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Re: Show HN: WorkOS – APIs for enterprise features like SSO/SAML

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Post by dfsegoat »

grinich wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I’m the founder of WorkOS ( https://workos.com ) We provide a developer API for making your app enterprise-ready. You can quickly add features including SSO/SAML, Director Sync (SCIM), Audit Logs, and more. WorkOS is “Plaid for enterprise IT systems.” I learned about these enterprise requirements the hard way. Previously, I founded Nylas where we built an email app called Nylas Mail. We couldn’t monetize that…

> "You can quickly add features including SSO/SAML, Director Sync (SCIM), Audit Logs, and more."

This is great. Congrats.

I work in a regulated industry (Life sciences/pharma) and all of these are challenges we've had to tackle as one-offs for our SaaS, so I could appreciate this bundled/bootstrapped approach.

Re: Show HN: WorkOS – APIs for enterprise features like SSO/SAML

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Post by cercatrova »

mdeeks wrote: post #14

Slightly off-topic complaint: I really wish these features weren't considered "Enterprise" by so many people. Do you have a company that uses third party tools and has employees that leave? Congrats, you're an "enterprise" and need the "enterprise" plan. I dream of the day that these features (SSO, Sync/SCIM, auditing) are considered table stakes. I hope WorkOS takes off and drives that. P.S. RIP Nylus

So make all of these features paid then?

Re: Show HN: WorkOS – APIs for enterprise features like SSO/SAML

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Post by grinich »

neLrivVK wrote: post #49
stereobit wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We just build our own SCIM endpoint and are now trying to integrate it into OKTA. I'll never get that time back that I spend reading the SCIM spec. Could have used it to build something that adds value to our customers.

How would this solution have helped you? You'd have to integrate WorkOS in your app instead of standardised SCIM?

Yep but our directory APIs are a lot simpler than SCIM. Plus we normalize user attributes across non-SCIM directories like G Suite and Azure.

WorkOS also has webhooks, which makes integrating a breeze: https://docs.workos.com/directory-sync/webhooks

Re: Show HN: WorkOS – APIs for enterprise features like SSO/SAML

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Post by grinich »

tixocloud wrote: post #40
grinich wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I’m the founder of WorkOS ( https://workos.com ) We provide a developer API for making your app enterprise-ready. You can quickly add features including SSO/SAML, Director Sync (SCIM), Audit Logs, and more. WorkOS is “Plaid for enterprise IT systems.” I learned about these enterprise requirements the hard way. Previously, I founded Nylas where we built an email app called Nylas Mail. We couldn’t monetize that…

Congrats on the launch, Michael. Been experiencing the same - after conducting demos of our application, we've been told that we aren't enterprise-ready and so we've gone away to figure out what that looks like. I've got extensive experience in the enterprise space having worked in banking tech for a few years so happy to help. Currently, we're building an AI performance management platform for enterprises and so cou…

Thanks for the kind words!

Replicated helps developers ship an on-prem version of their product, like GitHub Enterprise.

WorkOS helps developers add features to make their app enterprise-ready. We provide an API to integrate with cloud services like Okta, Azure AD, G Suite, and more.

Re: Show HN: WorkOS – APIs for enterprise features like SSO/SAML

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Post by grinich »

orestis wrote: post #45
grinich wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I’m the founder of WorkOS ( https://workos.com ) We provide a developer API for making your app enterprise-ready. You can quickly add features including SSO/SAML, Director Sync (SCIM), Audit Logs, and more. WorkOS is “Plaid for enterprise IT systems.” I learned about these enterprise requirements the hard way. Previously, I founded Nylas where we built an email app called Nylas Mail. We couldn’t monetize that…

One issue with Enterprise Software that I've experienced is that all subcontractors are scrutinised and have to be listed in contracts, clients has to be notified/approve changes etc. I would love to pay you money but run this somehow under AWS (Marketplace?) so that I don't have to request signatures from all our clients. The issue, AFAICT, is all about who has access to personal data and where that data is hosted (…

Would love to chat with you about your needs here. Shoot me an email? mg@workos.com

Re: Show HN: WorkOS – APIs for enterprise features like SSO/SAML

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Post by grinich »

dmarlow wrote: post #34

I've had the same thought/idea myself. There's so much more this can branch into if you want. It looks like this is very targeted towards the SMB space. I'm wondering if you could adjust your pricing and features to help modernize & consolidate some of the overlap at larger businesses in general.

Yep we can help with those needs too and have custom pricing for large enterprise deployments. (If you need that, get in touch.)

Re: Show HN: WorkOS – APIs for enterprise features like SSO/SAML

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Post by tixocloud »

grinich wrote: post #54
tixocloud wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Congrats on the launch, Michael. Been experiencing the same - after conducting demos of our application, we've been told that we aren't enterprise-ready and so we've gone away to figure out what that looks like. I've got extensive experience in the enterprise space having worked in banking tech for a few years so happy to help. Currently, we're building an AI performance management platform for enterprises and so cou…

Thanks for the kind words! Replicated helps developers ship an on-prem version of their product, like GitHub Enterprise. WorkOS helps developers add features to make their app enterprise-ready. We provide an API to integrate with cloud services like Okta, Azure AD, G Suite, and more.

Thanks for the really simple explanation. Cheers.
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