Clerk alternatives
Depot default auth for agent products with users. WorkOS when enterprise SSO is the main job.
Overall 8.43 (curated_estimate, high) · score asOf 2026-10-19 · last reviewed 2026-10-19. This is not an Elo and not a live price board. Provider · JSON
Jobs: auth, enterprise-sso, user-management, app-backend, agent-m2m-identity
| Provider | Why listed | Overall | Δ vs subject | asOf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stytch Auth pick when agents/M2M + org SSO matter more than Clerk's consumer UI kit. Watch Twilio integration… | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · auth, enterprise-sso, user-management | 8.34high | -0.09 | 2026-09-14 |
| Supabase (pgvector) Depot default for most agent apps under ~25–50M vectors. Don't add Pinecone until Postgres actually hurts. | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · auth, user-management, app-backend | 8.64high | +0.21 | 2026-09-14 |
| WorkOS When your first big customer asks for Okta SSO tomorrow, WorkOS is how you say yes without a rewrite. | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · auth, enterprise-sso, agent-m2m-identity | 8.53high | +0.1 | 2026-09-14 |
| Auth0 (Okta) Enterprise identity Swiss Army knife. For startups, Clerk/WorkOS usually hurt less. | same_jtbd_runner · auth, enterprise-sso, user-management | 7.85high | -0.58 | 2026-09-14 |
| Neon Excellent serverless Postgres for agent apps that want branching + pgvector without Supabase's full BaaS. | same_jtbd_runner · app-backend | 8.59high | +0.16 | 2026-09-14 |
| Infisical Depot default for agent secrets when you want OSS exit + Agent Proxy (placeholders instead of raw keys in the… | same_jtbd_runner · agent-m2m-identity | 8.36high | -0.07 | 2026-09-14 |
| PlanetScale Serverless DB peer when branching DX matters. Prefer Neon/Supabase for default Postgres+pgvector agents… | same_jtbd_runner · app-backend | 8.23high | -0.2 | 2026-09-14 |
| Railway Depot favorite for shipping agent APIs quickly. When bills climb, move steady-state to Fly/Hetzner/DO. | same_jtbd_runner · app-backend | 8.08high | -0.35 | 2026-09-14 |
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