Kinde review
A broad SaaS identity platform with passkeys, but passkeys start at the Pro tier.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Kinde is a cloud platform for SaaS founders, product teams, and engineers building authentication and access management into web, iOS, Android, and API products. It supports WebAuthn/FIDO2 passkeys alongside password, passwordless, social, enterprise SSO, and MFA authentication. The broader platform also covers users, organizations, roles, permissions, billing, feature flags, APIs, SDKs, branded sign-in pages, custom domains, localization, and workforce identity. It is aimed at teams that want passkeys as part of a wider SaaS identity layer rather than as a standalone authentication component.
The published plans make the passkey pricing path clear. Free costs $0 per month and includes 10,500 monthly active users, email, SMS and social login, MFA, B2B organizations, machine-to-machine applications, and two environments. Pro costs $25 per month and adds passkeys, API keys, uncapped MAU, unlimited webhooks, and a SOC 2 attestation report. Plus costs $75 per month and adds free enterprise SSO, API permissions, six environments, and one advanced organization. Scale costs $250 per month and adds workforce identity, an MFA workflow trigger, SCIM coming soon, and full ISO 27001 reports.
Kinde fits product teams that need passkey authentication together with organization management, lifecycle webhooks, subscription billing, and administration APIs. Integrations with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack, and Salesforce support a broader SaaS ecosystem, while SAML workforce identity addresses employee access to third-party tools. Its main trade-off is scope: teams seeking only a focused passkey layer may find the surrounding identity and billing capabilities more than they need. Teams requiring directory synchronization should also consider that SCIM is listed as coming soon on Scale.
Kinde pros and cons
- Where it wins
- WebAuthn/FIDO2 passkeys plus passwordless, social, SSO, and MFA
- Combines authentication, organizations, roles, permissions, APIs, and billing
- Free plan includes 10,500 monthly active users and two environments
- Where it doesn't
- Passkeys are available on paid plans, starting with Pro at $25/month
- SCIM is listed as coming soon on the $250/month Scale plan
- The platform spans many SaaS functions beyond passkey authentication
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