Authio Lobby vs Kinde

Authio Lobby provides passwordless sign-in for apps through a hosted interface, SDKs, session features, and widgets for customer IT admins. Sign-in methods include passkeys, magic links, social login, and enterprise SSO using SAML 2.0, OIDC, and SCIM 2.0. The hosted interface can use a custom domain, organization-specific branding, and project-specific email templates. SDKs are listed for Next.js, React, Vue, and Node, with session helpers and edge-runtime JWT verification. Session tools include silent refresh, secure cookie helpers, route gating, and switching organizations within a session. Embeddable widgets let customer admins configure SSO, directory sync, and domain verification within a product. The free Developer tier is for projects under 10,000 MAUs and excludes SSO, SCIM, and Locate. Starter costs $129 a month and Pro costs $449 a month; Enterprise pricing is custom. Authio says GDPR and CCPA compliance is in place and describes its SOC 2 posture as pre-audit readiness, with Type I targeted for 2027-Q1.

Kinde is a cloud platform combining authentication, access management, subscription billing, and feature management for SaaS products. Sign-in options include passwords, passwordless access, enterprise SSO, machine-to-machine access, social and developer logins, and multi-factor authentication. Organizations and multi-tenancy support B2B models. Feature flags provide 10 on Free and unlimited flags on Pro and higher plans. The Free plan includes 10,500 monthly active users, two custom roles, 10 permissions, five custom properties, one webhook, and two environments. Paid plans start at $25 a month. Listed billing transaction fees are 0.7% on Free and Pro, 0.6% on Plus, and 0.5% on Scale; prices are indicative and vary with actual usage. Kinde provides APIs and SDKs for iOS and Android. It lists ISO 27001 registration, SOC 2 Type 2 attestation, HIPAA compliance, and GDPR compliance. Stated protections include AES256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.2 or later in transit, alongside OAuth 2.0, CSRF protections, DMARC, DNSSEC, and a strict content security policy.