WorkOS alternatives
When your first big customer asks for Okta SSO tomorrow, WorkOS is how you say yes without a rewrite.
Overall 8.53 (curated_estimate, high) · score asOf 2026-09-14 · last reviewed 2026-09-14. This is not an Elo and not a live price board. Provider · JSON
Jobs: auth, enterprise-sso, saas-oauth-integrations, calendar-scheduling-tools, agent-m2m-identity
| Provider | Why listed | Overall | Δ vs subject | asOf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clerk Depot default auth for agent products with users. WorkOS when enterprise SSO is the main job. | same_jtbd_pick, same_jtbd_runner · auth, enterprise-sso, agent-m2m-identity | 8.43high | -0.1 | 2026-10-19 |
| 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, agent-m2m-identity | 8.34high | -0.19 | 2026-09-14 |
| Nango Depot pick for saas-oauth-integrations (embed customer SaaS OAuth/sync). Composio remains agent-tool-router… | same_jtbd_pick, same_jtbd_runner · saas-oauth-integrations, calendar-scheduling-tools | 8.14high | -0.39 | 2026-09-14 |
| Composio Depot pick for tool/MCP router with managed OAuth across 1500+ apps. Official rate card is now public — Hobby… | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · saas-oauth-integrations, calendar-scheduling-tools | 7.62high | -0.91 | 2026-10-19 |
| Auth0 (Okta) Enterprise identity Swiss Army knife. For startups, Clerk/WorkOS usually hurt less. | same_jtbd_runner · auth, enterprise-sso, agent-m2m-identity | 7.85high | -0.68 | 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 · auth | 8.64high | +0.11 | 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 | -0.17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Trigger.dev Pick for TS app background agent jobs. Inngest for event meshes; Temporal for polyglot durability. | same_jtbd_runner · calendar-scheduling-tools | 7.84high | -0.69 | 2026-09-14 |
Prices are not ranked on this page. For a job, use the sourced quote (separate input and output rows, Depot Pick unchanged): auth, enterprise-sso, saas-oauth-integrations, calendar-scheduling-tools.
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