| 1 |
Auth0 |
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10/10 |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#1) Mature, developer-friendly, broad SDK support, and handles sign-up, login, and MFA well.
- GPT-6 Luna (#1) Mature, developer-friendly identity platform with broad integrations and strong security capabilities.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#1) Most developer-friendly, vast docs, tons of social/enterprise integrations, quick setup.
- GLM-5.3 (#1) Feature-complete, developer-friendly, huge ecosystem support.
- MiniMax M3 (#1) Most flexible, developer-friendly, supports every protocol out of the box.
- Mistral Large 4 (#1) Mature, flexible, excellent docs and generous free tier for startups.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#2) The enterprise standard with massive extensibility, vast integrations, and battle-tested security.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#2) Mature, broadly supported authentication with rich enterprise features.
- Kimi K3 (#2) Mature, flexible, handles complex enterprise requirements well
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| 2 |
Clerk |
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10/10 |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
- Gemini 4 Argon (#1) Unbeatable developer experience with drop-in UI components and seamless modern framework integration.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#1) Best-in-class UI components and DX for sign-up/login in web apps.
- Kimi K3 (#1) Best developer experience, drop-in components, fast to ship
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#2) Drop-in UI components and modern developer experience, especially for React and Next.js apps.
- GPT-6 Luna (#2) Excellent web-app developer experience, polished UI components, and fast implementation.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#2) Polished React-first UI, great drop-in components, simple API for Next.js apps.
- GLM-5.3 (#2) Beautiful prebuilt UIs, fastest integration for modern React stacks.
- MiniMax M3 (#2) Modern DX with prebuilt UI components, fastest to integrate for web apps.
- Mistral Large 4 (#3) Best developer experience with prebuilt UI components and easy integration.
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| 3 |
Firebase |
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10/10 |
3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
- Mistral Large 4 (#2) Fast to ship, tightly integrated with Google Cloud and Firestore.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#3) Simple setup, generous free tier, and tight integration with the Firebase ecosystem.
- GPT-6 Luna (#3) Simple setup and generous ecosystem fit, especially for apps already using Firebase.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#3) Google ecosystem, dead-simple SDKs, generous free tier, built-in identity platform.
- GLM-5.3 (#3) Free tier, dead simple, great for small apps.
- Kimi K3 (#3) Free tier generous, simple setup, great for small apps
- Gemini 4 Argon (#4) Rock-solid reliability from Google with a very generous free tier and quick setup.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#4) Huge mobile/web adoption, generous free tier, Google-backed.
- MiniMax M3 (#4) Free tier is generous, tightly integrated with Google ecosystem and Firebase.
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| 4 |
Supabase |
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10/10 |
6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
- Gemini 4 Argon (#3) Fantastic open-source option that pairs effortlessly with PostgreSQL and Row Level Security.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#3) Free tier plus built-in database makes it easy for full-stack apps.
- MiniMax M3 (#3) Open-source, Postgres-based, great if you already use Supabase.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#4) Tight coupling with database, open-source, generous free tier, easy RLS integration.
- GLM-5.3 (#4) Open-source Postgres-based auth with generous free tier.
- Kimi K3 (#4) Open source, integrated with database, no vendor lock-in
- Mistral Large 4 (#4) Open-source, Postgres-native, great for full-stack indie projects.
- GPT-6 Luna (#5) Open-source-friendly option with straightforward integration into Supabase-backed applications.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#6) Open-source, pairs naturally with Supabase's Postgres database, and is easy to start with.
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| 5 |
Amazon Cognito |
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10/10 |
4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#4) Scales well and integrates natively with AWS, though its configuration is more involved.
- GPT-6 Luna (#4) Scalable AWS-native authentication with broad customization, though setup can feel complex.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#5) Cheap at scale if you're already deep in AWS ecosystem.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#5) Scales infinitely, deep AWS integration, generous free tier, full IAM control.
