Pricing for Kinde
How pricing changes as you scale: upgrade triggers, cost cliffs, and plan structure (not a live price list).
Freshness & verification
Pricing behavior (not a price list)
These points describe when users typically pay more and what usage patterns trigger upgrades.
Actions that trigger upgrades
- Enterprise customers require advanced compliance certifications
- Need for mature SAML/SCIM provisioning workflows
- Advanced identity governance requirements beyond platform defaults
- Need for larger integration ecosystem and community support
- Scale requirements that exceed newer platform's proven limits
What gets expensive first
- Newer platform means less battle-tested at enterprise scale
- B2B requirements can expand scope beyond bundled feature flags
- Switching cost grows once auth + feature flags are deeply integrated
- Enterprise procurement may require additional compliance validation
- Smaller community means fewer examples and troubleshooting resources
Plans and variants (structural only)
Grouped by type to show structure, not to rank or recommend SKUs.
- Free - 10,500 MAU free - Baseline auth + feature flags (see pricing page)
- Growth - Usage-based - Scales with MAUs and advanced features (see pricing page)
- Enterprise - Contracted - Compliance, advanced governance, and support/SLA requirements (see pricing page)
Compare pricing trade-offs head-to-head
Use these comparisons when you are down to two finalists and need a clearer trade-off view.
Next step: constraints + what breaks first
Pricing tells you the cost cliffs; constraints tell you what forces a redesign.
Sources & verification
Pricing and behavioral information comes from public documentation and structured research. When information is incomplete or volatile, we prefer to say so rather than guess.
Something outdated or wrong? Pricing, features, and product scope change. If you spot an error or have a source that updates this page, send us a correction. We prioritize vendor-verified updates and linkable sources.