SAML. vs. SCIM

Logan Saso·Staff Software Engineer·2 min

Understand the difference between SAML and SCIM and how they work together to authenticate users and provision access.

Main Takeaways

SAML handles authentication by proving a user’s identity and signing them into apps through their identity provider.
SCIM manages identities and access by provisioning users and groups into downstream apps.
You can authenticate with SAML, but without the right SCIM-provisioned access, you still can’t get into the app.
Together, SCIM grants the access and SAML logs the user in.