Modern customer identity without the overhead

• Plug-and-play ecosystem of third-party connectors for use cases such as fraud prevention, localization, identity verification, and CRM updates.

• Connectors can be chained together in workflows.

• Support for generic HTTP, SMTP, and audit connectors.

• Utilize connectors with Supabase, Firebase, and custom backends to preserve existing token formats while modernizing auth.

• Many integrations depend on community extensions or third-party plugins.

• External integrations require ongoing maintenance and support.

• Authentication extensibility often requires specialized development expertise.

Descope’s no-code workflow engine makes it easy to set up user journeys and make future modifications to auth flows without redeploying the app.

Enterprise federation deployments often require manual configuration, metadata management, and ongoing administration, increasing operational complexity as customer identity providers grow.

• Use Descope as an Identity Federation Broker to connect any combination of clients and IdPs (both SAML and OIDC).

• Run custom flows to merge user accounts, onboard users, and enforce smart MFA.

Deploying and operating Keycloak requires infrastructure management, authentication customization, and ongoing investment in reliability, scaling, monitoring, and security operations.

• Fully-featured “Free Forever” tier with all auth methods supported, RBAC, and any number of projects.

• Sub-linear and transparent price increases on paid tiers.

• No licensing costs, but infrastructure and operations remain customer-managed.

• Custom development can increase long-term ownership costs.

• Global scale often requires additional engineering investment.