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1Password vs Scalekit

1Password and Scalekit are both security & identity tools. 1Password is aimed at small businesses and enterprise, while Scalekit is aimed at developers and small businesses. 1Password costs less, from $3.99/mo versus $99/mo for Scalekit. Only Scalekit has a free plan.

1Password

Password manager for people and teams

Scalekit

Auth platform for B2B apps and AI agents, with an MCP gateway

PricingPaid · $4Freemium · $99
Starting price$3.99/mo$99/mo
Free planNoYes
Free trial14 days—
Built forSmall businesses, Enterprise, FreelancersDevelopers, Small businesses, Enterprise
Platformsweb, macos, windows, linux, ios, androidweb
CountryCA · 2005—
Rating——

Choose 1Password if

Businesses and individuals who want the most polished experience and are willing to pay for it.

  • Excellent apps and autofill reliability
  • Strong security architecture and audits
  • Business features are mature

Look elsewhere if: Budget users and open-source purists (Bitwarden, Proton Pass).

Choose Scalekit if

Engineering teams that ship AI agents acting on users' behalf, or B2B SaaS products that need enterprise SSO and SCIM quickly.

  • Agents act as the requesting user within the scopes that user granted
  • One vendor for app SSO/SCIM and agent tool authorization
  • Free tiers on both AgentKit and SaaSKit, with free dev and staging environments

Look elsewhere if: Consumer apps that only need simple social login, or teams that want a no-code automation tool (Clerk, Zapier).

1Password vs Scalekit pricing

1Password

  • Individual$3.99/moBilled annually; first-year promo $2.99/mo; 1 user
  • Families$5.99/moBilled annually; promo $4.49/mo; 5 members
  • Teams Starter Pack$24.95/moBilled annually; 10 users, extra seats $4.99
  • Business$8.99/user/moBilled annually; SSO, admin controls
  • EnterpriseCustom

Scalekit

  • AgentKit Free$0Monthly tool-call cap plus 10K trigger events; no overage
  • AgentKit Growth$99/mo100K tool calls, 50K events; $0.50 per extra 1K calls
  • SaaSKit Free$025K MAUs, 25 orgs, 1 SSO and 1 SCIM connection
  • SaaSKit Growth$99/mo100K MAUs; extra SSO/SCIM connections from $60/conn/mo
  • EnterpriseCustomNegotiated volume, VPC or self-hosted, BYOK, HIPAA BAA

1Password · Key features

  • Vaults for passwords, passkeys, cards, documents and SSH keys
  • Watchtower breach and weak-password monitoring
  • Autofill across browsers, desktop and mobile apps
  • Shared vaults, guest access and Travel Mode
  • Business: SSO, policies, reporting, Extended Access Management
  • Developer CLI, SSH agent and secrets automation

Cons

  • No free tier
  • More expensive than Bitwarden
  • Some advanced features need Business or Enterprise

Scalekit · Key features

  • MCP gateway with 600+ connectors and 30,000+ tools behind one endpoint
  • Per-user connected accounts with a token vault that refreshes tokens
  • Virtual MCP servers that scope the tools each agent can see
  • Triggers that start agent runs from events in connected apps
  • Tool-call logs with agent, user, tool and result; SIEM streaming on Enterprise
  • Full-stack auth with login, sessions and organizations (SaaSKit)

Cons

  • Free AgentKit tier has a hard stop with no overage option
  • SSO and SCIM connections beyond the first cost from $60 each per month
  • Custom connectors and custom tools require the Growth plan

1Password vs Scalekit: FAQ

Which is cheaper, 1Password or Scalekit?

1Password starts at $3.99/mo and Scalekit at $99/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do 1Password and Scalekit have a free plan?

1Password has no free plan, a 14-day free trial. Scalekit has a free plan.

Not sure yet?