KavachOS vs WorkOS
WorkOS has a polished enterprise auth API and strong DX. KavachOS covers the same enterprise ground — SSO, SCIM, organizations — and adds agent identity and MCP OAuth 2.1 without per-connection fees.
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Why switch
Enterprise SSO at $125/connection/month adds up fast
WorkOS AuthKit is free up to 1 million MAU, but each enterprise SSO connection costs $125/month. A mid-size B2B SaaS with 20 enterprise customers is paying $2,500/month just for SSO connections. KavachOS includes enterprise SSO on the Growth plan at $79/month.
No agent identity or MCP OAuth
WorkOS focuses entirely on human authentication and enterprise provisioning. There is no AI agent token primitive, no delegation chain, and no MCP OAuth 2.1 support. These are core KavachOS features, not roadmap items.
WorkOS is not open source
WorkOS is a proprietary SaaS with no self-hosting option. KavachOS is MIT-licensed — self-host it on your own infrastructure or use KavachOS Cloud. Either way, you are not locked into a single vendor.
Feature comparison
| Feature | KavachOS | WorkOS |
|---|---|---|
| AI agent identity WorkOS has no agent token primitive | ||
| MCP OAuth 2.1 KavachOS is spec-compliant; WorkOS has no MCP support | ||
| Agent delegation chains | ||
| Agent permission scoping | ||
| Agent audit log | ||
| Self-hosting WorkOS is SaaS-only | ||
| Open source (MIT) WorkOS is proprietary | ||
| Social / OAuth providers (27+) | ||
| Passkeys / WebAuthn | ||
| Magic link | ||
| Multi-factor authentication | ||
| Enterprise SSO (SAML, OIDC) WorkOS charges $125/connection/month for SSO | ||
| SCIM provisioning WorkOS includes SCIM but charges per connection | ||
| Organizations / multi-tenancy WorkOS organizations are a core feature | ||
| Machine-to-machine tokens WorkOS focuses on human auth, not M2M | ||
| Custom domains | ||
| Custom email templates | ||
| Brute force protection | ||
| Breach password detection | ||
| Free tier WorkOS AuthKit free up to 1M MAU, but SSO costs extra | ||
| Cloudflare Workers runtime |
Pricing
WorkOS AuthKit is free up to 1 million MAU for human auth (social, magic link, MFA). The catch is enterprise features: each SSO connection costs $125/month, each SCIM directory sync connection also costs $125/month, and fine-grained authorization (FGA) is priced separately. A B2B product with 10 enterprise customers is paying $1,250/month in connection fees before any other costs.
KavachOS Cloud includes enterprise SSO and SCIM in the flat monthly tier — no per-connection fees.
Migration
Export your WorkOS users using the WorkOS Users API. KavachOS accepts the exported JSON through the import CLI command — social login connections migrate without requiring users to re-authenticate.
Replace the WorkOS SDK with `kavachos` in your project. Both follow OAuth 2.0 / OIDC conventions for SSO and session management, so the integration pattern is familiar.
Re-create your SSO connections in the KavachOS dashboard. Copy the SAML metadata or OIDC discovery URLs from your existing IdP configurations — the same identity providers are supported.
Update your environment variables — swap `WORKOS_API_KEY` and related config for the KavachOS project key and API URL from the dashboard.
Migrate your SCIM directory sync connections by updating the provisioning endpoint URLs in your customers' IdP admin panels from the WorkOS endpoint to your KavachOS project endpoint.
FAQ
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