The SCIM Tax Index An open dataset · Last updated April 2026

You're paying extra to manage your own users.

SCIM is the protocol IT teams use to automate user provisioning and deprovisioning. Most SaaS vendors support it. Most lock it behind an Enterprise plan, and many won't say what it costs until you sit through a sales call. ~300 vendors surveyed below.

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~300
vendors surveyed across horizontal and vertical SaaS
~80%
of vendors with SCIM gate it behind Enterprise or Contact Sales
79×
largest price jump: Shopify Basic ($29) to Plus ($2,300/mo)
11
vendors that include SCIM on all plans with no paywall

Notable findings

The Okta Irony
$4/user/mo extra, from the SSO company
Okta sells SSO and user provisioning as its core product. Their base Starter plan ($6/user/mo) does not include SCIM provisioning. Lifecycle Management is a $4/user/mo add-on, charged on top of their own SSO product. Auth0, which Okta also owns, includes SCIM on the Free tier.
The Biggest Jumps
Shopify: $29/mo to $2,300/mo
Shopify's Basic plan is $29/mo. SCIM is Plus-only at $2,300/mo, a 79× jump. Amplitude jumps from $49/mo self-serve to $22,000+/yr (37×). Grafana Cloud goes from $19/mo to $299/mo (16×). Salesforce climbs from $25/user to $175/user (7×).
It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
Some vendors just include it
Auth0 includes SCIM on the Free tier. PagerDuty and Ramp include it on all plans at no extra charge. BitWarden includes it at $4/user/mo, not Enterprise-gated. JumpCloud includes it as part of its identity-first model. The SCIM tax is a choice, not a technical constraint.

Methodology

Vendors are drawn from cross-referenced industry sources: notsosso.com, sso.tax, Okta Business at Work, Zylo SaaS Index, Productiv App Inventory, Ramp Velocity, the Okta Integration Network, and the Rippling App Shop. Coverage prioritises the most-deployed horizontal and vertical SaaS in mid-market and enterprise stacks.

For each vendor we record whether SCIM (or equivalent automated provisioning) is offered, the lowest plan it appears on, the price of that plan, the price of the typical team or business tier, and a direct link to the public pricing page used as evidence.

Status definitions. No Tax: SCIM included on all plans or on the team tier at no separate upcharge. Gated: SCIM only on an Enterprise / Contact Sales tier or as a paid add-on. Partial: limited or conditional support, often IdP-specific or via a separate product. No SCIM: not offered at any tier. Unknown: not disclosed publicly.

Prices reflect publicly listed annual billing in US dollars where available. The full methodology document includes source-by-source reconciliation, edge cases, and update rules. Found an issue? Open an issue.

Data timestamp: April 2026. Next scheduled update: Q1 2027.

Vendor Plan Required SCIM Price Team Plan Jump

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SCIM Tax Index (Iden, 2026). https://scimtax.org/
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