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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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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
Feature flags
Trial management
FGA
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
Role level organization
Login per organization
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
Security dashboards
Organizational level policies
Adaptive MFA
Step up
Logs streaming
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
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
SSO & SCIM configuration
Security configuration
Authentication
Frontegg offers advanced authentication, including M2M authentication for your customers’ services. WorkOS also supports M2M applications through the client credentials flow.
Entitlements
Frontegg’s advanced authorization with context-aware access control -- called Entitlements (Enterprise) -- is richer and easier to use than WorkOS’s.
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.
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.
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.
Management & analytics
Easily set up and manage users, accounts and environments.
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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