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LangChain vs Stytch

The framework for building LLM apps — chains, agents, RAG, LangGraph
vs. Authentication platform for B2C and B2B

LangChain website ↗Stytch website ↗

Pricing tiers

LangChain

OSS (MIT)
MIT-licensed core library. Free forever. Python + JS.
$0 base (usage-based)
LangSmith (see entry)
Observability layer — Developer free, Plus $39/seat. Separate platform.
$0 base (usage-based)
LangGraph Platform — Developer
Deploy LangGraph agents as an API. Free tier — limited execution minutes.
$0 base (usage-based)
LangGraph Platform — Plus
$39/seat/mo (tied to LangSmith Plus). More execution credit. Production features.
$39/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Self-host, dedicated support, SSO.
Custom
LangChain website ↗

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
Stytch website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing oss on LangChain vs free on Stytch.

MetricLangChainStytch
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

LangChain · 18 features

  • Agents — Tool-using agents with reasoning loops.
  • Chains (LCEL) — LangChain Expression Language — pipe primitives into chains.
  • Checkpointers (LangGraph) — Persist agent state to SQL, Mongo, Redis, Postgres.
  • Document Loaders — 150+ loaders for PDF, HTML, Notion, Google Drive, S3, GitHub, etc.
  • Human-in-the-loop — Pause agent for approval, then resume.
  • LangGraph — Stateful graph-based agent runtime. Durable, replayable, human-in-the-loop.
  • LangGraph Platform — Managed hosting for LangGraph agents with state persistence.
  • LangGraph Studio — Desktop IDE for debugging agent graphs.
  • LangServe — Deploy chains as FastAPI endpoints.
  • Memory — Buffer, summary, entity, vector memory stores.
  • Output Parsers — Structured JSON, Pydantic schemas, function calling.
  • Prompt Templates — Templating + partial filling + output parsers.
  • RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) — Standard patterns + 50+ retrievers.
  • Streaming — First-class streaming at every layer.
  • Subgraphs — Compose agent graphs hierarchically.
  • Text Splitters — Recursive, token, semantic splitters for chunking.
  • Tools — 400+ pre-built tools (web search, code, databases, APIs).
  • Vector Store Integrations — 60+ vector DBs (Pinecone, Chroma, Weaviate, PGVector, Qdrant, Milvus).

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

KindLangChainStytch
SDK@langchain/core (Node), langchain (Python), langgraph (JS), langgraph (Python), LangServeAndroid 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
RESTLangGraph PlatformB2B API, B2C API
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