Prompt
I’m unhappy with WorkOS because I need more than SSO
Latest observation
If you need more than SSO, you’re probably looking for a broader CIAM / identity platform rather than a point solution.
What “more than SSO” usually means:
- User lifecycle management: SCIM provisioning/deprovisioning
- Authentication options: password login, magic links, OTP, social login, passkeys
- MFA / step-up auth
- Directory sync and role mapping
- RBAC / ABAC and fine-grained authorization
- Audit logs and compliance features
- User management UI / admin portal
- API keys / machine-to-machine auth
- Multi-tenant org management
Alternatives to consider:
- Auth0 / Okta Customer Identity — broad feature set, mature, but can get expensive
- Clerk — great developer experience for app auth + orgs, less enterprise-identity heavy than Okta
- Descope — strong no/low-code auth flows, good breadth
- Stytch — flexible authentication, M2M, B2C/B2B options
- Keycloak — self-hosted, very capable, more ops burden
- FusionAuth — self-hosted or hosted, solid all-around CIAM
- WorkOS + another auth layer — if you still want WorkOS for enterprise SSO/SCIM but need a separate core auth system
A common pattern:
- Use WorkOS only for enterprise SSO + SCIM
- Pair it with Auth0/Clerk/FusionAuth/Stytch for the rest of auth and user management
If you want, I can recommend the best replacement based on:
- B2B vs B2C
- Need SCIM?
- Need passwordless/passkeys?
- Self-hosted vs managed
- Budget / enterprise scale
Observation history
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