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I've been using WorkOS for my SaaS products and I'm pretty satisfied with it. It's straightforward to set up Google/Microsoft/MagicLink (free), including staging and production environments. The best part, though, is that it lets my enterprise customers configure their own SAML/OpenID Connect IDPs.

I get charged per connection, so I just pass that cost onto my customers. As a solo developer, I'd have a hard time supporting so many IDPs with a unified API without this.

They did recently hike up the cost per connection, but they're giving a one-year extension at the old rates, which seems fair.



Their product looks great but the price seems insane. $125/m per connection? That's very hard to swallow for a SAAS looking to charge maybe $10-30 per seat. I get it, "enterprise!", but that's a pretty high barrier to entry for a company still establishing itself.


Absolutely, it's not the most inexpensive option out there. My strategy is, that I only initiate a connection once an agreement with an enterprise client is officially signed. This way, I'm not investing upfront without the assurance of a paying customer. I find this approach works quite well for my situation.


insane indeed. btn.social is 1 cent for 100 logins. no MAU shenanigans. won't bankrupt/drain most startups




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