Kinde vs v0 by Vercel
Flexible authentication, user management, and feature flags
vs. AI app builder — prompt to full-stack Next.js apps
Pricing tiers
Kinde
Free
10,500 MAU included. MFA, B2B orgs, custom domain, 2 custom roles, 1 webhook, 2 environments.
Free
Pro
Unlimited webhooks, roles, feature flags, API keys. Remove Kinde branding. SOC 2 attestation.
$25/mo
Plus
Unlimited enterprise SSO, API scopes, org-owned M2M apps, 6 environments.
$75/mo
Scale
11 environments, custom domain per org, SCIM, MFA triggers, 30-day audit logs.
$250/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Dedicated infra option, volume discounts, custom SLAs.
Custom
v0 by Vercel
Free
$5/month in credits. 7 messages/day limit. Visual Design Mode, GitHub sync, Vercel deploy.
Free
Team
$30/user/month. $30 monthly credits per user + $2 daily login credits. Team collab + shared chats.
$30/mo
Business
$100/user/month. Same credits as Team + training opt-out by default.
$100/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Data never used for training, SAML SSO, RBAC, priority performance, guaranteed SLA.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Kinde vs free on v0 by Vercel.
| Metric | Kinde | v0 by Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| custom roles | 2 roles | — |
| environments | 2 envs | — |
| feature flags | 10 flags | — |
| mau included | 10500 users/month | — |
| webhooks | 1 webhooks | — |
Features
Kinde · 14 features
- API Scopes — OAuth scopes for your APIs, enforced server-side (Plus+).
- B2B Organizations — Multi-tenant orgs with user roles, invitations, feature flags per org.
- Custom Domain — Host auth at auth.yourbrand.com. Free tier includes this.
- Enterprise SSO — SAML 2.0 + OIDC enterprise connections (Plus unlimited).
- Feature Flags — Built-in feature flags with per-user/org overrides. No separate service needed.
- Kinde AI — AI-assisted query and insights over your Kinde data.
- Kinde Billing (preview) — Built-in subscription billing linked to users/orgs. Stripe under the hood.
- Machine-to-Machine — Client credentials grant for service-to-service auth.
- Multi-Factor Auth — TOTP authenticator apps, SMS, email, passkey.
- Passwordless — Email code + passkey (WebAuthn).
- Roles & Permissions — RBAC with roles → permissions. Assigned per user or per organization.
- SCIM Provisioning — Directory provisioning from IdPs (Scale tier).
- Sign-in Widget — Hosted pages + themeable widget for login/signup. Customizable with CSS.
- Webhooks — Event webhooks: user.created/updated, organization events, MFA, etc.
v0 by Vercel · 14 features
- Component Blocks — Pre-built blocks (pricing tables, hero, forms, etc.) to drop into apps.
- Database Actions — Provision Neon/Supabase/Vercel Postgres from v0.
- Deploy to Vercel — One-click deploy with auto-env-vars.
- GitHub Sync — Two-way sync with real repos. Commit from v0 or edit in repo.
- Image-to-App — Drop a screenshot or Figma → generate matching UI.
- Iterative Chat — Conversational refinement — "make it dark mode" etc.
- MCP Server — Agent access to v0 via Model Context Protocol.
- Next.js 15 App Router — Output targets latest Next.js.
- Project Chats — Related chats grouped into projects.
- Prompt-to-App — Describe in prose → get a full Next.js app.
- shadcn/ui built-in — Component library preselected — consistent DS.
- v0 API — Programmatic access via API key (Premium).
- Vercel AI SDK Integration — Generated apps often include AI SDK scaffolding.
- Visual Design Mode — WYSIWYG editing of generated components.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Kinde | v0 by Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| SDK | Kinde Android / Kotlin, Kinde Flutter SDK, Kinde Go SDK, Kinde iOS / Swift, @kinde-oss/kinde-auth-nextjs, @kinde-oss/kinde-auth-react, @kinde-oss/kinde-nodejs-sdk, Kinde Python SDK | Vercel AI SDK (ai-sdk-v0) |
| REST | Kinde Management API | v0 API (Premium) |
| MCP | Kinde MCP | v0 MCP Server |
| OTHER | — | GitHub Sync, v0 Web App, Vercel Deploy |
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