containing a single active user are not billed. | 5 |
| Additional MAO | - |
| Included machine to machine (M2M) tokens | 2,000 |
| Additional M2M tokens | - |
Authentication
| Email (with password) | |
|---|---|
| Email (passwordless) | |
| Phone (passwordless) BYO provider to remove limit | 10 SMS included |
| Username authentication | |
| Social sign on (Google, Apple, Slack, GitHub etc) | |
| Cross-application sessions | |
| Custom OAuth2 apps Coming soon |
Enterprise authentication
| Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) | |
|---|---|
| Custom SAML connection | |
| Included enterprise connections (Entra ID, SAML) | 1 |
| Additional enterprise connections (Entra ID, SAML) | - |
| Home realm discovery | |
| Domain allow list on self sign up |
Multi-factor authentication
| MFA via SMS BYO provider to remove limit | 10 SMS included |
|---|---|
| MFA via email | |
| MFA via Authenticator app | |
User and identity management
| Self-serve import / migration | |
|---|---|
| Self-serve export of data | |
| Manage user details | |
| Roles and permissions | 2 roles 10 permissions |
| Add and update user identity | |
| SCIM/directory sync Coming soon | |
| SCIM/connection Coming soon | |
| Audit logs | 1 day |
| Just-in-time user provisioning | |
| Allowed users per organization | Unlimited |
Access control
| Role-based access controls (RBAC) | |
|---|---|
| Require policy acceptance on sign up | |
| Email workflow (standard notifications) | |
| Refresh tokens | |
| Token customization (custom claims) | |
| Application secret rotation | |
| Application secret rotation (advanced) | |
| Brute force protection | |
| Account lockout | |
| Secure your API | |
| API permissions (scopes) |
Customization
| Remove Kinde branding | |
|---|---|
| Custom SMS provider | |
| Custom email provider | |
| Included custom domains | 1 |
| Customize terms and conditions | |
| Light / dark mode for user screens | |
| Custom data (properties) | 5 |
| Customize sign-in/sign-up page | |
| Organization branding | |
Integrate and extend
| Webhooks | 1 per environment |
|---|---|
| Connected apps | |
| Google Analytics integration You need to have your own Google Analytics account. | |
| User analysis with Hotjar You need to have your own Hotjar account. |
Multi-tenant / B2B features
| Advanced organizations | - |
|---|---|
| Custom authentication per org | - |
| Custom domain per org | - |
| Domain allowlist per org | - |
| Auto-join based on domain per org | - |
| Assign default roles per org | - |
| Multi-factor auth (MFA) per org | - |
| Exempt enterprise connections for MFA | - |
| Exempt roles for MFA | - |
| Additional advanced organizations | - |
Account management
| Team members | Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Non-admin team roles Coming soon | |
| Access to Kinde admin and business management tools | |
| Sign in to Kinde with enterprise SSO | |
| MFA sign in (On request) |
Leads and marketing
| Lead generation forms | |
|---|---|
| Subscription forms | |
Feature flags
| Feature flags | 10 included |
|---|---|
| Feature flag control via API | |
| Flags in access token | |
| Set feature flag per user | |
| Set feature flag per organization | |
| Environment targeting | |
| Feature flag dashboard | |
| Server-side evaluation | Unlimited |
| Feature flag webhooks Coming soon | |
Compliance
| ISO 27001 certificate | |
|---|---|
| ISO 27001 statement of applicability | |
| HIPAA/BAA | |
| SOC 2 attestation status confirmation | |
| SOC 2 attestation report |
Internationalization
| Multi-language authentication | |
|---|---|
| Eastern name order | |
| Right to left languages | |
| BYO translation | |
| Open-source translations | |
Support
| In-app support via chat | |
|---|---|
| Email support | |
| Slack community access | |
| Discord community access | |
Need additional support? Learn more about Kinde Care
Pricing
| Starting price | $25 USD |
|---|---|
| Applications | Unlimited |
| Support for 20+ SDKs | |
| Choice of data residency | |
| Included environments (e.g local, staging, production) | 1 production 1 non-production |
| Additional environments | $5 USD per environment |
| Included Monthly Active Users (MAU) | 10,500 |
| Additional MAU | $0.0175 USD per MAU |
| Included monthly active organizations (MAO) Organizations containing a single active user are not billed. | 50 |
