Descope vs Auth0

Go from Auth “0 to n” with Descope

Create and customize user journeys with no-code workflows.
Leverage flexible multi-tenancy and self-service SSO config for your B2B app.
Provide a native experience to end users without redirects.
Transparent pricing and stellar support for orgs of all sizes.

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Some customers that chose Descope over Auth0

Why customers choose Descope over Auth0

Frictionless developer and IT experience

Use our visual workflows and SDKs to get CIAM implemented quickly without custom code. Modify user journeys without redeploying your app or adding to engineering sprints.

Complete user journeys

Easily build and modify entire user journeys with workflows: from authentication, authorization, and MFA to SSO, step-up, and identity orchestration. Enhance user journeys with plug & play third-party connectors.

Flexibility to adapt to any app

Migrate off your current CIAM system entirely or augment it with adaptive MFA. Broker connections across standard identity protocols. Integrate using Flows, SDKs, or APIs.

Stellar support

Leverage responsive and active support for customers irrespective of size or use case. Work with a team voted as having the Best Support by customer reviews for three quarters running.

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A detailed comparison


Multi-tenancy
Multi-tenancy	Descope is multi-tenant by design and can support advanced B2B enterprise requirements. Tenants can easily be created and managed from the console or Management SDK.	Auth0 was not designed with B2B orgs in mind and offers basic tenancy support. Supporting multiple customers requires higher tiers and lots of custom coding.
Multi-tenancy	“This is the fastest implementation of RBAC in a product I’ve ever seen.” - Co-Founder and CEO
SSO
SSO	Strong support for both SAML and OIDC SSO. Use federation to unify identities across all customer-facing apps. Create custom onboarding journeys for each app.	Rigid and time-consuming SSO configuration. Cross-app SSO limited to Professional and Enterprise plans. Hard-coded user journeys (unless you invest a lot of custom code into it).
SSO configuration
SSO configuration	Descope’s SSO self-service configuration flows allow your customers to easily set up SSO to your app with their own IdPs.	Configuring SSO self-service requires wrapping Auth0 with lots of custom logic that’s a challenge to implement and maintain.
SSO configuration	"Every B2B SaaS app needs to think about SAML and access control from Day 1. Descope helps us offer these capabilities to our customers with minimal engineering effort." - Co-Founder
Authorization
Authorization	Add fine-grained and tenant-aware authorization (RBAC, ReBAC, ABAC) capabilities to your app. Utilize custom JWT claims to define access controls for your app. Assign user roles and permissions based on workflow conditions.	Hard-coded authorization capabilities: no workflow-like flexibility to assign user roles. Adding custom user claims is either restrictive (pre-set Auth0 Actions) or time-consuming for anything complicated.
Risk-based MFA
Risk-based MFA	Utilize a variety of native risk signals to enforce adaptive MFA like new device checks, impossible traveler, and VPN checks. Easily create branching user paths based on risk scores ingested from 3rd-party fraud services like reCAPTCHA, Telesign, and AbuseIPDB.	Risk-based MFA only available on the Enterprise plan. Weak or absent customizability with external fraud service connections. Code-heavy approach for implementation and upkeep.
User journeys
User journeys	No-code workflows to create and customize flows such as user invites, step-up auth, user merging, and identity orchestration.	Lots of custom coding required to create desired user journey logic. Resources needed to maintain in-house.
User journeys	"The Descope Flows feature is exceptional and super intuitive! While we try to enhance customer experience, our own experience with Descope has been delightful.” - Co-Founder
SCIM provisioning
SCIM provisioning	Automated or on-demand user provisioning and deprovisioning. Integrations with major IAM systems ensure synchronization of user data across systems.	SCIM support available only on higher plans. Proper integration with enterprise IAM systems requires many additional configurations and custom coding.
Future-proofing
Future-proofing	Workflow-based approach that makes it easier to modify user journeys without redeploying the app.	Updating user journeys often needs time-consuming code and configuration changes.
Future-proofing	“Descope provided easy-to-use, secure, and stable authentication for our membership app.” - Product Consultant