DescopeFreemium
Customer identity that has grown an agentic side — auth, consent, and token management for AI agents and MCP servers.
AI Governance comparison
Descope vs Zenity
Pricing, pros, cons, and ideal use cases — side by side.
ZenityEnterprise
Security posture management and runtime defense for AI agents — discovers what agents exist, what they can reach, and stops them at the point of action.
At a glance
| Descope | Zenity | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | FreemiumFree Forever $0 with 7,500 MAUs. Pro from $249/month with 10,000 MAUs. Growth from $799/month with 25,000 MAUs. Enterprise is custom. Agentic usage is metered separately as Monthly Active Consents and Monthly Active Tokens, included at 2,000 each on Free, 5,000 each on Pro, and 10,000 each on Growth. | EnterpriseNot published — enterprise sales. Scoping is typically driven by the number of agents and connected resources discovered during assessment. |
| Category | AI Governance | AI Governance |
| Ideal for | Product teams exposing an MCP server to third-party agentsSaaS companies adding agentic features that act on user dataStartups that need CIAM and agent identity from one vendorSecurity engineers who need consent and token use to be auditable | Security leaders governing enterprise agent deploymentsOrganizations with citizen-built agents in Copilot Studio or AgentforceRegulated industries deploying agents on customer dataCISOs building an AI security posture program |
Pros & cons
Descope
Pros
- Full price ladder published, including the agentic meters
- Consent and token management for MCP and outbound agent connections
- No-code flow builder alongside SDKs and APIs
- Generous free tier at 7,500 MAUs
- One vendor for customer identity and agent identity
Cons
- The $249 step from free is steep for a small product
- Two metering dimensions (MAU plus consents/tokens) make forecasting harder
- Migrating an existing identity provider is a serious project
- Solves identity, not tool-level authorisation — often you need both
- Agentic identity standards are still moving; expect the surface to change
Zenity
Pros
- Discovers shadow agents traditional security tooling cannot see
- Evaluates agent intent and execution path, not isolated alerts
- Covers external, internal, and autonomous attack vectors
- Runtime enforcement, not just posture reporting
Cons
- No public pricing
- Premature below meaningful agent sprawl — a handful of agents does not justify it
- Adds another control plane for security teams to operate
- Coverage depends on which platforms it can integrate with
Which should you choose?
Descope is the lighter-weight option (Freemium), while Zenity sits higher on the pricing ladder (Enterprise). Descope is built around product teams exposing an mcp server to third-party agents; Zenity leans more toward security leaders governing enterprise agent deployments. Shortlist the one whose strengths line up with your biggest constraint.
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