AuthSec vs WorkOS: Identity for AI-Native Teams

Authentication and Authorization
platform for AI Agents
& MCP servers

AuthSec supports human users and autonomous agents with secretless authentication — something WorkOS was never built for.

Get authentication and authorization setup for your MCP servers and agents in minutes.

Built for both interactive user authentication and machine to machine use cases.

AuthSec vs WorkOS: Identity for AI-Native Teams

AuthSec supports human users and autonomous agents with secretless authentication — something WorkOS was never built for.

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AI-Native Identity

AI-Native Identity

Autonomous agents + MCP servers supported natively.

Secret‑less authentication

Secret‑less authentication

No API keys, token-bound short-lived JWTs.

Developer-First Architecture

Developer-First Architecture

Built for programmatic flows and workloads.

No

Per-Connection Fees

No

Per-Connection Fees

Transparent, usage-based pricing.

From Developer to Enterprise

Get started in minutes, and scale to your enterprise needs along the way.

Single Sign On (SSO)

Integrate various SSO providers out of the box in minutes for user authentication.

User Behavioral Analytics (UBA)

UBA uses data analytics and AI to monitor user activity and identify potential security threats,

Federated authentication to Directories

Directly delegate authentication to your user directories like Entra, or Active Directory.

Use existing users through Directory sync

Synchronize your directory - Active Directory, Entra Id, OKTA and more using our connectors to authenticate directory users after syncing them. Sync with SCIM.

Conditional Access + Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Deliver risk based conditional access + Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for your users quickly and easily.

User & Session Risk

Dynamic risk assessment of users enable administrators to enable logon or reduce entitlements when the risk goes beyond certain threshhold.

Who each product is best for ?

Who each product is best for ?

AuthSec

WorkOS

Teams building AI agents, automation, workflows
SaaS apps needing SSO + Directory Sync
Identity for non-human entities
Enterprise onboarding workflows
Secretless, token-bound authorization
Human-user based authentication
Developer-led infrastructure teams
Teams not requiring workload identity

Deep-Dive Diffenrentiators

The best authentication / authorization platform for MCP Servers and Agents

AI-Native Identity

AuthSec provides first-class identity for non-human entities — AI agents, automation bots, orchestration layers, and MCP servers — each with scoped, short-lived access. WorkOS only models human identities.

Secretless Authentication

AuthSec eliminates API keys entirely. Each request is verified through a short-lived, one-time JWT tied to a workload certificate.

WorkOS uses traditional API keys + OAuth secrets.

Developer-First Design

AuthSec gives developers programmatic access, event-driven flows, and workload identity primitives WorkOS doesn't offer. Perfect for infra teams and AI-led orgs.


Pricing Snapshot

Pricing Snapshot

AuthSec

WorkOS

Flat platform fee
Usage-based identity calls
All features included
SSO charged per connection
Directory Sync per seat
SCIM billed separately

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Build identity for AI-era applications.

Build identity for AI-era applications.

WorkOS was built for SSO. AuthSec is built for humans, machines, and the future of automation.

WorkOS was built for SSO. AuthSec is built for humans, machines, and the future of automation.

FAQs

FAQs

Some questions we get asked the most

What is AuthSec?

AuthSec enables you to authenticate and authorize users against your AI Agents, and MCP servers. AuthSec also enables your autonomous AI agents to authenticate and authorize against its internal and external resources.

What do you mean by dual-plane platform?

How do you get started

What is Authentication and Authorization ?

What do you mean by agent identity and workload authentication?

What is the purpose of Roles, Scopes and Resources?

What is the use of Conditional Access ?

What is AuthSec?

AuthSec enables you to authenticate and authorize users against your AI Agents, and MCP servers. AuthSec also enables your autonomous AI agents to authenticate and authorize against its internal and external resources.

What do you mean by dual-plane platform?

How do you get started

What is Authentication and Authorization ?

What do you mean by agent identity and workload authentication?

What is the purpose of Roles, Scopes and Resources?

What is the use of Conditional Access ?

What is AuthSec?

AuthSec enables you to authenticate and authorize users against your AI Agents, and MCP servers. AuthSec also enables your autonomous AI agents to authenticate and authorize against its internal and external resources.

What do you mean by dual-plane platform?

How do you get started

What is Authentication and Authorization ?

What do you mean by agent identity and workload authentication?

What is the purpose of Roles, Scopes and Resources?

What is the use of Conditional Access ?

What our customers say

What our customers say

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  • “Integrating with their platform was simple, and the analytics are clear and fast.”

    Alex W.

    DevOps, Syncly

  • “The agent-level controls fit our zero-trust model perfectly.”

    Tom B.

    Security Lead, Nexify

  • “Our onboarding time dropped while security soared. It’s next-level.”

    Priya S.

    CTO, Finelyze

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