SSO Should Be Free

Charging $8/user/month for SSO is a security tax. We include Google, GitHub, and Microsoft SSO on every plan — including Free. Here's why that matters.

The SSO Tax

There's a well-known pattern in SaaS pricing: lock single sign-on behind the enterprise tier. Need Google auth? That'll be $8-15 per user per month, minimum 50 seats, annual contract only.

The effect is predictable: small teams use passwords. Passwords get reused, shared in Slack, and stored in plaintext notes. Security degrades precisely where it matters most — at the team level.

Our Position

SSO is a security feature, not a premium feature. xpntl includes Google, GitHub, and Microsoft SSO on every plan. Free tier? SSO. Solo plan? SSO. No upsell, no enterprise gate.

This isn't charity — it's architecture. When every user authenticates through their existing identity provider, we don't have to store passwords. That's less attack surface for us and better security for you.

What About SAML/OIDC?

Custom SAML and OIDC providers (Okta, Entra ID, etc.) are on the Team plan. These require per-tenant configuration and support, so there's a real cost. But the three major OAuth providers? Those are table stakes. They should be free everywhere.

The Broader Point

We think too many dev tools charge for things that should be baseline. SSO, audit logs, API access — these aren't features, they're infrastructure. We're building xpntl with that philosophy: charge for scale and advanced workflows, not for security and access.