Identity & Access Management · head to head
Cline vs Frontegg
Frontegg
Identity & Access Management
Customer identity and access management platform for SaaS applications
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- Rated
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The short version
- Only Frontegg has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Cline enterprise tier pricing is gated behind a sales contact; only the open source free tier and usage based inference credits are self serve, as of August 2026.; Frontegg detailed per-unit pricing beyond the free tier is not published, requiring use of an online calculator or sales contact to estimate costs.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Cline and Frontegg actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (usage-based), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Cline
Nothing recorded that Frontegg does not also cover.
Only in Frontegg
- Hosted login
- Enterprise SSO/SCIM
- Multi-tenant organizations
- Custom domains
- M2M tokens
- Fraud protection
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Cline
No use cases recorded yet. See the Cline review.
Frontegg
- Adding enterprise SSO/SCIM to a B2B SaaS productnot Cline
- Multi-tenant customer identity managementnot Cline
- White-labeled, custom-domain login experiencesnot Cline
- Securing AI agent access to a SaaS product via Agen.conot Cline
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Cline
- Enterprise tier pricing is gated behind a sales contact; only the open source free tier and usage based inference credits are self serve, as of August 2026.
Frontegg
- Detailed per-unit pricing beyond the free tier is not published, requiring use of an online calculator or sales contact to estimate costs.
- Advanced fraud protection and multiple environments are Enterprise-only, unavailable on the Pay As You Go plan.
- The 7,500 free monthly active users is comparatively modest next to some competitors' free tiers.
- As a broader CIAM platform, it can be more complex to integrate than lighter-weight developer-first auth tools for smaller apps.
Pricing, plan by plan
Cline
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Cline review.
Frontegg
Free- Pay As You GoFree
- 7,500 monthly active users included
- 5 enterprise connections (SSO/SCIM)
- Unlimited organizations
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Custom pricing
- Multiple environments
- Advanced fraud protection
Which should you pick?
Choose Cline if
Nothing in the data separates Cline from Frontegg on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Frontegg if
- You need hosted login.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on web, api.
- You also want enterprise sso/scim.
Questions people ask
- Is Cline or Frontegg better?
- Neither clearly leads. Cline starts at On request and Frontegg at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Cline or Frontegg?
- Frontegg has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Cline and Free for Frontegg.
- Does Cline or Frontegg run on more platforms?
- Cline runs on Web. Frontegg runs on web, api.
- Can I use Frontegg for free?
- Yes. Frontegg has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Cline starts at On request.
- What can Cline do that Frontegg cannot?
- Frontegg covers Hosted login, Enterprise SSO/SCIM, Multi-tenant organizations, Custom domains.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Frontegg: What does Frontegg cost?
Frontegg's Pay As You Go plan is free up to 7,500 monthly active users, after which pricing scales with users, enterprise connections and M2M tokens via an online calculator; Enterprise pricing is custom.
SourceFrontegg: Is there a free plan and what are its limits?
Yes, the free Pay As You Go plan includes 7,500 monthly active users, 5 enterprise SSO/SCIM connections, unlimited organizations, and a custom domain.
SourceFrontegg: How is usage metered?
Pricing is consumption-based, driven by monthly active users, monthly enterprise connections (SSO/SCIM), and monthly M2M tokens, with customers paying only for usage beyond the free 7,500-user threshold.
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