Skycloak Platform vs Kinde
How the Skycloak Platform and Kinde by Kinde Australia Pty Ltd compare on price, hosting, data residency and features. The Skycloak Platform is Skycloak's own multi-tenant sign-in engine, free up to 25,000 monthly active users.
Side by side
Prices are in US dollars, as each product lists them. A Skycloak Platform feature reads Available once it has shipped and Planned until then.
| KindeKinde Australia Pty Ltd | Skycloak PlatformSkycloak | |
|---|---|---|
| Price at 1,000 monthly active users | $25 a month on Pro$25 base plus 0 overage: Pro includes 10,500 MAU. The Free plan also covers 10,500 MAU but lacks passkeys and is aimed at personal projects. | $0 a month on Free |
| Price at 10,000 monthly active users | $25 a month on Pro$25 base plus 0 overage: Pro includes 10,500 MAU. | $0 a month on Free |
| Price at 25,000 monthly active users | $278.75 a month on Pro$25 base plus 14,500 MAU above 10,500 at $0.0175 each ($253.75). Users on paid subscriptions billed through Kinde are not counted. | $0 a month on Free |
| Price at 50,000 monthly active users | $716.25 a month on Pro$25 base plus 39,500 MAU above 10,500 at $0.0175 each ($691.25). Plus, at $75 and $0.0163 per extra MAU, comes to $718.85. | $499 a month, billed yearly, on Scale |
| Hosting | CloudKinde is offered as a cloud service. Its pricing and enterprise pages list no self-hosted or dedicated instance option. | Cloud |
| Data residency | US, CA, EU, UK, AUOregon, Quebec, Dublin, London and Sydney. The region is chosen once and cannot be changed in Kinde. | US, EU |
| Passkeys | Available on Pro | Planned |
| Multi-factor authentication | AvailableMFA by email, SMS and authenticator app on every plan. | Planned |
| Enterprise SSO (SAML) | Available1 enterprise connection on Free and Pro; Plus and Scale include unlimited connections. | Planned |
| SCIM provisioning | PlannedThe Scale plan card lists SCIM as coming soon. The comparison table marks SCIM/directory sync as included on Scale, but it also marks other coming-soon features as included, so the plan card is taken as the status. | Planned |
| Organizations for B2B customers | Available5 monthly active organizations on Free and 50 on paid plans, then $0.50 each on Pro. | Planned |
| Role-based access control | AvailableFree allows 2 custom roles and 10 permissions; paid plans are unlimited. | Planned |
| Custom domain | AvailableA custom domain is included on every plan. | Planned |
The verdict
At 50,000 monthly active users, Kinde costs $716.25 a month on Pro and the Skycloak Platform costs $499 a month, billed yearly, on Scale.
Kinde has shipped 6 of the 7 features compared here; the Skycloak Platform has shipped none of them yet and has all 7 planned.
Choose Kinde if you need passkeys, multi-factor authentication, enterprise SSO (SAML), organizations for B2B customers, role-based access control and custom domain in production today.
Choose the Skycloak Platform if its lower price at that size matters most and its planned features fit your timeline.
Sources
Every Kinde fact on this page was read on one of these pages, on the date shown. Prices and plans change, so check the vendor's page before you decide.
- https://docs.kinde.com/get-started/learn-about-kinde/supported-data-regions, checked October 28, 2026
- https://www.kinde.com/enterprise/, checked October 28, 2026
- https://www.kinde.com/pricing, checked October 28, 2026