Hanko vs Clerk

Learn how Hanko and Clerk differ in their key features like authentication, enterprise auth, security, user management and compliance, so you can decide which of these authentication providers is best for you.

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Hanko

Modern authentication with passkeys, 2FA, and SSO
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Clerk

Complete authentication & user management for modern apps
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Feature Comparison

Clerk offers broader feature coverage than Hanko, supporting 31 features compared to 25. Clerk fully covers extensibility and user management, and both tools fully cover authentication and branding.

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Session duration can be configured between one minute and one month, and users can enable a “stay signed in” persistent cookie

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Hanko

Provides rich session controls including duration, concurrent session limits, cookie retention, self‑service session revocation and token customization

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Compliance Comparison

Clerk offers broader coverage than Hanko, supporting 2 certifications and regulatory frameworks compared to 0 for Hanko. Since Hanko is open source and does not include compliance certifications, you’ll need to manage compliance yourself.

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