Frontegg goes (way) beyond SSO

The WorkOS alternative that scales with you

Frontegg vs. WorkOS

WorkOS was built for companies that need to set up SSO. Frontegg’s got you covered if you have more complex authentication and authorization needs.

Advanced features for complex identity management

WorkOS offers enterprise SSO, Directory Sync, AuthKit user management, roles, fine-grained authorization and Audit Logs as separate products. Frontegg packages authentication, tenant management, entitlements (Enterprise) and a customer-facing admin portal in one platform.

  • Authentication
  • Hierarchies
  • Multi-tenancy
  • Authorization
  • Multi-apps
  • Admin portal

More for your money

Frontegg’s Pay as you go plan is free up to 7,500 monthly active users (MAUs) and includes features beyond authentication, such as user invitations, Admin and Viewer roles, bot detection and an embedded admin portal. Which option costs less depends on your MAUs, enterprise connections and add-ons, so compare both pricing pages with your own numbers.

7,500
Free MAUs

Unlimited
Organizations

5
Enterprise Connections (SSO/SCIM)

Acts as IDP provider to connect 
to third party apps

WorkOS Connect lets third-party applications sign users in with WorkOS and receive identity and access tokens through the OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow.

Frontegg can act as an OIDC or SAML identity provider for external applications. This Federation broker capability is included in the Enterprise plan.

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Frontegg
WorkOS

Authentication

Frontegg offers advanced authentication, including M2M authentication for your customers’ services. WorkOS also supports M2M applications through the client credentials flow.

Standard login

No-code customization

Hosted IDP

M2M authentication

Entitlements

Frontegg’s advanced authorization with context-aware access control -- called Entitlements (Enterprise) -- is richer and easier to use than WorkOS’s.

RBAC

Subscription-based

Enterprise

Feature flags

Enterprise

Trial management

Enterprise

FGA

Enterprise

B2B capabilities

Frontegg is purpose-built for B2B use cases. Manage user groups (all plans), account hierarchies (Enterprise) and much more. WorkOS supports organizations and organization-scoped roles, and models nested resources in its separate FGA product.

Organization management

Hierarchies

Enterprise

Role level organization

Enterprise

Login per organization

SSO per organization: all plans; custom login box per organization: Enterprise

User groups

Security

With adaptive MFA, an advanced risk and fraud engine and easy-to-understand security dashboards (all Enterprise), Frontegg is a CISO’s dream. WorkOS AuthKit’s built-in MFA uses authenticator-app codes; its Radar product adds bot and fraud detection that can block or challenge sign-ins.

Risk and fraud engines

Basic on all plans; advanced on Enterprise

Security dashboards

Enterprise

Organizational level policies

Enterprise

Adaptive MFA

Enterprise
(TOTP MFA; separate Radar risk checks)

Step up

Enterprise

Logs streaming

Enterprise

Enterprise readiness

Both Frontegg and WorkOS have enterprise features like SSO and SCIM that can be shipped to your companies quickly. But Frontegg offers a wider set of capabilities.

SSO

SCIM

Audit logs

Enterprise

Management & analytics

Easily set up and manage users, accounts and environments.

User management

Admin portal

Self-service

Frontegg’s admin portal embeds enabled tenant-administration modules in your app. WorkOS Admin Portal covers SSO, Directory Sync, domain verification and audit-log streams; user management is a separate widget.

User login and signup

Profile management

User invitation

Organization management

Audit logs

Enterprise
(log streams via Admin Portal)

SSO & SCIM configuration

Security configuration

Enterprise
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Authentication

Frontegg offers advanced authentication, including M2M authentication for your customers’ services. WorkOS also supports M2M applications through the client credentials flow.

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Entitlements

Frontegg’s advanced authorization with context-aware access control -- called Entitlements (Enterprise) -- is richer and easier to use than WorkOS’s.

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B2B capabilities

Frontegg is purpose-built for B2B use cases. Manage user groups (all plans), account hierarchies (Enterprise) and much more. WorkOS supports organizations and organization-scoped roles, and models nested resources in its separate FGA product.

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Security

With adaptive MFA, an advanced risk and fraud engine and easy-to-understand security dashboards (all Enterprise), Frontegg is a CISO’s dream. WorkOS AuthKit’s built-in MFA uses authenticator-app codes; its Radar product adds bot and fraud detection that can block or challenge sign-ins.

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Enterprise readiness

Both Frontegg and WorkOS have enterprise features like SSO and SCIM that can be shipped to your companies quickly. But Frontegg offers a wider set of capabilities.

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Management & analytics

Easily set up and manage users, accounts and environments.

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Self-service

Frontegg’s admin portal embeds enabled tenant-administration modules in your app. WorkOS Admin Portal covers SSO, Directory Sync, domain verification and audit-log streams; user management is a separate widget.

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