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Kinde
Named in 17 of 50 AI answers across 1 category in September 2026. Best position: Authentication for developers, 34% answer share, ranked #7, named first in 8%.
34%
Best share Authentication for developers
What Kinde is
Kinde is a developer platform for adding authentication, access management, billing and feature management to SaaS products. It is built for developers creating SaaS products, from startups to enterprises. It has a free plan for up to 10,500 active users, with paid plans based on usage as customers grow.
It provides password, passwordless, social and enterprise single sign-on authentication. Teams can set roles and permissions to control what customers can do within a product. Kinde also includes tools for recurring subscription billing and feature management, supporting feature-based continuous deployment.
By category
First edition
| Category | Rank | Answer share | Named first | Models | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authentication for developersStartup stack | #7 of 17 | 8% | Claude Opus 5, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro | new |
What the models said
“Choose Kinde if you want a great balance of modern B2B features, ease of use, and highly competitive pricing.”
“For most SaaS startups, Clerk and Kinde are the strongest default picks, while WorkOS is the best fit if enterprise SSO is your immediate priority.”
“Kinde's page concludes that Kinde is the best, Clerk's page concludes Clerk is the top pick, and PropelAuth and WorkOS each publish their own rankings.”
“Most early-stage startups choose Clerk, WorkOS, or Kinde over Auth0.”
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