| Additional MAO | $0.50 USD per MAO |
| Included machine to machine (M2M) tokens | 5,000 |
| Additional M2M tokens | $0.001 USD per token |
Authentication
| Email (with password) | |
|---|---|
| Email (passwordless) | |
| Phone (passwordless) BYO provider to remove limit | Unlimited Market rate or BYO provider |
| Username authentication | |
| Social sign on (Google, Apple, Slack, GitHub etc) | |
| Cross-application sessions | |
| Custom OAuth2 apps Coming soon | |
Enterprise authentication
| Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) | |
|---|---|
| Custom SAML connection | |
| Included enterprise connections (Entra ID, SAML) | 1 |
| Additional enterprise connections (Entra ID, SAML) | - |
| Home realm discovery | |
| Domain allow list on self sign up |
Multi-factor authentication
| MFA via SMS BYO provider to remove limit | Unlimited Market rate |
|---|---|
| MFA via email | |
| MFA via Authenticator app | |
User and identity management
| Self-serve import / migration | |
|---|---|
| Self-serve export of data | |
| Manage user details | |
| Roles and permissions | Unlimited |
| Add and update user identity | |
| SCIM/directory sync Coming soon | |
| SCIM/connection Coming soon | |
| Audit logs | 7 days |
| Just-in-time user provisioning | |
| Allowed users per organization | Unlimited |
Access control
| Role-based access controls (RBAC) | |
|---|---|
| Require policy acceptance on sign up | |
| Email workflow (standard notifications) | |
| Refresh tokens | |
| Token customization (custom claims) | |
| Application secret rotation | |
| Application secret rotation (advanced) | |
| Brute force protection | |
| Account lockout | |
| Secure your API | |
| API permissions (scopes) |
Customization
| Remove Kinde branding | |
|---|---|
| Custom SMS provider | |
| Custom email provider | |
| Included custom domains | 1 |
| Customize terms and conditions | |
| Light / dark mode for user screens | |
| Custom data (properties) | Unlimited |
| Customize sign-in/sign-up page | |
| Organization branding | |
Integrate and extend
| Webhooks | Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Connected apps | |
| Google Analytics integration You need to have your own Google Analytics account. | |
| User analysis with Hotjar You need to have your own Hotjar account. |
Multi-tenant / B2B features
| Advanced organizations | - |
|---|---|
| Custom authentication per org | - |
| Custom domain per org | - |
| Domain allowlist per org | - |
| Auto-join based on domain per org | - |
| Assign default roles per org | - |
| Multi-factor auth (MFA) per org | - |
| Exempt enterprise connections for MFA | - |
| Exempt roles for MFA | - |
| Additional advanced organizations | - |
Account management
| Team members | Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Non-admin team roles Coming soon | |
| Access to Kinde admin and business management tools | |
| Sign in to Kinde with enterprise SSO | |
| MFA sign in (On request) | |
Leads and marketing
| Lead generation forms | |
|---|---|
| Subscription forms | |
Feature flags
| Feature flags | Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Feature flag control via API | |
| Flags in access token | |
| Set feature flag per user | |
| Set feature flag per organization | |
| Environment targeting | |
| Feature flag dashboard | |
| Server-side evaluation | Unlimited |
| Feature flag webhooks Coming soon | |
Compliance
| ISO 27001 certificate | |
|---|---|
| ISO 27001 statement of applicability | |
| HIPAA/BAA | |
| SOC 2 attestation status confirmation | |
| SOC 2 attestation report |
Internationalization
| Multi-language authentication | |
|---|---|
| Eastern name order | |
| Right to left languages | |
| BYO translation | |
| Open-source translations | |
Support
| In-app support via chat | |
|---|---|
| Email support | |
| Slack community access | |
| Discord community access | |
Need additional support? Learn more about Kinde Care
Pricing
| Starting price | $75 USD |
|---|---|
| Applications | Unlimited |
| Support for 20+ SDKs | |
| Choice of data residency | |
| Included environments (e.g local, staging, production) | 1 production 5 non-production |
| Additional environments | $4 USD per environment |
| Included Monthly Active Users (MAU) | 10,500 |
| Additional MAU | $0.0163 USD per MAU |
