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Title:Descope | Authentication and user management platform
Description:Create and customize user journeys for any app – from authentication and authorization to MFA and federated SSO. Get set up in minutes with our drag & drop CIAM platform.
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h1Drag & drop CIAM| for any app
h2Make your customer identity flow|
h2Power endless customer identity use cases
h3B2C CIAM
h3B2B CIAM
h3ATO prevention
h3Identity orchestration
h3Identity federation
h3Agentic IAM
h2Our no-code CIAM platform|
h3Build
h4Drag & drop user journeys
h5Frontend and backend
h5Your screens, your brand
h5Modify with ease
h3Manage
h4Complete user management
h5Accurate user data
h5Fine-grained authorization
h5Customizable self-service experiences
h3Secure
h4Security minus friction
h5Prevent account takeover
h5Adaptive MFA
h5When in doubt, step-up
h2Why customers choose Descope|
h3Fast
h3Flexible
h3Future-proof
h2What our customers say
h2We play well with others
h2Auth that meets devs where they are
h3Descope Flows
h3Descope SDKs
h3Descope REST API
h3Use your favorite frameworks and SDKs
h2Your users’ favorite auth methods just got easier
h3Magic links
h3Passkeys
h3Social login
h3One Tap
h3One-time passwords
h3Single sign-on
h3OpenID Connect
h3Biometrics
h3MFA
h3Authenticator apps
h3Passwords
h2Ready for liftoff?

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# Drag & drop
CIAM|
for any app

Drag & drop

CIAM|


for any app

Reduce user friction, prevent account takeover, and get a 360**°** view of your customer identities with the Descope CIAM platform. Use visual workflows, SDKs, and APIs to create and customize the entire user journey for your external applications.

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Powering auth for hundreds of customers and thousands of developers

## Make your customer identity flow|

Make your customer identity

flow|

Get an overview of the Descope CIAM platform in 90 seconds (almost as quick as it takes to build auth with us).

## Power endless customer identity use cases

Power endless customer identity use cases

UX

### B2C CIAM

Improve onboarding and boost conversions with passwordless auth, A/B testing, anonymous user tracking, and more.

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Banking

### B2B CIAM

Get enterprise-ready with self-service SSO and SCIM setup, seamless SSO migration, multi-tenancy, delegated admin, and FGA.

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Bot Attaks

### ATO prevention

Stop fraud, bots, stuffing, and hijacking attacks with strong MFA and a variety of native and third-party risk signals.

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Integrations

### Identity orchestration

Turn customer identity into a business enabler with just-in-time provisioning, data syncs, and orchestration across 50+ third-party tools.

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Workflow

### Identity federation

Achieve a 360 customer view by unifying identities across multiple apps and identity providers in real-time.

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AI Agent

### Agentic IAM

Secure authentication and granular access control for APIs, AI agents, remote MCP servers, and more.

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## Our no-code CIAM platform|

Our no-code

CIAM platform|

### Build

#### Drag & drop user journeys

Add signup, login, MFA, SSO, step-up, and a whole lot more with a flexible and easy to use workflow interface.

- ##### Frontend and backend

Govern both the frontend experience and backend logic from one workflow.
- ##### Your screens, your brand

Design beautiful user-facing screens with granular styling controls.
- ##### Modify with ease

Make changes to your authentication flows without touching your codebase.

### Manage

#### Complete user management

Manage, merge, and sync identities across the user journey.

- ##### Accurate user data

Verify user identifiers like email IDs and phone numbers. Securely merge user identities across auth methods.
- ##### Fine-grained authorization

Add granular access control capabilities (RBAC, ReBAC, ABAC) to your app.
- ##### Customizable self-service experiences

Empower your end users to manage profiles, users, roles, access keys, audits, and SSO configuration on their own.

### Secure

#### Security minus friction

Add security controls at the right time instead of every time.

- ##### Prevent account takeover

Reduce the likelihood of phishing and credential stuffing attacks with strong passwordless authentication.
- ##### Adaptive MFA

Enforce MFA only for risky logins using native and third-party risk signals.
- ##### When in doubt, step-up

Easily add step-up authentication before sensitive in-app actions.

