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Kinde vs LangChain

Flexible authentication, user management, and feature flags
vs. The framework for building LLM apps — chains, agents, RAG, LangGraph

Kinde websiteLangChain website

Pricing tiers

Kinde

Free
10,500 MAU included. MFA, B2B orgs, custom domain, 2 custom roles, 1 webhook, 2 environments.
Free
Pro
Unlimited webhooks, roles, feature flags, API keys. Remove Kinde branding. SOC 2 attestation.
$25/mo
Plus
Unlimited enterprise SSO, API scopes, org-owned M2M apps, 6 environments.
$75/mo
Scale
11 environments, custom domain per org, SCIM, MFA triggers, 30-day audit logs.
$250/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Dedicated infra option, volume discounts, custom SLAs.
Custom
Kinde website

LangChain

OSS (MIT)
MIT-licensed core library. Free forever. Python + JS.
$0 base (usage-based)
LangSmith (see entry)
Observability layer — Developer free, Plus $39/seat. Separate platform.
$0 base (usage-based)
LangGraph Platform — Developer
Deploy LangGraph agents as an API. Free tier — limited execution minutes.
$0 base (usage-based)
LangGraph Platform — Plus
$39/seat/mo (tied to LangSmith Plus). More execution credit. Production features.
$39/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Self-host, dedicated support, SSO.
Custom
LangChain website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Kinde vs oss on LangChain.

MetricKindeLangChain
custom roles2 roles
environments2 envs
feature flags10 flags
mau included10500 users/month
webhooks1 webhooks

Features

Kinde · 14 features

  • API ScopesOAuth scopes for your APIs, enforced server-side (Plus+).
  • B2B OrganizationsMulti-tenant orgs with user roles, invitations, feature flags per org.
  • Custom DomainHost auth at auth.yourbrand.com. Free tier includes this.
  • Enterprise SSOSAML 2.0 + OIDC enterprise connections (Plus unlimited).
  • Feature FlagsBuilt-in feature flags with per-user/org overrides. No separate service needed.
  • Kinde AIAI-assisted query and insights over your Kinde data.
  • Kinde Billing (preview)Built-in subscription billing linked to users/orgs. Stripe under the hood.
  • Machine-to-MachineClient credentials grant for service-to-service auth.
  • Multi-Factor AuthTOTP authenticator apps, SMS, email, passkey.
  • PasswordlessEmail code + passkey (WebAuthn).
  • Roles & PermissionsRBAC with roles → permissions. Assigned per user or per organization.
  • SCIM ProvisioningDirectory provisioning from IdPs (Scale tier).
  • Sign-in WidgetHosted pages + themeable widget for login/signup. Customizable with CSS.
  • WebhooksEvent webhooks: user.created/updated, organization events, MFA, etc.

LangChain · 18 features

  • AgentsTool-using agents with reasoning loops.
  • Chains (LCEL)LangChain Expression Language — pipe primitives into chains.
  • Checkpointers (LangGraph)Persist agent state to SQL, Mongo, Redis, Postgres.
  • Document Loaders150+ loaders for PDF, HTML, Notion, Google Drive, S3, GitHub, etc.
  • Human-in-the-loopPause agent for approval, then resume.
  • LangGraphStateful graph-based agent runtime. Durable, replayable, human-in-the-loop.
  • LangGraph PlatformManaged hosting for LangGraph agents with state persistence.
  • LangGraph StudioDesktop IDE for debugging agent graphs.
  • LangServeDeploy chains as FastAPI endpoints.
  • MemoryBuffer, summary, entity, vector memory stores.
  • Output ParsersStructured JSON, Pydantic schemas, function calling.
  • Prompt TemplatesTemplating + partial filling + output parsers.
  • RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)Standard patterns + 50+ retrievers.
  • StreamingFirst-class streaming at every layer.
  • SubgraphsCompose agent graphs hierarchically.
  • Text SplittersRecursive, token, semantic splitters for chunking.
  • Tools400+ pre-built tools (web search, code, databases, APIs).
  • Vector Store Integrations60+ vector DBs (Pinecone, Chroma, Weaviate, PGVector, Qdrant, Milvus).

Developer interfaces

KindKindeLangChain
SDKKinde Android / Kotlin, Kinde Flutter SDK, Kinde Go SDK, Kinde iOS / Swift, @kinde-oss/kinde-auth-nextjs, @kinde-oss/kinde-auth-react, @kinde-oss/kinde-nodejs-sdk, Kinde Python SDK@langchain/core (Node), langchain (Python), langgraph (JS), langgraph (Python), LangServe
RESTKinde Management APILangGraph Platform
MCPKinde MCP
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