WorkOS vs v0 by Vercel
The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
vs. AI app builder — prompt to full-stack Next.js apps
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
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 authkit-free on WorkOS vs free on v0 by Vercel.
| Metric | WorkOS | v0 by Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| mau included | 1000000 users/month | — |
| organizations | unlimited orgs | — |
| staging environments | free envs | — |
Features
WorkOS · 13 features
- Audit Logs — Standardized audit log pipeline with streaming to SIEMs (Splunk, Datadog, Sumo L…
- AuthKit — Complete drop-in user management UI + hosted auth flows. Built on top of WorkOS.
- Directory Sync — SCIM-based user provisioning/deprovisioning from Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspac…
- FGA (WorkOS) — Fine-grained authorization based on Google Zanzibar / OpenFGA.
- Magic Auth — Passwordless email codes + links. Good alternative to password auth for B2B.
- Multi-Factor Auth — TOTP + SMS MFA enrollment and verification APIs.
- Organizations — Multi-tenant B2B primitive. Attach SSO/Directory/Audit to specific customer orgs…
- Passkeys — WebAuthn passkeys as a first-class factor.
- Radar — Fraud protection: device fingerprinting + risk scoring at signup and login.
- Single Sign-On — Plug-and-play SAML 2.0 + OIDC SSO with 30+ identity providers pre-mapped.
- User Management — REST API + webhooks for user CRUD, email verification, sessions, MFA, metadata.
- Vault — Secret storage for tokens + per-tenant credentials.
- Widgets — Embeddable admin portals (SSO setup, directory mapping) that your customers self…
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 | WorkOS | v0 by Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| SDK | workos-go, @workos-inc/authkit-nextjs, workos-java, workos-node, workos-php, workos-python, workos-ruby | Vercel AI SDK (ai-sdk-v0) |
| REST | WorkOS REST API | v0 API (Premium) |
| MCP | — | v0 MCP Server |
| OTHER | Webhooks | GitHub Sync, v0 Web App, Vercel Deploy |
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