Result

Free start

Key path: 1a, 2c, 6b

In short: small teams can start on a free tier this week. Aembit offers a free Starter tier for three agents, then $20 per agent per month. Descope's Free Forever tier includes its agentic identity hub. Both remove stored secrets before you commit to a larger purchase.

Identification

You are a small team with a few agents and no budget approved yet. You start on a published free tier and grow into paid plans later.

Field marks: what does this look like in practice?

• Fewer than a dozen agents.
• No procurement process for a quote-based product.
• A developer owns security part-time.

What should I require from a product?

1. A free tier usable without a sales call.
2. Short-lived or secretless credentials from day one.
3. Published pricing for the next step up.
4. Standards support, so you can move later.
5. Basic audit of agent access.

Which products fit?

Listed by fit to the requirements above, using each vendor's public material. This is not a ranking.

What is this result confused with?

• Gateway per call for MCP: Pick that when you need per-call enforcement across many agents and providers.

What does your identity provider already cover?

• Okta Agent SSO is included in core Okta SSO, so Okta customers may already have it. Okta Agent SSO press release, read 2026-11-03