Head to head
Microsoft Entra External ID vs Descope
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
49/100Higher score | 42/100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #5 | #10 |
| Confidence | Medium confidence | Medium confidence |
| External Reputation | 71 | 77 |
| AI Authority | 31 | 6 |
| Web Authority | 27 | 16 |
| Expert Assessment | 63 | 69 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | Not published — the vendor pricing page rendered every dollar figure as '$-' on retrieval; the paid rate above 50,000 MAUs is stated only as 'per Monthly Active User' · free tier: Core offering free for the first 50,000 monthly active users (MAUs) | $249/month (Pro, billed annually) · free tier: Free Forever at $0: 7,500 MAUs, 10 monthly active tenants, 3 SSO connections, 1 federated app (OIDC), 5 test users, 10,000 M2M exchanges, 2,000 MACs, 2,000 MATKs, all auth methods, RBAC, MFA, no watermark, community support, 99% SLA, 1-week audit retention |
| Pricing model | Usage-based (Monthly Active User metering) with free allowance and paid add-ons | Subscription with usage-based overages |
| Best for | Enterprises already running Microsoft Entra, Microsoft 365 and Azure that need partner and supplier guest access with governance, or customer-facing apps under 50,000 MAUs where password and social sign-in suffice without metered SMS. | B2B SaaS teams that need to become enterprise-ready quickly with multi-tenancy, self-service SAML/OIDC SSO, SCIM and RBAC/FGA, plus startups on the Hello World program or small projects that fit inside the 7,500-MAU free tier and want passkeys by default. |
| Avoid if | You need a firm published price before engaging sales, run a high-volume consumer app dependent on SMS OTP, need governance on a pure consumer external tenant, sit outside the Azure ecosystem, or weight depth of peer review evidence heavily. | You need SCIM, fine-grained authorization, bot protection, HIPAA BAA, EU data residency or FedRAMP High on a small budget (all Growth-tier at $799/mo+), have many small tenants or many configured SSO connections, require month-to-month terms or self-hosted deployment, or need a deep independent review paper trail for procurement. |
| Markets | Enterprise, Mid-Market, Public Sector, SMB | SMB, Startups, Mid-Market, Enterprise, B2B SaaS, B2C apps, Public sector |
| Founded | — | 2022 |
| Headquarters | — | — |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.