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Kinde vs Qdrant

Flexible authentication, user management, and feature flags
vs. Rust-based vector DB — high performance, OSS, managed cloud

Kinde websiteQdrant 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

Qdrant

Free Forever
Single-node 0.5 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 4 GB disk. Free cloud inference models.
Free
Standard
Usage-based. Dedicated resources, flexible scaling. 99.5% SLA. Backups + DR. Free inference tokens.
$0 base (usage-based)
Self-Host (OSS)
Apache 2.0 licensed. Run for free.
$0 base (usage-based)
Hybrid Cloud (BYOC)
Run managed cluster on your infra. Data stays in your network.
Custom
Premium
Min spend required. SSO + private VPC links. 99.9% SLA. 24x7 enterprise support.
Custom
Private Cloud
Dedicated + isolated. Custom SLA. Large enterprise.
Custom
Qdrant website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Kinde vs free on Qdrant.

MetricKindeQdrant
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.

Qdrant · 13 features

  • BYOC (Hybrid Cloud)Managed Qdrant in your cloud account.
  • Cloud InferenceHosted embedding models for free tokens.
  • Cluster MonitoringPrometheus metrics + health.
  • CollectionsTyped collections with named vectors + payload schema.
  • DistributedHorizontal sharding + Raft replication.
  • Hybrid SearchSparse + dense + keyword in one query.
  • Multi-VectorMultiple vectors per point (text + image, etc.).
  • Open SourceApache 2.0 licensed.
  • Payload FiltersRich filter DSL with indexed fields.
  • QuantizationScalar + product + binary for memory reduction.
  • RBACAPI-key scopes + roles.
  • Snapshots + RestoreBackup + DR primitives.
  • Sparse VectorsBM25 + SPLADE sparse embeddings natively.

Developer interfaces

KindKindeQdrant
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 SDKgo-client, java-client, qdrant-client (py), qdrant-client (rust), qdrant-dotnet, @qdrant/js-client-rest
RESTKinde Management APIQdrant REST API
MCPKinde MCPQdrant MCP
OTHERQdrant gRPC
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