Casdoor vs Descope
An open-source alternative to Descope
Descope is a proprietary auth service with a visual flow editor, sold in plans that cap monthly active users and SSO connections. Casdoor is open source, with no user or connection limits on its cloud plans and a free self-hosted edition.
Casdoor and Descope at a glance
| Casdoor | Descope | |
|---|---|---|
| Source code | Open source (Apache-2.0) | Proprietary |
| Where it runs | Casdoor Cloud, or your own servers with Docker or Kubernetes | Descope's cloud service |
| Pricing | From $24.17/month billed yearly per dedicated instance, with no per-user fees; self-hosting is free | Free for 7,500 MAU and 3 SSO connections; Pro from $249 per month and Growth from $799 per month, billed yearly |
| Included usage | No MAU or SSO connection limits | Pro includes 10,000 MAU and 5 SSO connections, Growth 25,000 MAU and 10, with usage-based overages |
Information about Descope is from its public website as of October 2026 (Descope pricing) and may have changed. Descope is a trademark of its owner.
Why teams choose Casdoor
No MAU bill
Cloud plans are a flat monthly price, so more users don't mean a bigger invoice.
Run it anywhere
The same Apache-2.0 code runs in our cloud or on your servers, and you can move between them.
Authorization included
Casbin RBAC, ABAC and ACL are built in, instead of being left to your code.
Ready for AI agents
Casdoor can be the OAuth authorization server for your MCP servers, with tokens scoped to the tools a user allowed.
When Descope may fit better
- You want to design sign-up and login journeys in a drag-and-drop flow editor.
- You need a vendor with SOC 2 or ISO 27001 reports for the hosted service today. Casdoor Cloud does not have them yet; teams with that requirement usually self-host Casdoor in their own certified environment.
Moving from Descope to Casdoor
Export your users from Descope and import them into Casdoor. Casdoor can verify bcrypt, Argon2id, PBKDF2 and salted SHA-256 / SHA-512 password hashes, so imported users can keep their passwords. Recreate social and enterprise connections as Casdoor providers, then switch apps to Casdoor's OIDC or SAML endpoints.
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Put login, single sign-on, MFA, permissions and AI agent access behind one open-source platform, hosted by us or run by you.
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