Descope vs SuperTokens

Descope is a customer and agentic identity platform for authentication, user management, authorization and identity journeys. Developers can use Descope Flows to build login screens and authentication journeys visually, without writing code. Authentication options include magic links, passkeys, social login, one-time passwords, SSO, biometrics, MFA, authenticator apps and passwords. The platform provides client, mobile and backend SDKs, plus REST APIs for custom implementations; Descope says its SDKs are open source. Listed framework and language integrations include React, Next.js, Vue.js, JavaScript, Angular, Python, Node.js, Java,.NET, Go, PHP, Ruby, Kotlin, Swift, React Native and Flutter. Native mobile SDKs support Swift iOS, Kotlin Android, Flutter and React Native apps. Descope documents more than 50 third-party connectors for CRM, identity verification, fraud prevention and audit use cases. The Free Forever plan costs nothing and includes 7,500 MAUs, 10 monthly active tenants and 3 SSO connections. Pro costs $249 a month, billed annually; Growth costs $799 a month, billed annually.

SuperTokens is an open-source authentication provider for developers adding sign-in and session management to applications. It supports email and password, passwordless email or SMS codes, magic links, social login, and passkeys. Enterprise options include tenant-specific login methods, separate user pools, and enterprise SSO. Developers can adapt the prebuilt interface and add logic before or after API operations with hooks and overrides. Backend SDKs communicate with SuperTokens Core; frontend SDKs call authentication routes exposed by the application backend. Core can be self-hosted, with open-source features free at any scale and no MAU limit. A managed Cloud plan is also available, free under 5K MAUs and then $0.02 per MAU. Other paid or sales-led features include multi-tenancy, cross-domain unified login, machine-to-machine authentication, availability zones with uptime SLAs, and Attack Protection Suite. That suite can detect risky authentication activity and prompt extra verification or block attempts. Integrations include Next.js, NestJS, GraphQL, Capacitor, AWS Lambda, Vercel, Hasura, and Supabase. SuperTokens says it is SOC 2 compliant and describes more than 100 controls and tests.