Kinde
Auth & Identity Free key (no card)
Documentation: docs.kinde.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
Kinde is a hosted authentication platform built for developers, offering login, social sign-in, MFA, and organizations through simple SDKs and APIs. The free plan is $0 forever with no credit card and includes 10,500 monthly active users, email, SMS, and social login, MFA, organizations, one webhook, ten feature flags, two environments, and machine-to-machine apps. Its Account and Management APIs cover user profile and admin tasks. It is a strong, generous alternative to bigger auth vendors.
Details
Free to start. You may need a free key, but no credit card.
Auth: Free key (no card)
Rate limit: Free: 10,500 monthly active users, no credit card; API limits follow standard per-endpoint policies.
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: user login SaaS startups MFA
Setup
- Sign up for the free plan at kinde.com, no card required.
- Create an application and copy your domain and client credentials.
- Install the Kinde SDK for your framework.
- Configure callback URLs and login methods in the dashboard.
- Call the Account API with a bearer access token for user data.
curl https://{subdomain}.kinde.com/account_api/v1/user -H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN"Use cases
- Add login, signup, and MFA to a new SaaS product for free.
- Support multiple customer organizations with one auth setup.
- Use built-in feature flags alongside authentication.