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WorkOS vs CrewAI

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
vs. Role-playing multi-agent framework — agents that work together

WorkOS websiteCrewAI website

Pricing tiers

WorkOS

AuthKit Free
First 1M MAUs free. Unlimited organizations, user management, social OAuth, passwordless.
Free
AuthKit Scale
Per 1M additional MAUs.
$2500/mo
Enterprise / Annual Credits
Custom with 99.99% SLA, guided migration, dedicated support.
Custom
WorkOS website

CrewAI

OSS (MIT)
MIT-licensed Python framework. Free forever.
$0 base (usage-based)
Enterprise
Managed CrewAI Enterprise — deploy + monitor Crews in the cloud. Custom pricing.
Custom
CrewAI website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing authkit-free on WorkOS vs oss on CrewAI.

MetricWorkOSCrewAI
mau included1000000 users/month
organizationsunlimited orgs
staging environmentsfree envs

Features

WorkOS · 13 features

  • Audit LogsStandardized audit log pipeline with streaming to SIEMs (Splunk, Datadog, Sumo L
  • AuthKitComplete drop-in user management UI + hosted auth flows. Built on top of WorkOS.
  • Directory SyncSCIM-based user provisioning/deprovisioning from Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspac
  • FGA (WorkOS)Fine-grained authorization based on Google Zanzibar / OpenFGA.
  • Magic AuthPasswordless email codes + links. Good alternative to password auth for B2B.
  • Multi-Factor AuthTOTP + SMS MFA enrollment and verification APIs.
  • OrganizationsMulti-tenant B2B primitive. Attach SSO/Directory/Audit to specific customer orgs
  • PasskeysWebAuthn passkeys as a first-class factor.
  • RadarFraud protection: device fingerprinting + risk scoring at signup and login.
  • Single Sign-OnPlug-and-play SAML 2.0 + OIDC SSO with 30+ identity providers pre-mapped.
  • User ManagementREST API + webhooks for user CRUD, email verification, sessions, MFA, metadata.
  • VaultSecret storage for tokens + per-tenant credentials.
  • WidgetsEmbeddable admin portals (SSO setup, directory mapping) that your customers self

CrewAI · 11 features

  • CrewAI Enterprise UIManaged cloud for deploying + monitoring crews.
  • Hierarchical ProcessManager agent delegates to workers.
  • Human Inputhuman_input=True pauses for human review/approval.
  • MCP Tool SupportConsume MCP servers as Agent tools.
  • MemoryShort-term, long-term, entity memory per Crew/Agent.
  • Observability IntegrationsLangfuse, LangSmith, AgentOps, OpenLIT.
  • Planning FeatureOptional planner agent that plans before task execution.
  • Task GuardrailsValidate task output + retry with feedback.
  • TestingTest Crews deterministically with eval metrics.
  • Tools70+ pre-built tools (search, scrape, file, vision, code exec).
  • TrainingTrain agents from feedback loops.

Developer interfaces

KindWorkOSCrewAI
CLICrewAI CLI
SDKworkos-go, @workos-inc/authkit-nextjs, workos-java, workos-node, workos-php, workos-python, workos-rubycrewai (Python)
RESTWorkOS REST APICrewAI Enterprise
OTHERWebhooks
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