SaaS SSO Pricing: A Security Tax or Revenue Grab?
2025-08-19
This article exposes the exorbitant pricing of Single Sign-On (SSO) features across numerous SaaS vendors. Many vendors lock SSO behind expensive 'Enterprise' plans, often increasing the price by several hundred percent or even more. The author argues that SSO is a critical security requirement, and the massive price hikes are not justified by maintenance costs but rather represent a profit opportunity. The article calls for SaaS providers to either include SSO in core offerings or provide it as a reasonably priced add-on, not a deterrent to better security practices.
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