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Devise vs WorkOS: What are the differences?

Developers describe Devise as "Flexible authentication solution for Rails with Warden". Devise is a flexible authentication solution for Rails based on Warden. On the other hand, WorkOS is detailed as "APIs for enterprise features like SSO/SAML". Start selling to enterprise customers with just a few lines of code. Add Single Sign-On (SSO) to your app for free. It encourages an incremental approach to instrumentation, and puts particular emphasis on swift, easy integration.

Devise and WorkOS can be primarily classified as "User Management and Authentication" tools.

Some of the features offered by Devise are:

  • Is Rack based
  • Is a complete MVC solution based on Rails engines
  • Allows you to have multiple models signed in at the same time

On the other hand, WorkOS provides the following key features:

  • Single Sign-On (SSO/SAML)
  • Directory Sync (SCIM)
  • Audit Trail (SIEM)

Devise is an open source tool with 20.7K GitHub stars and 4.98K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Devise's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of Devise
Pros of WorkOS
  • 33
    Reliable
  • 17
    Open Source
  • 4
    Support for neo4j database
  • 2
    Secure
  • 3
    Passwordless Authentication
  • 3
    Don't have to rip out existing user management schema
  • 3
    SDKs
  • 3
    Amazing Developer Support
  • 3
    Integration with Enterprise Identity Providers
  • 3
    SSO integration in under an hour
  • 2
    Transparent pricing
  • 1
    High Uptime
  • 1
    SCIM
  • 1
    Great Documentation

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What is Devise?

Devise is a flexible authentication solution for Rails based on Warden

What is WorkOS?

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