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## Why customers choose Descope|

Why customers

choose Descope|

Speed

### Fast

Set up and migrate in days and weeks rather than months and years with visual workflows.

Flexibility

### Flexible

Choose from flows, SDKs, and APIs. Rip-and-replace or augument what you already have.

Security Shield

### Future-proof

Change users journeys without redeploying your app or tinkering with your codebase.

## What our customers say

“Whether it’s easily adopting passwordless methods like One Tap, adding risk-based MFA, or unifying identity flows across web and mobile apps, Descope provides workflow-based building blocks to help us achieve these goals much faster than before.”

Nitin Shingate, CTO

“Partnering with Descope has helped Navan enhance both our user onboarding experience and security posture. The flexible nature of Descope Flows enables us to adapt better to changing business or security needs without burdening our developers.”

Ofer Ben-David, EVP Engineering

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"We love Descope SSO flows from a CX standpoint. A customer we onboarded just told us it was the fastest implementation ever. It usually takes weeks but we were done in 15 minutes - small talk included!"

David Li, Senior Software Engineer

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“Visualizing the user journey as a workflow enables us to audit and modify the registration and authentication journey without making significant code changes.”

Arkadiy Goykhberg, CISO

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“Our team really appreciates the empathetic and ever-present support. Whether it’s regular check-ins, guidance for unique use cases, or fast response and deployment for feature requests, we can see that Descope has our back.”

Marut Singh, CTO

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“Descope has truly been ‘*set it and forget it’* for authentication by making user journeys seamless and secure for all users that interact with our service.”

Sasidhar Sista, Co-Founder

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Anonymous

“Descope met our needs and use case perfectly. The product is easy to deploy, we appreciate the SDK-level customization, and their team is super responsive to any enhancement suggestions.”

VP of Engineering, Media & Entertainment

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Integrations## We play well with others

Enrich and secure your user journeys with third-party connectors. Go passwordless without changing your primary IdP using OIDC federated authentication.

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## Auth that meets devs where they are

Code as much (or little) as you want. Your choice: no-code workflows, SDKs / APIs, and everything in between.

Flows

### Descope Flows

“I want to go live with Descope in the fastest and easiest way possible.”

Quick start

Code App

### Descope SDKs

“I’ll build the authentication screens and flows, but may need help with session management.”

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Users

### Descope REST API

“I’ll handle all frontend flows and logic on my own.”

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### Use your favorite frameworks and SDKs

Frontend

- React
- Next.js
- Vue.js
- Javascript
- Angular

Backend

- Python
- Node.js
- Java
- .NET
- Go
- PHP
- Ruby

Mobile

- Kotlin
- Swift
- React Native
- Flutter

Other Frameworks

- Webflow
- Passport.js
- Auth.js
- Django

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## Your users’ favorite auth methods just got easier

Believe it or not – implementing password auth also got easier.

Magic Links

### Magic links

Delight users with one-click signup and login over email or SMS.

Take me there

Passkeys

### Passkeys

Let users log in the same way they unlock their device.

Take me there

Login

### Social login

Enable users to log in with identity providers like Google, LinkedIn, GitHub, and others.

Take me there

One Tap

### One Tap

Prompt users with frictionless auth to improve conversions.

Take me there

One Time Password

### One-time passwords

Implement quick and easy login with one-time passwords over email and SMS.

Learn more

SSO

### Single sign-on

Simplify SAML / OIDC SSO and tenant configuration for your B2B application.

Take me there

Authorization

### OpenID Connect

Augment existing logins with passwordless auth by adding Descope as a federated IdP.

Take me there

Biometrics

### Biometrics

Implement FIDO-based biometric authentication native to your users’ devices.

Take me there

MFA

### MFA

Add secure, flexible MFA and step-up flows into your app.

Take me there

Authorization Eye

### Authenticator apps

Harden security by having users prove the possession of their devices.

Take me there

Password

### Passwords

Build strong password-based authentication for your app.

Take me there

## Ready for liftoff?

Ready for liftoff?

If you’ve seen all you need to see, sign up and get started with Descope. If you'd like a demo, meet with our auth experts.

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- Passwords

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