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Pick up to three. Scores are curated estimates on a 0–10 scale. Lock-in: higher = worse.
| Dimension | Clerk | Supabase (pgvector) |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.4 | 8.6 |
| Capability fit | 9.0 | 8.5 |
| Price / performance | 8.0 | 9.0 |
| Latency / reliability | 9.0 | 8.6 |
| Developer & agent DX | 9.8 | 9.4 |
| Privacy / data retention | 8.2 | 8.0 |
| Lock-in risk (higher = worse) | 6.5 | 3.0 |
| Maturity / track record | 8.5 | 9.0 |
| Pricing | Bills monthly retained users (MRU: a user who returns at least one day after signing up), not MAU (https://clerk.com/pricing, fetched 2026-10-21): Hobby free up to 50,000 MRU per a… | Postgres + pgvector + Auth + Storage; usage on compute/storage; free tier. Vectors hitchhike on Postgres. |