Descope vs Stytch

Switch from Stytch to no / low code auth

Build and customize user journeys with visual workflows instead of engineering every step.
Unlock full B2B support with flexible multi-tenancy and self-service SSO configuration.
Reduce engineering lift by avoiding custom integrations and backend logic.
Predict costs with simple pricing and get responsive support at every stage.

Customers that chose Descope over Stytch

"We love Descope SSO flows from a CX standpoint. A customer we onboarded just told us it was the fastest implementation ever. It usually takes weeks but we were done in 15 minutes - small talk included!"

David Li, Senior Software Engineer

“Visualizing the user journey as a workflow enables us to audit and modify the registration and authentication journey without making significant code changes.”

Arkadiy Goykhberg, CISO

“Descope satisfied our requirement for sophisticated multi-tenancy with support for per-tenant configurations. The ability to define different roles and permissions for each tenant, while delegating role creation to tenant admins, proved invaluable.”

Laxmi Damodar, Senior Product Manager

"We implemented Descope when we were a two-person team. It was a drag and drop experience and it's still in production as our team has grown and customer adoption has skyrocketed."

Karun Kaushik, Co-Founder and CEO

Why customers choose Descope over Stytch

A simpler developer experience

Use visual workflows and SDKs to implement CIAM without piecing together multiple APIs. Avoid the heavy engineering time required to build, maintain, and modify auth flows in Stytch.

Enterprise features that scale with your app

Support B2B and multi-tenant apps with built-in SSO setup, delegated admin, role mapping, and SCIM workflows. Give customers self-service control rather than writing custom interfaces.

Predictable pricing without hidden scale costs

Avoid unpredictable spend from usage-based MFA, SSO connections, and platform add-ons. Descope provides clear pricing while Stytch costs can grow quickly as MAU or enterprise needs increase.

A single platform for every identity use case

Descope unifies B2C and B2B authentication, authorization, provisioning, and tenant management. Stytch customers must stitch these capabilities together using separate APIs and custom engineering.

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A detailed Descope vs Stytch comparison


User experience
User experience	Descope user journey screens are embedded in your app to provide a native experience without redirects. Native mobile flows offer an enhanced web-view experience that help customers easily create native-like authentication flows in mobile applications.	Stytch gives developers auth components, not user journeys. No low-code flows, custom screening or orchestration makes consumer UX iteration engineering-heavy and slower to evolve, ultimately affecting the user experience.
User journeys
User journeys	No-code workflows to create and customize screens, auth flows, MFA flows, and any other user journey interaction. A/B testing to experiment with different auth / MFA methods, onboarding paths, and geo-based auth without writing custom code.	Stytch enables flexible login patterns but lacks the decoupled abstraction of low-code flows. Teams must build complete journeys manually.
Passkeys
Passkeys	Passkey support from Day 1 including autofill and fallback conditions. Passkeys can be added as first or second auth factor with any other method. Create different onboarding paths to A / B test passkey implementation. Show any backup auth method if user’s device is not passkey compatible.	Stytch supports WebAuthn passkeys but SDK-based implementation is cumbersome and lacks fallback auth logic. Teams must hand-build full passkey journeys and UX.
One Tap
One Tap	Native Google One Tap support through Descope SDKs. Add “post-authentication” flows to collect user info, verify additional factors like phone number, etc.	One Tap works, but not as a user journey with post-auth flows. No orchestration or identity enrichment. Developers must design, route, and maintain every step.
MFA
MFA	MFA available on all Descope plans. Choose from any MFA factor, including phishing-resistant ones like magic links and passkeys. Risk-based MFA with connectors (reCAPTCHA, AbuseIPDB, Forter, Fingerprint). Workflow-based approach makes adding and modifying MFA logic straightforward.	While Stytch offers multiple MFA factors and built-in device fingerprinting, it lacks adaptive MFA and cannot use external fraud or risk signals in flow logic. Stytch doesn’t offer plug in third-party fraud connectors into user journeys, but rather requires custom-coded integrations and manual routing.
Future-proofing
Future-proofing	Workflow-based approach that makes it easier to modify user journeys without redeploying the app. Descope has one unified platform for B2C and B2B authentication.	Stytch’s platform is modern but not flexible. Without an orchestration layer, future UX, auth, or identity shifts require custom engineering and redeployments. Stytch’s B2C and B2B offerings sit as separate products, meaning teams that need both must implement each product from scratch and stitch them together.

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