--- source_url: "https://www.descope.com/descope-vs-frontegg" title: "Descope vs Frontegg | Auth platform comparison" mirrored_at: 2026-08-30T01:01:43.433Z host: www.descope.com cited_in_42a: true mirror_canonical: "https://index.42a.ai/www.descope.com/descope-vs-frontegg" --- > **Original source:** https://www.descope.com/descope-vs-frontegg Why customers choose Descope over Frontegg Customer Love ### Developer-first platform built for enterprise scale Frontegg’s SDK / API-led approach can create fragmentation and require custom code as complexity grows. Descope’s workflow-based user journeys let you easily adapt to changing user and tenant needs. SSO ### Standards-based SSO that makes integration and migration easier Frontegg supports SAML and OIDC, but not always in a standard way, which can cause issues with different identity providers. Descope sticks closely to protocol standards, so integrations are more reliable and switching providers is much easier. Workflow ### Complete identity journeys instead of piecemeal configuration Frontegg gives you building blocks for auth and SSO, but customizing them means working across several layers. Descope combines authentication, MFA, SSO, provisioning, and orchestration in one workflow, making it easier to build and identity journeys. Support ### A reliable platform with fast support and steady performance Some customers have experienced downtime and inconsistent support with Frontegg, which can disrupt important authentication flows. Descope offers a stable platform and quick support, helping teams keep things running smoothly and fix problems fast. 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The building-block nature of their platform helps us go live and iterate quickly on identity journeys, helping us provide frictionless and omnichannel user experiences while saving developer time.” Arnie Katz, Chief Product and Technology Officer ![Logo white SVG](https://images.ctfassets.net/xqb1f63q68s1/jW49k79R9uTF6Q3LoE16y/d1120cce1ad29df57d719cd10dd22cf9/Databricks_logo_white_SVG.svg) “Descope has been a great partner to our IAM team. We appreciate the simplicity of their product, the speed of innovation, and their active and responsive support. Whenever we launch a new application or user portal for external stakeholders, Descope is now the default auth provider in our minds.” Naveen Zutshi, CIO ![Linktree Logo White SVG Website](https://images.ctfassets.net/xqb1f63q68s1/1pQG80L8QQcSP3SlyVBWfj/7acbbbc6b0d8ef6ef4b866e4d7264d4e/Linktree_Logo_White_SVG_Website.svg) “We were skeptical about Descope Flows at first. Many dev-focused tools can limit velocity for more experienced teams. But when we saw how fast it can move, without any unnecessary hand-holding, we were fully bought in.” Zachary Lin, Senior Software Developer ![GoodRx Logo White SVG 2](https://images.ctfassets.net/xqb1f63q68s1/5ed5L98cVmz88dv0FUEMMR/6bed51323932aed8c388e93bc321957d/GoodRx_Logo_White_SVG_2.svg) “Whether it’s easily adopting passwordless methods like One Tap, adding risk-based MFA, or unifying identity flows across web and mobile apps, Descope provides workflow-based building blocks to help us achieve these goals much faster than before.” Nitin Shingate, CTO ![Logo White SVG](https://images.ctfassets.net/xqb1f63q68s1/2joDbAMh249jrK2UhiuvPS/36702d914ebcf88a10c5bcb4d339ef93/Navan_Logo_White_SVG.svg) “Partnering with Descope has helped Navan enhance both our user onboarding experience and security posture. The flexible nature of Descope Flows enables us to adapt better to changing business or security needs without burdening our developers.” Ofer Ben-David, EVP Engineering ![6Sense Logo White SVG](https://images.ctfassets.net/xqb1f63q68s1/3MlIoMDy0BFbgzqMH7S0P3/a323029ce740f2b4f5f1e2a9c7560bc9/6Sense_Logo_White_SVG.svg) “Descope satisfied our requirement for sophisticated multi-tenancy with support for complex, per-tenant configurations. The ability to define roles and permissions for each tenant, while delegating role creation to tenant admins, proved invaluable.” Bryan Wise, CIO ![ white logo SVG](https://images.ctfassets.net/xqb1f63q68s1/5MDh3TrWS4NFmilQhDWoWD/24a49ecfd3615ac23d4d91ab3810f495/You.com_Logo_SVG_1.svg) "We love Descope SSO flows from a CX standpoint. A customer we onboarded just told us it was the fastest implementation ever. It usually takes weeks but we were done in 15 minutes - small talk included!" David Li, Senior Software Engineer ![White logo SVG](https://images.ctfassets.net/xqb1f63q68s1/3TiFUmlreTDysIXfJTV3IE/360a7c1413b0ef94ed1c2b157c2c7292/Branch_insurance_logo_website.svg) “Visualizing the user journey as a workflow enables us to audit and modify the registration and authentication journey without making significant code changes.” Arkadiy Goykhberg, CISO ![Pieces for Developers Logo White SVG New](https://images.ctfassets.net/xqb1f63q68s1/1NI58LTb0QYSOt25CTnMZP/f67cd52bc3bdf4b4f1b3cde46c4baaa0/Pieces_for_Developers_Logo_White_SVG.svg) "We needed a better provider who would actually pay attention to the platform and not just muscle people around. With the flexibility of the social auth, passkeys, everything Descope has—it was an easy drop-in for our authentication flow. ” Brian Powell, VP of Engineering ![Cars24](https://images.ctfassets.net/xqb1f63q68s1/7Kub3yauLrS6SsyMGGHJl5/e6304b375f7d59da35324b688ddf0e67/Cars24__1_.svg) “Our team really appreciates the empathetic and ever-present support. Whether it’s regular check-ins, guidance for unique use cases, or fast response and deployment for feature requests, we can see that Descope has our back.” Marut Singh, CTO ![Descope logo dark](https://www.descope.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fxqb1f63q68s1%2F799N9C0gFlerei7QGB89pg%2F8203b3bebcb8e4e9628f14ecfbcad996%2Fdescope_logo_dark.png&w=256&q=75) ![Frontegg logo color](https://www.descope.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fxqb1f63q68s1%2F5EBJfAO6qt4f6qFHRuIIuy%2F6b01316cc7d0fcd1a8db1e6672c15b89%2FFrontegg_Color_Logo_Website.png&w=256&q=75) User experience User experience - Supports hosted and embedded authentication experiences. - [Supports a variety of screen creation options](https://www.descope.com/blog/post/ui-integration) through Flows and BYOS. - Native mobile flows offer an embedded web-view experience that help customers easily create native-like authentication flows in mobile applications. - Supports hosted and embedded authentication experiences through SDKs and APIs. - Provides pre-built UI components for login. - Customizing user journeys and handling complex use cases typically requires additional development effort and custom code. User journeys User journeys - No-code workflows to create and customize screens, auth flows, MFA flows, and any other user journey interaction. - A/B testing to experiment with different auth / MFA methods, onboarding paths, and geo-based auth without writing custom code. - Provides tools to define login and onboarding journeys, primarily through SDKs and APIs. - Iterating on user journeys often requires significant custom code, increasing engineering overhead and slowing development velocity. Passkeys Passkeys - Passkey support from Day 1 including autofill and fallback conditions. - Passkeys can be added as first or second auth factor with any other method. - Create different onboarding paths to A / B test passkey implementation. - Show any backup auth method if user’s device is not passkey compatible. - Frontegg supports passkey-based authentication using WebAuthn. - Combining passkeys with other methods requires additional configuration and custom logic. - Limited fallback options can create gaps when passkey authentication fails. MFA MFA - MFA available on all Descope plans. - Choose from any MFA factor, including phishing-resistant ones like magic links and passkeys. - Add step-up authentication for sensitive user actions. - Risk-based MFA with connectors ([reCAPTCHA](https://www.descope.com/blog/post/google-recaptcha-enterprise-connector), [AbuseIPDB](https://docs.descope.com/connectors/connector-configuration-guides/fraud/abuseipdb), [Forter](https://www.descope.com/blog/post/forter-connector), [Fingerprint](https://www.descope.com/blog/post/fingerprint-connector)). - Workflow-based approach makes adding and modifying MFA logic straightforward. - Supports MFA with multiple authentication methods and step-up authentication. - No risk or fraud integrations available OOTB. - Requires custom code to implement advanced user journeys. Future-proofing Future-proofing - Customizable workflow-based approach that makes it easier to modify user journeys without redeploying the app. - Descope has one unified platform for B2C and B2B authentication. - Customization is constrained, and complex use cases often require custom code. - Maintaining flexibility across authentication systems becomes increasingly difficult at scale.