🆚 Auth.js vs. Clerk

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Authentication service
Authentication service

About

Auth.js is an open-source authentication solution that integrates with Next.js, Nuxt, Qwik, and other modern JavaScript frameworks to handle user sign-in, session management, and access control.

It supports OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect providers, passwordless email authentication, and passkeys via WebAuthn, and can manage sessions using JSON Web Tokens or database adapters for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and SQLite.

Clerk is an authentication and user management service for Next.js, Remix, Nuxt, React, Vue, and other frameworks.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free version ✔️10K monthly active users (MAUs)
Pro$25+/month

Categories

Authentication › Rank #14
Authentication › Rank #17
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #255

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Auth.js authentication service is 1.8 times more popular than Clerk.
Total websites

Market share

Authentication

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Auth.js is more popular in Germany, Norway, and France, while Clerk is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Romania.
United States
Germany
Norway
United Kingdom
France
Japan
Brazil
Denmark
Turkey
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Auth.js is more popular than Clerk in all market segments.
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
Online Shopping
Sports
Education/Reference
General News
Internet Services
Entertainment
Software/Hardware
Games

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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