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Descope

Approaching Agent-Ready
Agent-Ready SaaS Index · descope.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 72 / 100
Single Sign On SSO Platform
Free tier
Self-serve checkout
Public API

Descope scores 72/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.

See Descope pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
Descope pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · www.descope.com/pricing
Billed annually only — no monthly option
Free Forever
Free
Unlimited projects
All auth methods
Role-based access control
MFA / step-up authentication
Pro
$249/mo
or $249/mo billed annually
Custom Domain
Google One Tap
Custom OIDC Provider
Self-service SSO setup
Growth
$799/mo
or $799/mo billed annually
Bot protection
1M Anonymous users
Zero-downtime SSO migration
SCIM provisioning
Enterprise
Sales
Contact sales
Tiered discounts
Premium support add-on
Dedicated CS engineer
Custom deployments
Unlimited test users
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How Descope scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

13 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

20 / 20

Free entry path

7 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

5 / 10

Total
72 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
5,000 MAU on Free tier (within limit)
$0/mo
· Free tier includes 7,500 MAUs"
Confidence: high
12,000 MAU on Pro tier
$349/mo
· Pro includes 10,000 MAUs· Extra 2,000 MAUs at $0.05 each
Confidence: medium
30,000 MAU on Growth tier
$1199/mo
· Growth includes 25,000 MAUs· Extra 5,000 MAUs at $0.05 each
Confidence: medium
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Agent-ready
LLM score: 80/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

No

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

card

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

Yes

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

No

Purchase orders supported

No

MSA required

No

DPA available

Unknown

Security review required

Unknown

Trial

Available, no card

Startup credits

Pro tier free for one year for eligible startups

API readiness
API & developer surface

API-first product

No

Sandbox present

No

Webhooks

No

MCP mentioned

Yes

Enterprise signals
Trust & compliance

Certifications

SOC2

SSO / SAML

Yes

RBAC

Yes

Audit logs

Unknown

Data residency

US
EU

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Simple and transparent pricing for every app”

Buyer persona

smb
mid market
enterprise
developer

Integrations mentioned
Slack
Value claims
99.99% SLA
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Descope?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

◐

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
  • A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Descope could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Simple and transparent pricing for every app — Get your complimentary copy of the Gartner Report: IAM Adapts to Secure and Enable AI Agents. Let's go >

tier_count

4

lowest_paid_entry_usd

249

free_tier

true

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

3

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

https://docs.descope.com/

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

true

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

View raw extracted page text →
Page heading: Simple and transparent pricing for every app
CTAs (40): Skip to main content · Let's go > · Log In · Product · Use Cases · Developers · Customers · Resources · Company · Pricing · Sign up · Book a demo
Price tokens (19): $0 · $249 /moFor early-stage sta · $799 /mo For growth-stage s · $0 · $249 · $799 · $0.0525 · $0.05 · $1100 · $1 · $5010 · $50
Skip to main contentGet your complimentary copy of the Gartner Report: IAM Adapts to Secure and Enable AI Agents. Let's go >Log InProductUse CasesDevelopersCustomersResourcesCompanyPricingSign upBook a demoPricingSimple and transparent pricing for every appStart for free and scale as you go. Scroll down for detailed plan comparisons.Chat with SalesAnonymously - no Slack account requiredFree Forever$0For hobbyists, tinkerers, and solo builders.Start nowNo overages. Upgrade required to exceed limits.What’s included:7,500 Monthly active users (MAUs)10 Monthly active tenants3 SSO connections1 Federated app (OIDC)5 Test users10,000 M2M exchanges2,000 Monthly active consents (MACs)2,000 Monthly active tokens (MATKs)Core features:Unlimited projectsAll auth methodsRole-based access controlMFA / step-up authenticationSecure session managementSelf-service admin widgetsThird-party connectorsNo Descope watermarkCommunity support99% SLAProStarts at $249 /moFor early-stage startups.Speak with usBilled annually. Usage-based overages apply (see detailed pricing below).What’s included:10,000 Monthly active users (MAUs)35 Monthly active tenants5 SSO connections2 Federated apps (SAML / OIDC)100 Test users50,000 M2M exchanges5,000 Monthly active consents (MACs)5,000 Monthly active tokens (MATKs)Everything in Free Forever, plus:Custom DomainGoogle One TapCustom OIDC ProviderSSO for third-party appsSelf-service SSO setupCI / CD integrationLocalizationWeb and Slack supportCompliance reports99.99% S…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Descope
Approaching Agent-Ready

72

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Single Sign On SSO Platform

Pricing model

Not advertised

Tier count

4

Free tier

Yes

Lowest paid entry

$249/mo

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

3 / 0

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from www.descope.com/pricing
Pricing model

Annual-only tier subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Agent-ready
80/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

Descope pricing starts at $0/mo for the Free Forever plan; paid plans range from $249/mo to $799/mo. Billed annually.

Cheapest entry

Free Forever plan (Free)

Actions
Open live pricing page
Verdict reflects Approaching Agent-Ready status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://www.descope.com/pricing.
Agent-friendly features2 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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