- GLM-5.3 (#5) Cheap at scale and tight AWS integration.
- Kimi K3 (#5) Deep AWS integration, cost-effective at scale
- MiniMax M3 (#5) Scalable and AWS-native, ideal if your stack is on Amazon.
- Mistral Large 4 (#5) Scales effortlessly and fits natively into existing AWS infrastructure.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#6) Cost-effective at massive scale and integrates natively if you are already on AWS.
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| 6 |
Okta |
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9/10 |
5 | 10 | | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#5) Enterprise-grade identity with strong SSO and security features, often overkill for small apps.
- GLM-5.3 (#6) Enterprise-grade identity management with strong compliance.
- MiniMax M3 (#6) Enterprise-grade security, best for B2B and SSO-heavy needs.
- Mistral Large 4 (#7) Enterprise-grade identity with robust compliance and SSO features.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#8) Gold standard for enterprise IAM, massive integration library, bulletproof security.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#9) Enterprise-grade CIAM with extensive compliance credentials.
- GPT-6 Luna (#10) Established identity platform with extensive features for larger organizations.
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| 7 |
Stytch |
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9/10 |
8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
- GPT-6 Luna (#7) Modern APIs and flexible passwordless, email, and social authentication options.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#7) Modern API-first platform excelling at passwordless authentication, passkeys, and B2B organization management.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#7) Modern API-first auth with strong passwordless and passkey support.
- GLM-5.3 (#7) Passwordless-first APIs with good developer experience.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#8) Flexible passwordless and passkey options with clean APIs for modern login flows.
- Kimi K3 (#8) Modern API-first design, strong passwordless options
- Mistral Large 4 (#8) Modern API-first design with strong B2B and embedded auth features.
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| 8 |
WorkOS |
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6/10 |
| 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | | 6 | 8 | | |
- Gemini 4 Argon (#5) The absolute best choice if you need enterprise-ready SSO and directory sync quickly.
- GPT-6 Luna (#6) Strong choice when authentication may expand to enterprise SSO and directory sync.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#6) Excellent for B2B/SAML/SSO, enterprise-grade, clean abstractions over protocols.
- Kimi K3 (#6) Excellent for adding enterprise SSO and directory sync
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#8) Top choice when you need enterprise SSO and directory sync later.
- MiniMax M3 (#8) Best-in-class for enterprise SSO, SCIM, and directory sync features.
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| 9 |
Keycloak |
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4/10 |
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- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#6) Leading open-source option if you must self-host authentication.
- Kimi K3 (#7) Fully open source and self-hosted, complete control
- Gemini 4 Argon (#9) The leading self-hosted, open-source identity provider for complete control without vendor lock-in.
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| 10 |
NextAuth.js |
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2/10 |
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| 11 |
Kinde |
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4/10 |
10 | | 8 | | 9 | 8 | | | | |
- Gemini 4 Argon (#8) Great all-in-one contender combining clean authentication with built-in feature flags and billing.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#9) Simple setup, generous free tier, solid React/Next.js SDK, clean billing model.
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| 12 |
Magic |
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2/10 |
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- Mistral Large 4 (#6) Passwordless email magic links remove friction for end users.
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| 13 |
Microsoft Entra ID |
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2/10 |
7 | | | | | | | 9 | | |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#7) Strong choice if your users are in Microsoft 365 or organizations needing enterprise SSO.
- MiniMax M3 (#9) Strong choice if your customers are Microsoft shops needing SSO.
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| 14 |
Descope |
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3/10 |
| 8 | 10 | 10 | | | | | | |
- GPT-6 Luna (#8) Visual workflow builder makes implementing modern authentication flows approachable.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#10) Visual workflow builder makes designing complex, low-code authentication and MFA flows effortless.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#10) Visual flow builder for fast custom auth journeys, newer entrant.
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| 15 |
FusionAuth |
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3/10 |
9 | | | | | | | | 10 | 9 |
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