Descope Reviews & Product Details

A Secure Authentication that’s fast to set up and Keeps users happy.I’m genuinely impressed by how Descope’s no-code flow editor has streamlined our authentication process. As a lead developer for our telehealth startup, setting up secure email OTPs and Google SSO for our web and mobile apps was so straightforward I had it running in just a couple of days, something that would have dragged on for weeks with other tools. The pre-built widgets fit perfectly with our Angular frontend, and the detailed error logs helped us spot a session timeout issue during our last stress test. Honestly, it has made our small team look like authentication pros without needing a cybersecurity degree. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not much to complain about, but integrating with our existing user database took some trial and error, mainly because our legacy table had inconsistent email formats that tripped up the initial sync. The docs are great for standard setups, but more step-by-step guides for quirky edge cases like ours would’ve saved us a headache. Also, the pricing is fair, but scaling to higher user volumes felt a bit costly for our startup budget. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Loved the entire experience with descope. It was super easy to get started, they have support for every type of auth you might require, and SDKs to use this authentication in the backend as well. But the best thing about Descope is their customer support - they are incredibly helpful and responsive, and even offered to get on Zoom calls to help me debug some of my issues (and I'm on their free tier!) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hard for me to find things I dislike about Descope, even if I did, it would just be nit picking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We transitioned to Descope from in-house authentication and that was one of our best decisions! No more bugs with authentication and role management, each new auth flow takes minutes to make using their flow builder. Also their slack community is great! They answer every question (even the dumb ones 😅) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1 thing that was missing for me was the session control, we needed this for our per user business model so users won't use 1 paid seat for their whole team, but we transition to a different business model so it irrelevant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Customers can roll out SSO on their own—no Customer Success or Solutions Engineering support required.

2. Sophisticated authentication flows can be designed on the fly, with zero lift from the R&D team.

3. Comprehensive auditing and alerting are built-in and ready to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A small hurdle was generating PDF versions of the SSO guides that kept their dynamic details intact, so customers could forward them to their internal IdP admins—who don’t have platform access—letting those teams handle the setup on their own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I most liked their intuitive UI, which translates complex auth flows into visual components. This allowed us to get setup very quickly. Their customer support was fast and well informed, helping us choose the plan that best fitted our use-case. The flexibity of their tools was also very important and integrated with our other existing auth tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Minor issue,. but would be great to have a way to directly manage my plan and usage directly on the Descope console, currently I can't easily get info on my plan except by contacting support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use as a developer, supports many authentication and authorization types, customizable, has a very clear guide for each IdP on how to integrate with it - very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A bit harder to integrate with older frameworks - like Laravel for us, but still worked well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That I have a vendor I can trust to take care everything related to authentication and authorization for in the product I’m building. There’s no need to invent the wheel in this areas and develop it by yourself. With Descope I do it easily while I know I'm leveraging the best practices in this field Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If I have to find something it would be the auth flows which might be a little bit complex Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descope has been an ideal fit for Aptly’s identity and access management. Its login flows builder made implementation flexible and smooth, allowing us to integrate SSO, SCIM, and directory sync without heavy engineering effort. The flexibility to support multiple authentication methods (passwordless, social, MFA, etc.) ensures that our clients have the capabilites that enterprise customers expect. Additionally, Descope’s team has been highly responsive and supportive, making the implementation a very good experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There’s little to dislike but if I had to point out one area for improvement, it would be ensuring all documentation is up to date (understabdably difficult when featue release quickly) and expanding documentation with more advanced implementation examples. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descope offers exceptional ease of use with reliable authentication solutions that integrate seamlessly into our applications. The platform provides smooth integrations, excellent documentation, and a well-designed interface that makes implementation straightforward for developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While mostly satisfactory, there's occasional complexity during initial setup and configuration. Better pre-built templates for common use cases would streamline the onboarding process further. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descope has been a great experience so far. The UI is super easy to use, and it’s honestly one of the most customizable tools I’ve worked with. Whether you're a developer or more into no-code, it just works. Setting up sign-up and login flows feels more like building with automation tools than coding an auth system from scratch, which is exactly what we needed.

One thing I really appreciate is the support. The community is active, and the Descope team actually responds quickly and helps you out—even if you're not on some huge enterprise plan. We ran into a few tricky implementation issues and they were right there to guide us through it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If I had to nitpick, I’d say the naming and terminology can be a little different from what you might be used to with other platforms. It took a bit of figuring out at the beginning, especially around access keys. But once you get it, it’s smooth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.