Clerk

How often 10 AI models recommend Clerk, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

79%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#3of 46 on Best authentication services for web apps

Buying questions

1where any model named it

Never named it

0of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. Gemini 4 Argon100%
2. DeepSeek V4 Pro83%
3. Kimi K383%
4. Claude Haiku 5.575%
5. GPT-6 Luna75%
6. Qwen 3.8 Flash75%
7. GLM-5.375%
8. MiniMax M375%
9. Mistral Large 475%
10. Nemotron 3 Ultra70%

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best authentication services for web apps 10

• Claude Haiku 5.5Developer-friendly prebuilt UI components for modern web frameworks.
• GPT-6 LunaExcellent web developer experience, polished UI components, and fast integration for modern apps.
• Gemini 4 ArgonUnmatched developer experience with drop-in UI components and seamless modern framework integration.
• Qwen 3.8 FlashBest-in-class drop-in React auth UI, fastest time to production.
• DeepSeek V4 ProBeautiful embeddable UI components, great React/Next.js DX, built-in user management.
• GLM-5.3Polished drop-in React/Next.js auth UIs with excellent developer experience.
• Kimi K3Modern developer-first auth with polished UI components for React apps.
• MiniMax M3Modern drop-in UI, great DX, fast setup for startups and SaaS.
• Mistral Large 4Modern DX, pre-built UI components, fastest time to sign-in.
• Nemotron 3 UltraModern React-first auth with beautiful pre-built components

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, Clerk highlighted.

Best authentication services for web apps

46 products named in 118 answers across 4 wordings

In nearly every answer

Auth0

Contested

1. 2Okta83%
2. 3Clerk79%
3. 4Stytch69%
4. 5Keycloak63%
5. 6WorkOS58%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best authentication services for web apps	75	75	100	75	83	75	83	75	75	70

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best authentication services for web apps	100	100	100	17

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

Clerk vs Auth0Clerk vs OktaClerk vs StytchClerk vs KeycloakClerk vs WorkOSClerk vs Firebase Authentication

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