Hello World Startup Plan

Build app, not auth. Use Descope to easily add authentication and user management capabilities to your app with a few lines of code. Free of charge for one year for startups.

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From scratch to magic in 10 minutes

See how easy it is to build authentication and user journey flows with Descope.

How we help

Passwordless authentication

Improve UX and nip password-based attacks in the bud. Choose from passkeys, magic links, social logins, and more.

Multi-factor authentication

Easily add risk-based MFA and step-up controls to your user journeys.

Single sign-on

Easily implement both IdP and SP initiated SSO with both SAML and OpenID Connect support.

B2B enterprise readiness

Add SSO, SCIM, authorization, and other capabilities that enterprise customers expect from your app.

Fraud prevention

Stop bots and login fraud with third-party connectors such as reCAPTCHA and Traceable.

Identity federation

Unify customer identities across all your business-facing and internal apps.

Trusted by hundreds of customers and thousands of developers

Customizable user journeys for any app

Frictionless authentication

Seamlessly add any auth method – passwords, passwordless, SSO – on your chosen framework. Securely manage and merge identities across methods.

No / low code CIAM

Create and modify tailored journeys for every user interaction using a drag & drop workflow builder. All without touching your codebase.

Security and fraud prevention

Enhance user protection with adaptive MFA, bot protection, and secure session management. Insert the right security controls at the right time.

Why Descope for startups?

Regain dev focus

Spend time building your core product rather than keeping up with complex auth protocols.

Improve user conversion

Delight and retain users with frictionless and passwordless authentication.

Reduce your attack surface

Improve product security and raise the bar for cybercriminals trying to break authentication.

Get your app to market faster and safer than before. Do what you do best and leave the auth to us.

Who is eligible?

Recency

Startups that are up to 3 years from their inception.

Revenue

Startups that have up to $1M in total bookings OR ARR.

Frequently asked questions

Descope is a no-code customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform meant for developers and IT teams. Our drag & drop workflow builder, SDKs, and APIs help organizations create and customize the entire user journey – from authentication and authorization to MFA and federation.

By abstracting away the implementation details of authentication methods, session management, risk management, and error handling, Descope helps developers spend more time on core app initiatives.

Eligible startups get the Descope Pro Tier free of charge for up to 1 year. Details of the Pro Tier can be found on our pricing page.

One exception from the Pro Tier that isn't available to startups in the Hello World Plan is unlimited SMS delivery with Descope connectors. You can choose to use Descope connectors for up to 100 SMS deliveries per month, or you can choose to bring your own connectors for unlimited SMS deliveries per month.