Descope
Descope is a customer and agentic identity access management (CIAM) platform founded in 2022 by veterans of Sentrigo and Demisto (acquired by Palo Alto Networks). Its signature is drag-and-drop Descope Flows — a visual authentication-flow builder — paired with passwordless methods (passkeys, magic link, OTP, social, biometric), risk-based MFA, SSO/SAML/SCIM, fine-grained authorization, and a growing Agentic Identity Hub that issues scoped OAuth tokens to AI agents and MCP servers. Descope ships SDKs for every mainstream language and framework, a CLI, Terraform/Pulumi providers, self-hostable hosted-auth app, and prebuilt migration tools from Auth0, Cognito, Firebase, and Keycloak. Free tier covers 7,500 MAUs forever; paid tiers start at $249/month.
APIs
Descope Authentication API
Public, end-user-facing authentication API covering every Descope login experience — One-Time Passwords (email/SMS/voice/IM), Magic Link, Enchanted Link, OAuth/Social, One-Tap, ...
Descope Management API
Server-side administrative API for managing every resource in a Descope project — users, access keys, tenants, roles, permissions, groups, SSO/SAML/OIDC configuration, password ...
Descope OAuth Applications API
Standards-compliant OAuth 2.1 / OIDC authorization server endpoints that let Descope act as an identity provider for inbound third-party applications and agentic clients. Covers...
Descope SCIM 2.0 API
System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) 2.0 endpoints under `/scim/v2/` for automated user and group lifecycle provisioning from upstream IdPs (Okta, Entra ID, Google...
Descope JWKS and Discovery API
Public key and discovery endpoints used by any RP that needs to validate Descope-issued session JWTs without calling the API. Includes the project JWKS endpoints (`/v1/keys`, `/...
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OPENFeatures
Use Cases
Add passwordless sign-up/sign-in (passkeys, magic link, social) to consumer apps with adaptive MFA and account-takeover protection.
Let business customers self-serve SAML/OIDC SSO and SCIM provisioning without per-tenant engineering work, using delegated admin widgets.
Migrate users from Auth0, Cognito, Firebase, Keycloak, and other IdPs with prebuilt Python-based migration tools that preserve password hashes where possible.
Issue scoped OAuth tokens to AI agents and MCP servers using progressive scoping, token vaulting, and per-agent audit trails via the Agentic Identity Hub.
Model tenant hierarchies, delegated admin, per-tenant SSO, and tenant-scoped RBAC/FGA from a single Descope project.
Replace homegrown permission systems with a Zanzibar-style schema, relations, and policies via the FGA Management API.
Native passkey, biometric, and social login in iOS, Android, React Native, and Flutter apps using Descope's mobile SDKs.
Use audit logs, custom message templates, MFA enforcement, and SOC 2 / GDPR controls to satisfy regulated-industry requirements.
Integrations
SaaS Builder Toolkit integration, Cognito migration, and IAM role assumption from GCP via OIDC GitHub Action.
Workers-based redirect worker for tenant-level SSO migration.
Official `terraform-provider-descope` for managing projects, flows, tenants, and SSO declaratively.
Official `pulumi-descope` provider.
Descope auth plugin replacing native WordPress login.
`django-descope` plugin for first-class Django auth integration.
`passport-descope` strategy for Node.js apps using Passport.
Client SDKs and Flow web components shipped under `descope-js`.
50+ outbound connectors invoked from inside Flows to enrich users, send messages, and stream events.
Agentic Identity Hub issues short-lived, scoped tokens to AI agents via MCP server registration and per-agent OAuth.
Solutions
Drop-in B2C authentication with Flows, passwordless methods, and progressive profiling.
SAML SSO, SCIM, delegated admin, and tenant management for SaaS vendors selling to enterprises.
OAuth issuance, MCP server registration, and credential vaulting for AI agents and autonomous workflows.
Tooling to lift users off legacy IdPs (Auth0, Cognito, Firebase, Keycloak) onto a modern, passwordless-first platform.