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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
And of course part of why SMEs don't use it or don't use it everywhere is that suppliers make it much more expensive to do that because they insist security is only for Enterprise customers.

>>detaro+BA2
That means they can live without it. Enterprises can't so they pay for it. Making customers pay for what they need is reasonable. Sure, everybody would like to have every feature for free...