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Kinde

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Velocity3.8

Kinde broadens its auth surface to passkeys while building out billing and B2B controls.

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◆Current state
Kinde is shipping monthly feature roundups that consistently advance three fronts: authentication breadth, self-serve billing, and enterprise/B2B controls. The latest release adds passkeys (WebAuthn/FIDO2) for passwordless sign-in, the clearest capability jump in the window. Recent months also brought WhatsApp verification, IdP-initiated SAML, invite controls, and an MCP server for AI agents — a developer-focused auth platform widening on every axis.
◆Where it's heading
Kinde is racing to close the feature gap with incumbent auth providers while differentiating on developer experience and built-in monetization. Authentication is going passwordless and omni-channel (passkeys, WhatsApp, SAML), billing is becoming a first-class self-serve product, and the MCP server stakes an early claim on auth for AI agents. The direction is a single platform that handles identity and billing together.
◆Prediction
Expect continued enterprise hardening — likely deeper SSO/SCIM and organization-level controls — paired with more billing automation, as Kinde pushes up-market into B2B.

◆Recent moves

  1. 3d ago

    Passkeys, flexible billing, and more

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    Kinde adds passkeys (WebAuthn/FIDO2), letting users register and sign in passwordlessly. For an auth provider, this closes a table-stakes gap with incumbents and pushes the product toward a passwordless-default posture.

  2. 1mo ago

    Self-serve billing and speed where it counts

    Self-serve billing and plan management get more robust, including customer-side cancellation. This deepens Kinde's bet on bundling monetization into the auth platform.

  3. 2mo ago

    Scaled up and locked down

    Organization owners gain controls over whether member invitations are enabled and how invite emails are sent. Incremental B2B governance that supports Kinde's move up-market.

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  4. 3mo ago

    Better delivery, higher conversion, lower pricing

    Adds WhatsApp as a channel for verification codes and notifications, broadening delivery beyond email and SMS. A pragmatic reach play for markets where WhatsApp dominates.

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  5. 4mo ago

    More Control, Less Friction

    Adds IdP-initiated SAML SSO, letting users start login from their identity-provider portal. A standard enterprise-SSO requirement, filling a gap for B2B customers.

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  6. 5mo ago

    Polish and new tricks

    Introduces a Kinde MCP server so AI agents like Claude Code can connect to Kinde, bundled into a broader polish release. An early, low-key stake in auth for the AI-agent era.

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