How Vistrian’s AI team launched faster and scaled stronger with Scalekit

The challenge: When every week counts in a competitive market

Visitran’s engineering team (parent company Zipstack) faced a classic startup dilemma: build a revolutionary AI-powered data transformation platform while ensuring enterprise-grade security from day one. Their ambitious goal of making data transformations 100x faster with AI required intense focus on core product development, but authentication infrastructure risked consuming months of engineering resources.

"When you're competing in the AI space, every engineering hour counts. We knew we couldn't afford to spend months building authentication infrastructure when we should be perfecting our core AI capabilities."

Hari John Kuriakose,

CTO, Visitran

The authentication requirements

The team identified critical capabilities that could not be compromised:

• Seamless user login with passwordless and social sign-ins for developers and data analysts testing the platform
• User management with role-based access controls and team administration for organizational accounts
• Future-proof architecture with enterprise-ready SSO for scalable growth
• Data security foundation with multi-tenant infrastructure and strict data isolation between organizations
• Brand consistency with custom-branded authentication flows to reinforce Visitran’s own theme and style
• Compliance foundation with comprehensive audit logging to build trust with security-conscious prospects

Building without enterprise capabilities would have created technical debt that could slow future growth and block opportunities.

The technical solution: Full-stack authentication in two weeks

Visitran integrated Scalekit’s authentication platform and delivered production-ready capabilities in just two weeks.

Auth, experience and management

• Magic link authentication and social providers like Google and GitHub eliminated password friction
• Administrative dashboards enabled user provisioning, role assignment, and team management
• Custom-branded login pages matched Visitran's branding
• Professional email delivery came from Visitran’s own domain

Enterprise-ready infrastructure

• Native SAML and OIDC support provided enterprise scalability without additional development
• Multi-tenant architecture ensured secure data isolation as a core capability
• Real-time authentication logging established audit trails from the very first day

Built for developers

• Simple SDK for Python let engineers integrate authentication flows in minutes
• Clear, well-documented APIs meant no guesswork during setup or iteration
• Slack integration provided real-time support, debugging and other critical auth events, enabling proactive, hands-on implementation
• Modular architecture allowed Visitran to extend and customize auth as their platform evolved without painful re-architecture

The business impact: Strategic focus where it matters

Accelerated development

With authentication solved, the engineering team focused on what truly differentiated Visitran: building AI-driven conversational interfaces, refining agentic SQL workflows, and optimizing natural language processing.

Future-proof foundation

Enterprise-grade authentication from day one positioned Visitran to handle growth seamlessly. When enterprise prospects arrive, the team will not need to scramble to build SSO capabilities. With Scalekit’s modular approach they can just drop it in when they need it

""Instead of spending months rebuilding authentication later, we chose a solution that grows with us. Now we can confidently engage any prospect knowing our security foundation matches their expectations."

Hari John Kuriakose,

CTO, Visitran

Key takeaways for engineering leaders

• Speed without constraints: Production-ready authentication in two weeks instead of months of custom development, with enterprise scalability built in.
• Developer-first integration: Clear SDKs, simple APIs, and Slack notifications make it easy to manage and extend.
• Strategic resource allocation: Engineers stayed focused on core AI innovation instead of reinventing authentication.
• Enterprise optionality: Enterprise-ready features, like SSO and multi-tenancy, are there from the start without costly future rebuilds.

Visitran shows how the right technology partnerships can accelerate development timelines, reduce technical risk, and build an enterprise-ready foundation that supports rapid growth in a competitive market.