auth
Stytch
Authentication platform for B2C and B2B
Auth API + pre-built UI for B2C (passwordless, passkeys, fraud) and B2B (orgs, SSO, SCIM, JIT). Generous free tier, transparent pay-as-you-go.
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 10,000 MAU. Unlimited orgs. 5 SSO/SCIM connections. 1,000 M2M tokens. 10,000 fraud fingerprints. Full auth suite. |
| Pay as you go | Free | Usage-based after free allowances. Volume discounts for high MAU. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom. 99.99% SLA, private Slack, migration assistance, HIPAA/BAA. |
Limits
| Tier | Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | mfa factors | TOTP, SMS, Email, WebAuthn/Passkey | Supported second factors |
| — | session max hours | 744 hours | Default max session lifetime (31 days), configurable |
| free | fraud fingerprints included | 10000 fingerprints/month | Free fraud prevention fingerprints |
| free | m2m tokens included | 1000 tokens | Free M2M tokens/month |
| free | mau included | 10000 users/month | Free MAU |
| free | organizations | unlimited | Unlimited orgs on free |
| free | sso connections included | 5 conns | Free SSO/SCIM connections |
| paygo | brand customization | $99 one-time | Remove Stytch branding (one-time) |
| paygo | overage fraud fingerprint | $0.005/fingerprint | Extra fraud fingerprints |
| paygo | overage sso connection | $125/conn/month | Extra SSO/SCIM connections |
Features
- B2B Auth — Multi-tenant auth: organizations, roles, JIT provisioning, enterprise SSO, SCIM. · docs
- B2C Auth — Consumer auth: passwordless (magic links, OTP), passwords, OAuth, passkeys, WebAuthn. · docs
- Device Fingerprinting — Fingerprint devices at signup/login. Block bots, credential stuffing, and ATO attacks. · docs
- Device-Fingerprint Risk API — Real-time risk scoring API usable even without full auth.
- Enterprise SSO (OIDC) — OIDC SSO per organization.
- Enterprise SSO (SAML) — SAML 2.0 SSO per organization. Self-serve admin portal. · docs
- JIT Provisioning — Auto-create users in an org on first SSO sign-in.
- Machine-to-Machine — Client-credentials OAuth for service-to-service. · docs
- OAuth / Social — Google, Apple, Microsoft, GitHub, Slack, Discord, Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon, Bitbucket, Coinbase, GitLab, Figma, Salesforce, Shopify, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitch, Yahoo.
- Organizations — Multi-tenant primitive with policies per org. · docs
- Passkeys (WebAuthn) — FIDO2 passkey enrollment and authentication. · docs
- Passwordless — Magic links (email) + OTP (email/SMS/WhatsApp) + embeddable magic links. · docs
- RBAC — Roles and permissions per organization (B2B). · docs
- SCIM Provisioning — Directory user/group provisioning from Okta, Azure, Google Workspace. · docs
- Sessions — JWT or opaque session tokens. Configurable lifetime. · docs
Developer interfaces
| Slug | Name | Kind | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| sdk-android | Android SDK | sdk | 0.x |
| api-b2b | B2B API | rest | v1 |
| api-b2c | B2C API | rest | v1 |
| sdk-go | Go backend SDK | sdk | 20.x |
| sdk-ios | iOS SDK | sdk | 1.x |
| sdk-java | Java backend SDK | sdk | 11.x |
| sdk-js | JavaScript SDK | sdk | 5.x |
| sdk-nextjs | Next.js SDK | sdk | 20.x |
| sdk-node | Node backend SDK | sdk | 13.x |
| sdk-python | Python backend SDK | sdk | 13.x |
| sdk-react | React SDK | sdk | 20.x |
| sdk-ruby | Ruby backend SDK | sdk | 9.x |
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