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Authentication & Identity Startup Perks

Compare authentication & identity perks for startups and growing teams.

Authentication & Identity Startup Programs

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Clerk

6 months free with Clerk for Startups — bootstrapped tier

Clerk

Clerk's bootstrapped tier gives self-funded startups $5,000 in authentication platform credits for 6 months — covering user management, MFA, SSO, and more. Note: Clerk's free tier already includes 50K MAUs and 100 organisations before the program is needed.

Auth0 by Okta

1 year free B2B identity platform with Auth0 for Startups

Auth0 by Okta

Auth0 by Okta provides your startup with a comprehensive and simple authentication experience that is extensible and scalable – enabling you to focus on building your application. We secure billions of logins every year and were named a 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader in Access Management.

Supabase

Free Postgres credits with Supabase for Startups

Supabase

Supabase for Startups gives early-stage companies startup-friendly credits and onboarding support for the full Supabase platform — Postgres database, auth, storage, edge functions, and realtime.

Workos

12 months free with WorkOS for Startups

Workos

WorkOS gives qualifying startups free access to its enterprise-ready auth platform for up to 12 months — SSO, SCIM directory sync, and fine-grained authorization so you can close enterprise deals faster.

Clerk

2 years free authentication with Clerk for Startups — funded tier

Clerk

Clerk for Startups gives qualifying early-stage companies free access to the complete Clerk auth platform — drop-in user management, multi-tenant auth, and enterprise SSO for modern web and mobile apps.

Okta

1 year free identity tools with Okta for Startups

Okta

Okta for Startups gives qualifying early-stage companies free access to the Okta Identity Cloud for up to 25 users for one year — covering SSO, automated provisioning, and MFA without engineering overhead.

Descope

12 months free authentication platform with Descope for Startups

Descope

Descope Hello World Startup Plan gives qualifying early-stage companies 12 months free on the Descope Pro tier — a complete no-code authentication and user management platform with passwordless auth; SSO; MFA; and B2B multi-tenancy.

Withpersona

Free monthly KYC and AML verifications with Persona for Startups

Withpersona

Persona for Startups gives qualifying early-stage companies 500 free KYC and AML identity verifications per month for one year — the flexible identity platform for building onboarding flows; fraud prevention; and compliance workflows.

Appwrite

Free cloud backend credits with Appwrite for Startups

Appwrite

Appwrite for Startups gives qualifying early-stage companies $20000 in Appwrite Cloud credits — the open-source backend platform providing authentication; databases; storage; functions; and messaging in one unified API.

Stytch

Free authentication platform with Stytch for Startups

Stytch

Stytch for Startups gives qualifying early-stage companies free access to the Stytch authentication platform — the developer-first auth and fraud prevention platform supporting passwordless; B2B SSO; MFA; device fingerprinting; and more.

Kinde

Free credits with Kinde for Startups

Kinde

Kinde for Startups gives qualifying early-stage companies $5000 in Kinde credits — the modern authentication and user management platform providing passwordless login; MFA; SSO; and multi-tenancy with clean APIs and fast integration.