Hi HN! I’m the founder of WorkOS (<a href="https://workos.com" rel="nofollow">https://workos.com</a>)
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.<p>WorkOS is “Plaid for enterprise IT systems.”<p>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 app and shut it down (RIP) and the main reason was that we couldn’t sell it to enterprise because it was missing features.<p>Here’s a short Twitter thread with more info about WorkOS: <a href="https://twitter.com/grinich/status/1239943470271188992" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/grinich/status/1239943470271188992</a><p>Best place to start is with the docs: <a href="http://docs.workos.com/" rel="nofollow">http://docs.workos.com/</a><p>Would love to get your feedback, questions, and ideas. Thanks! :)
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.<p>I dream of the day that these features (SSO, Sync/SCIM, auditing) are considered table stakes.<p>I hope WorkOS takes off and drives that.<p>P.S. RIP Nylus
I've had the same thought/idea myself. There's so much more this can branch into if you want.<p>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.
Looks nice indeed @grinich ! Excuse the naive question but : what's the difference between workOS and software such as amplitude or mixpanel for audit trail logs ?<p>From what I understand, you have to declare events as you would do with analytics software. And your docs doesn't say how you make the audit trail available to the customers. If I have to do the proxy myself, then I really do not see the difference with an analytics software.
A slightly offtopic question. Besides older systems/older systems integration is there any reason to have SAML based SSO?<p>It always seemed to me that if you do not have to support SAML for some older systems the get to go solution is to use a OAuth2 based solution like OpenId Connect.
Note: Not related to Workplace OS: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_OS" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_OS</a>
Realy nice and clean website, I love the simplicity. It's a small thing but I would avoid black CTA in the project. Using colors could increase interaction with design ;)
Maybe you would like to also introduce your tool to our audience on Owwly (<a href="https://owwly.com" rel="nofollow">https://owwly.com</a>)? I think you can find there some potential users.