| Included monthly active organizations (MAO) Organizations containing a single active user are not billed. | 50 |
| Additional MAO | $0.47 USD per MAO |
| Included machine to machine (M2M) tokens | 5,000 |
| Additional M2M tokens | $0.0009 USD per token |
Authentication
| Email (with password) | |
|---|---|
| Email (passwordless) | |
| Phone (passwordless) BYO provider to remove limit | Unlimited Market rate or BYO provider |
| Username authentication | |
| Social sign on (Google, Apple, Slack, GitHub etc) | |
| Cross-application sessions | |
| Custom OAuth2 apps Coming soon | |
Enterprise authentication
| Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) | |
|---|---|
| Custom SAML connection | |
| Included enterprise connections (Entra ID, SAML) | 1 |
| Additional enterprise connections (Entra ID, SAML) | $25 USD per connection |
| Home realm discovery | |
| Domain allow list on self sign up | |
Multi-factor authentication
| MFA via SMS BYO provider to remove limit | Unlimited Market rate |
|---|---|
| MFA via email | |
| MFA via Authenticator app | |
User and identity management
| Self-serve import / migration | |
|---|---|
| Self-serve export of data | |
| Manage user details | |
| Roles and permissions | Unlimited |
| Add and update user identity | |
| SCIM/directory sync Coming soon | |
| SCIM/connection Coming soon | |
| Audit logs | 14 days |
| Just-in-time user provisioning | |
| Allowed users per organization | Unlimited |
Access control
| Role-based access controls (RBAC) | |
|---|---|
| Require policy acceptance on sign up | |
| Email workflow (standard notifications) | |
| Refresh tokens | |
| Token customization (custom claims) | |
| Application secret rotation | |
| Application secret rotation (advanced) | |
| Brute force protection | |
| Account lockout | |
| Secure your API | |
| API permissions (scopes) | |
Customization
| Remove Kinde branding | |
|---|---|
| Custom SMS provider | |
| Custom email provider | |
| Included custom domains | 1 |
| Customize terms and conditions | |
| Light / dark mode for user screens | |
| Custom data (properties) | Unlimited |
| Customize sign-in/sign-up page | |
| Organization branding | |
Integrate and extend
| Webhooks | Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Connected apps | |
| Google Analytics integration You need to have your own Google Analytics account. | |
| User analysis with Hotjar You need to have your own Hotjar account. | |
Multi-tenant / B2B features
| Advanced organizations | - |
|---|---|
| Custom authentication per org | - |
| Custom domain per org | - |
| Domain allowlist per org | - |
| Auto-join based on domain per org | - |
| Assign default roles per org | - |
| Multi-factor auth (MFA) per org | - |
| Exempt enterprise connections for MFA | - |
| Exempt roles for MFA | - |
| Additional advanced organizations | - |
Account management
| Team members | Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Non-admin team roles Coming soon | |
| Access to Kinde admin and business management tools | |
| Sign in to Kinde with enterprise SSO | |
| MFA sign in (On request) | |
Leads and marketing
| Lead generation forms | |
|---|---|
| Subscription forms | |
Feature flags
| Feature flags | Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Feature flag control via API | |
| Flags in access token | |
| Set feature flag per user | |
| Set feature flag per organization | |
| Environment targeting | |
| Feature flag dashboard | |
| Server-side evaluation | Unlimited |
| Feature flag webhooks Coming soon | |
Compliance
| ISO 27001 certificate | |
|---|---|
| ISO 27001 statement of applicability | |
| HIPAA/BAA | |
| SOC 2 attestation status confirmation | |
| SOC 2 attestation report |
Internationalization
| Multi-language authentication | |
|---|---|
| Eastern name order | |
| Right to left languages | |
| BYO translation | |
| Open-source translations | |
Support
| In-app support via chat | |
|---|---|
| Email support | |
| Slack community access | |
| Discord community access | |
Need additional support? Learn more about Kinde Care
Pricing
| Starting price | $250 USD |
|---|---|
| Applications | Unlimited |
| Support for 20+ SDKs | |
| Choice of data residency | |
| Included environments (e.g local, staging, production) | 1 production 10 non-production |
