What are magic links?
Simply put, magic links are URLs with embedded tokens that grant users one-time access to an application or website. When implemented thoughtfully, magic links can increase user adoption and drive better conversions by removing the pain that comes with password-based authentication.
How magic links help
Get more users in
Reduce onboarding friction by allowing users to log in to your app without creating new login credentials.
Reduce bots and fraud
Stop credential stuffing, brute force attempts, and bot attacks on your login pages.
One factor, two factor
Magic links easily fit into a step-up or multi-factor authentication flow.
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“Descope has truly been ‘set it and forget it’ for authentication by making user journeys seamless and secure for all users that interact with our service.”
- Sasidhar Sista, Co-Founder
"This is the fastest implementation of RBAC in a product I've ever seen."
- Alok Shukla, Co-Founder and CEO
"Our developers had an amazing experience with the Descope SDK. It only took us 3 hours to deploy OAuth social logins to production."
- Manu Zenou, Head of Engineering
"Descope is very customizable and easy to use. We seamlessly embedded Descope Flows inside an Outlook plugin for our app, which was not possible with other authentication products."
- Alon Cohen, CEO
"Security and compliance is always top of mind in healthcare. It's reassuring that Descope takes care of all the little security details involved in authentication."
- Jonah Mink, Founder and CEO
"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."
- Harsh Shrivastava, Founding Engineer
"Authenticating our community members with LinkedIn is intuitive for them, gives us a better understanding of their identity, and removes the burden of managing passwords."
- Shreesha Ramdas, Co-Founder
Explore other authentication methods
Social login
Enable users to log in with identity providers like Google, LinkedIn, GitHub, and others.
One-time passwords
Implement quick and easy login with one-time passwords over email and SMS.
Passkeys
Let users log in the same way they unlock their device – with a fingerprint, face scan, or PIN.
OpenID Connect
Augment existing logins with passwordless auth by adding Descope as a federated IdP.
Biometrics / WebAuthn
Implement FIDO-based biometric authentication native to your users’ devices.
Authenticator apps
Harden security by having users prove the possession of their devices.
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