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WorkOS vs LaunchDarkly

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
vs. Enterprise feature management, experimentation, release automation

WorkOS websiteLaunchDarkly 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

LaunchDarkly

Developer (Free)
Free forever. Unlimited seats + flags + projects. 30 SDKs. 5K session replays/mo. 10M logs/traces.
Free
Foundation
$12/month per service connection + $10/month per 1K client-side MAU. Unlimited seats, experimentation, SSO.
$12/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Advanced targeting, release automation, workflows, approvals, SAML/SCIM, custom roles.
Custom
Guardian
Custom. All Enterprise + release monitoring, guardrail metrics, auto pause/rollback.
Custom
LaunchDarkly website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing authkit-free on WorkOS vs developer on LaunchDarkly.

MetricWorkOSLaunchDarkly
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

LaunchDarkly · 15 features

  • AI ConfigsManage AI prompts, models, and parameters as flags.
  • ApprovalsRequire co-sign before flag changes in prod.
  • Audit LogEvery change logged with user + timestamp.
  • Auto Pause/RollbackGuardrail metrics auto-revert a bad release.
  • Code ReferencesScan code for flag references + stale flag cleanup.
  • ContextsMulti-context targeting: user + organization + device in one evaluation.
  • ExperimentationA/B/n testing with stat significance. Bayesian + frequentist.
  • Feature FlagsBoolean, multivariate (string/number/JSON) flags with targeting rules.
  • ObservabilityLogs + traces + errors linked to flag changes.
  • Relay ProxySelf-hosted evaluation proxy for compliance / low-latency.
  • Release PipelinesProgressive rollout workflows with guards + approvals.
  • SAML / SCIMEnterprise SSO + SCIM provisioning.
  • Session ReplayFrontend session recordings tied to flag exposure.
  • Targeting RulesRule-based targeting on user attributes, country, device, custom contexts.
  • WorkflowsScheduled flag changes + conditional workflows.

Developer interfaces

KindWorkOSLaunchDarkly
CLILaunchDarkly Relay Proxy
SDKworkos-go, @workos-inc/authkit-nextjs, workos-java, workos-node, workos-php, workos-python, workos-rubygo-server-sdk, launchdarkly-android-client-sdk, launchdarkly-ios-client-sdk, launchdarkly-java-server-sdk, launchdarkly-js-client-sdk, launchdarkly-node-server-sdk, launchdarkly-react-client-sdk, launchdarkly-react-native-client-sdk, LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk, launchdarkly-server-sdk-python
RESTWorkOS REST APILaunchDarkly REST API
OTHERWebhooksStreaming Flag Eval, Webhooks
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