Pick Kinde if
product teams who will stay on Free at $0 (10,500 MAU, 5 orgs, 10 flags) while they connect a first app, then buy Pro at $25 / month when they need uncapped MAU and API keys.
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Our take
Pick Kinde if product teams who will stay on Free at $0 (10,500 MAU, 5 orgs, 10 flags) while they connect a first app, then buy Pro at $25 / month when they need uncapped MAU and API keys. Pick Ory if platform teams who will run Kratos/Hydra/Keto at $0 on their own cluster, or buy Ory Network Production at $770/year ($21 included monthly credit) when they want a hosted identity cloud instead of Clerk-shaped
Best for
Kinde Users, orgs, and billing you start at $0
Ory Login + OAuth + permissions you start on OSS or a printed Network $
Free plan
Kinde $0 · forever. No card. 10,500 MAU. 5 MAO. 10 feature flags. Email / social / MFA. Billing at 0.7% per transaction
Ory $0 · software. You run Kratos / Hydra / Keto / Oathkeeper. Hosting is your bill
Lowest paid
Kinde SMS $0.07
Ory Ory Network Growth $9/yr
Next step up
Kinde Pro $25
Ory Ory Network Production $770/yr
Runs where
Kinde Hosted
Ory
Watch out
Kinde Free is 10,500 MAU and 5 orgs
Ory $770 is yearly Network, not a $0 Cloud
Last checked
Kinde 2026-10-23 · kinde.com/pricing
Ory 2026-10-23 · ory.sh/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Ory if
platform teams who will run Kratos/Hydra/Keto at $0 on their own cluster, or buy Ory Network Production at $770/year ($21 included monthly credit) when they want a hosted identity cloud instead of Clerk-shaped components.
Read the Ory page