Kinde

What it is for

Kinde is a hosted auth-plus-billing desk: you open the dashboard, and Free is $0 forever (10,500 MAU, no card). Use it when the job is users, orgs, and billing you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Kinde dashboard (Welcome, Organizations / Users / Billing / Releases nav, My React App) from the docs still — not a pricing card. The home cards themselves are ops of Applications. Kinde bills a base + extra MAU, not seats (dashboard seats print unlimited).

Key features

• Users — an identity you authenticate (cover Users; docs; pricing). One user. Email / social / MFA sit here. 10,500 MAU included on every printed tile; extra MAU is $0.0175 on Pro (billed users are $0).
• Organizations — a B2B tenant (cover Organizations; pricing MAO). A tenant, not a user. Free includes 5 monthly active orgs; Pro 50 then $0.50 each.
• Billing — subscriptions you charge through Kinde (cover Billing; pricing Billing). A charge, not an org. Platform fee prints 0.7% per transaction on the Free card we fetched. MAU on billed users is $0.
• Feature flags / Releases — a flag you ship (cover Releases; pricing Feature flags). A flag, not a user. Free includes 10 flags; Pro+ unlimited.
• Applications / environments — an app + env you connect (cover My React App; pricing Environments). An app, not a flag. Extra non-prod environments print $5 / $4 / $3 on Pro / Plus / Scale.

Workflows and page designer are options of Applications. Kinde Care support is $750 / month — a support add-on, not a sixth desk.

Who it's for

Best fit: 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.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from kinde.com/pricing. Tiles print Free $0 / Pro $25 / Plus $75 / Scale $250 per month. 10,500 MAU included on every tile.

• Free — $0 forever. No card. 10,500 MAU. 5 MAO. 10 feature flags. Email / social / MFA. Billing at 0.7% per transaction.
• Pro — $25 / month. Uncapped MAU ($0.0175 per extra; $0 for billed users). 50 MAO then $0.50. API keys. Extra env $5.
• Plus — $75 / month. Extra MAU $0.0163. Extra MAO $0.47. Extra env $4.
• Scale — $250 / month. Extra MAU $0.0151. Extra MAO $0.43. Extra env $3. Advanced orgs $2.50 per unit.
• Kinde Care — $750 / month support add-on.
• SMS — $0.07 per SMS (printed “$7c”) or BYO provider.

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Limitations / costs

• Free is 10,500 MAU and 5 orgs. A B2B launch usually wants Pro’s 50 MAO.
• Billing’s 0.7% is extra on Free. Do not fold it into the $0 tile.
• An auth-plus-billing desk, not an enterprise SSO connection meter. For WorkOS $125 connections see WorkOS. For Clerk see Clerk.

Alternatives

• WorkOS — enterprise SSO when you want $125 / connection and AuthKit, not Kinde’s MAU ladder.
• Clerk — hosted user auth when you want Clerk’s consumer UI, not Kinde Billing.
• Ory — self-host identity when you want Kratos / Hydra, not Kinde Cloud.

Official tutorial

Official Kinde channel video: Kinde customer portal in 90 seconds (oEmbed author: Kinde). First-party product clip; the docs dashboard still is the cover. Customer portal on the video is ops of Billing / orgs, not a second listing.

Written path: kinde.com/pricing plus the dashboard still.

Website

https://www.kinde.com

Repository

https://github.com/kinde-oss

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Kinde dashboard from the docs still. Dollars checked on kinde.com/pricing (Free $0; Pro $25; Plus $75; Scale $250; Care $750/mo; SMS $0.07). Tutorial oEmbed author: Kinde.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.