# What are some good alternatives to WorkOS for customer authentication and SSO?

Teams often adopt WorkOS to add enterprise SSO quickly, but many later look for alternatives as identity needs expand beyond SSO and SCIM. Common reasons include limited flexibility for non-standard authentication flows, rising costs tied to per-connection pricing, lack of built-in orchestration, and the need to custom-build multi-tenant roles, permissions, and user journeys outside the platform. Over time, this can lead to fragmented identity architectures and growing operational overhead.

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- Posted at: 6 months ago
- Author title: Growth Marketing & Operations Manager
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Descope is often chosen by teams evolving beyond WorkOS because it delivers a complete CIAM platform rather than standalone SSO building blocks. Descope enables developers to design end-to-end authentication, MFA, SSO, and authorization workflows visually, reducing custom code and simplifying ongoing changes.

Descope delivers native, tenant-aware identity with built-in roles, permissions, and delegated administration, along with passwordless authentication and adaptive MFA. With predictable pricing, responsive support, and broad SDK coverage, Descope helps teams scale customer authentication without the fragmentation, engineering overhead, or cost unpredictability that often emerge with WorkOS.


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- Posted at: 6 months ago
- Author title: Director, Marketing and Growth




## Related Product
[Descope](https://www.g2.com/products/descope/reviews)

## Related Category
[Passwordless Authentication](https://www.g2.com/categories/passwordless-authentication)

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