Our take
Pick Twingate if teams who will stay on Starter Free (5 users) while they open a first Network Overview, then buy Teams at $5 / user / month — or Home at $15 / month for a homelab that wants Business-class connectors without a per-user seat. Pick WorkOS if b2B teams who will stay on AuthKit User Management at $0 (≤1M users) while they brand a first login, then buy SSO at $125 / connection when a customer asks for
hosted enterprise-auth desk
Best for
Twingate Private resources you start at $0
WorkOS SSO and a hosted login you start at $0
Free plan
Twingate No free plan
WorkOS $0 · / month up to 1 million users; $2,500 / month per additional 1M users
Lowest paid
Twingate Not published by the vendor
WorkOS Custom Domain $99
Next step up
Twingate
WorkOS Radar $100
Runs where
Twingate Hosted
WorkOS Local or hosted
Watch out
Twingate Starter Free is 5 users
WorkOS AuthKit $0 stops at 1M users
Last checked
Twingate 2026-10-23 · twingate.com/pricing
WorkOS 2026-10-23 · workos.com/pricing
teams who will stay on Starter Free (5 users) while they open a first Network Overview, then buy Teams at $5 / user / month — or Home at $15 / month for a homelab that wants Business-class connectors without a per-user seat.
Read the Twingate pageb2B teams who will stay on AuthKit User Management at $0 (≤1M users) while they brand a first login, then buy SSO at $125 / connection when a customer asks for Okta.
Read the WorkOS page