Groq vs Stytch
Fastest LLM inference — LPU-powered (300-1000+ tokens/sec)
vs. Authentication platform for B2C and B2B
Pricing tiers
Groq
Free Tier
Generous free RPM / TPM by model. Great for dev + small apps.
Free
On-Demand (paid)
Pay-as-you-go per token. OpenAI-compatible API, no infrastructure to manage.
$0 base (usage-based)
Developer Tier
Higher rate limits for production apps.
$0 base (usage-based)
Enterprise
Custom. Dedicated capacity, SLA, on-prem option.
Custom
Stytch
Free
10,000 MAU. Unlimited orgs. 5 SSO/SCIM connections. 1,000 M2M tokens. 10,000 fraud fingerprints. Full auth suite.
Free
Pay as you go
Usage-based after free allowances. Volume discounts for high MAU.
$0 base (usage-based)
Enterprise
Custom. 99.99% SLA, private Slack, migration assistance, HIPAA/BAA.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free-tier on Groq vs free on Stytch.
| Metric | Groq | Stytch |
|---|---|---|
| fraud fingerprints included | — | 10000 fingerprints/month |
| m2m tokens included | — | 1000 tokens |
| mau included | — | 10000 users/month |
| organizations | — | unlimited orgs |
| sso connections included | — | 5 conns |
Features
Groq · 7 features
- Audio Transcription — Whisper endpoint.
- Batch API — 50% discount.
- Chat Completions (OpenAI-compat) — Standard /v1/chat/completions endpoint.
- Function Calling
- JSON Mode — Enforce JSON output format.
- Prompt Caching — 50% discount on cached input.
- Streaming — SSE streaming for chat.
Stytch · 15 features
- B2B Auth — Multi-tenant auth: organizations, roles, JIT provisioning, enterprise SSO, SCIM.
- B2C Auth — Consumer auth: passwordless (magic links, OTP), passwords, OAuth, passkeys, WebA…
- Device Fingerprinting — Fingerprint devices at signup/login. Block bots, credential stuffing, and ATO at…
- Device-Fingerprint Risk API — Real-time risk scoring API usable even without full auth.
- Enterprise SSO (OIDC) — OIDC SSO per organization.
- Enterprise SSO (SAML) — SAML 2.0 SSO per organization. Self-serve admin portal.
- JIT Provisioning — Auto-create users in an org on first SSO sign-in.
- Machine-to-Machine — Client-credentials OAuth for service-to-service.
- OAuth / Social — Google, Apple, Microsoft, GitHub, Slack, Discord, Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon, Bi…
- Organizations — Multi-tenant primitive with policies per org.
- Passkeys (WebAuthn) — FIDO2 passkey enrollment and authentication.
- Passwordless — Magic links (email) + OTP (email/SMS/WhatsApp) + embeddable magic links.
- RBAC — Roles and permissions per organization (B2B).
- SCIM Provisioning — Directory user/group provisioning from Okta, Azure, Google Workspace.
- Sessions — JWT or opaque session tokens. Configurable lifetime.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Groq | Stytch |
|---|---|---|
| SDK | groq-python, groq-sdk (Node) | Android SDK, Go backend SDK, iOS SDK, Java backend SDK, JavaScript SDK, Next.js SDK, Node backend SDK, Python backend SDK, React SDK, Ruby backend SDK |
| REST | Groq API (OpenAI-compat) | B2B API, B2C API |
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