Stytch vs keel

Stytch gives developers one API for login, authorization, and fraud checks in B2B and consumer apps. You add passkeys, SSO, SCIM, MFA, and machine-to-machine tokens without stitching Auth0-style add-ons to a separate risk vendor.

Where many auth platforms gate enterprise features behind sales calls, Stytch includes SSO, RBAC, and multi-tenancy in its pay-as-you-go tier with 10,000 monthly active users included. It also ships an embeddable admin portal so customers configure SAML and SCIM themselves.

Backend engineers, platform teams, and AI product builders use Stytch after Twilio acquired it to cover human users and agent identities in the same stack.

Keel is an operations platform that lets teams build custom software to run inventory, orders, warehouse workflows, and production planning without defaulting to a traditional ERP. Operators define their own data models, launch tailored systems in weeks, and connect the tools they already use.

The platform is code-first at its core. Teams describe data, APIs, permissions, and jobs in a Keel schema, then get managed serverless Postgres, auto-generated GraphQL and JSON APIs, TypeScript extensions, and internal admin tools from the same source of truth. Keel is open source and built for version control, multiple environments, and local development with its CLI and VS Code extension.

Keel was founded in 2021 by former Echo executives who scaled pharmacy operations through custom internal tooling when off-the-shelf software fell short. The company raised $6 million in 2024 to bring the platform to more operations teams who have outgrown spreadsheets and no-code stacks but want to avoid lengthy ERP implementations.

It suits logistics companies, e-commerce operators, manufacturers, and other teams that need owned, adaptable ops software their own staff can iterate on without waiting months for engineering priority.