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>>mathia+(OP)
For those wondering what the "SSO Tax" is, it refers to the excessive pricing practiced by SaaS providers to access the SSO feature on their product.

A documented rant has made the rounds at https://sso.tax , which lists all vendors and their pricing of SSO.

>>kdeldy+Ek
I always thought this was insane, but now I wonder if "SSO Pricing"/tax is just the "real price" and the "Base pricing" is really the new free trial? Of course the SSO/real pricing is too high, and everyone negotiates it down, but the point is I suspect the "base pricing" is just a trial teaser that's probably not sustainable for many vendors in terms of margins. I'm just guessing here, maybe someone with some inside insight from one of these vendors can advise.

>>pwarne+AQ
I'd rather consider it "SME pricing" vs "Enterprise pricing". Typically only companies above a certain size use SSO systems, and even larger ones require it for everything. Coincidentally bigger companies are also willing to pay more, so putting a high price on SSO enables SaaS to profit from those deep pockets without pricing themselves out of the market for smaller companies.

>>wongar+U51
That may have made sense 5-10 years ago. Todays expectations on security and convenience are very different.

Everybody deserves sso, regardless of size of company.

With the rise of micro services and DevOps, the number of applications used in an org has also exploded, adding even more reason to use SSO. Paying such big markup for every one of them is not sustainable for an SME.