| Additional environments | $3 USD per environment |
| Included Monthly Active Users (MAU) | 10,500 |
| Additional MAU | $0.0151 USD per MAU |
| Included monthly active organizations (MAO) Organizations containing a single active user are not billed. | 50 |
| Additional MAO | $0.43 USD per MAO |
| Included machine to machine (M2M) tokens | 5,000 |
| Additional M2M tokens | $0.0008 USD per token |
Authentication
| Email (with password) | |
|---|---|
| Email (passwordless) | |
| Phone (passwordless) BYO provider to remove limit | Unlimited Market rate or BYO provider |
| Username authentication | |
| Social sign on (Google, Apple, Slack, GitHub etc) | |
| Cross-application sessions | |
| Custom OAuth2 apps Coming soon | |
Enterprise authentication
| Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) | |
|---|---|
| Custom SAML connection | |
| Included enterprise connections (Entra ID, SAML) | 5 |
| Additional enterprise connections (Entra ID, SAML) | $10 USD per connection |
| Home realm discovery | |
| Domain allow list on self sign up | |
Multi-factor authentication
| MFA via SMS BYO provider to remove limit | Unlimited Market rate |
|---|---|
| MFA via email | |
| MFA via Authenticator app | |
User and identity management
| Self-serve import / migration | |
|---|---|
| Self-serve export of data | |
| Manage user details | |
| Roles and permissions | Unlimited |
| Add and update user identity | |
| SCIM/directory sync Coming soon | |
| SCIM/connection Coming soon | $65 USD per connection |
| Audit logs | 30 days |
| Just-in-time user provisioning | |
| Allowed users per organization | Unlimited |
Access control
| Role-based access controls (RBAC) | |
|---|---|
| Require policy acceptance on sign up | |
| Email workflow (standard notifications) | |
| Refresh tokens | |
| Token customization (custom claims) | |
| Application secret rotation | |
| Application secret rotation (advanced) | |
| Brute force protection | |
| Account lockout | |
| Secure your API | |
| API permissions (scopes) | |
Customization
| Remove Kinde branding | |
|---|---|
| Custom SMS provider | |
| Custom email provider | |
| Included custom domains | 1 |
| Customize terms and conditions | |
| Light / dark mode for user screens | |
| Custom data (properties) | Unlimited |
| Customize sign-in/sign-up page | |
| Organization branding | |
Integrate and extend
| Webhooks | Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Connected apps | |
| Google Analytics integration You need to have your own Google Analytics account. | |
| User analysis with Hotjar You need to have your own Hotjar account. | |
Multi-tenant / B2B features
| Advanced organizations | 5 included |
|---|---|
| Custom authentication per org | |
| Custom domain per org | |
| Domain allowlist per org | |
| Auto-join based on domain per org | |
| Assign default roles per org | |
| Multi-factor auth (MFA) per org | |
| Exempt enterprise connections for MFA | |
| Exempt roles for MFA | |
| Additional advanced organizations | $10 USD per org (5 included) Volume discounts available, Talk to a specialist |
Account management
| Team members | Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Non-admin team roles Coming soon | |
| Access to Kinde admin and business management tools | |
| Sign in to Kinde with enterprise SSO | |
| MFA sign in (On request) | |
Leads and marketing
| Lead generation forms | |
|---|---|
| Subscription forms | |
Feature flags
| Feature flags | Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Feature flag control via API | |
| Flags in access token | |
| Set feature flag per user | |
| Set feature flag per organization | |
| Environment targeting | |
| Feature flag dashboard | |
| Server-side evaluation | Unlimited |
| Feature flag webhooks Coming soon | |
Compliance
| ISO 27001 certificate | |
|---|---|
| ISO 27001 statement of applicability | |
| HIPAA/BAA | Price varies |
| SOC 2 attestation status confirmation | |
| SOC 2 attestation report | |
Internationalization
| Multi-language authentication | |
|---|---|
| Eastern name order | |
| Right to left languages | |
| BYO translation | |
| Open-source translations | |
Support
| In-app support via chat | |
|---|---|
| Email support | |
| Slack community access | |
| Discord community access | |
Need additional support? Learn more about Kinde Care