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Logto vs WorkOS

WorkOS scores higher on the AgentReady, 61/100 against 58/100. They differ on 12 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Logto. Logto is an open-source authentication and identity platform built for developers, offering auth, SSO, and RBAC for SaaS, AI agents, and B2B apps.

WorkOS. WorkOS is a set of building blocks for quickly adding enterprise features to your app, providing a single, elegant interface that abstracts dozens of enterprise integrations.

Where Logto is ahead

Logto passes clear product positioning, and WorkOS does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: structured api reference, pricing understandable and limits / constraints documented. WorkOS misses those.

And on adopt, free trial or free allowance. WorkOS misses it.

Where WorkOS is ahead

WorkOS passes mcp discoverable, and Logto does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds adopt: no mandatory sales call, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, cli available and mcp integration available. Logto misses those.

And on operate, structured, predictable output. Logto misses it.

What neither does

Both fail openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, programmatic credential creation, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover. Both sit at 87/100 here. Logto misses mcp discoverable; WorkOS misses clear product positioning.

Understand. Logto leads 54 to 23. Logto misses openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented; WorkOS misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, pricing understandable, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt is whether an agent can get a key and make its first successful call without a human in the loop. WorkOS leads 85 to 50. Logto misses no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, cli available, mcp integration available; WorkOS misses programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance.

Operate. WorkOS leads 50 to 39. Logto misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified; WorkOS misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified.

Pricing

Logto starts at $0/mo and has a free tier. WorkOS does not publish one.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

WorkOS clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Logto and WorkOS. Alternatives to each: Logto, WorkOS.

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