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.
Hanko
Feature Comparison
Clerk has significantly broader feature support than Hanko, with 38 supported features versus 27. Clerk fully covers authentication and extensibility and more, and both tools fully cover branding.
Session duration can be configured between one minute and one month, and users can enable a “stay signed in” persistent cookie
Provides rich session controls including duration, concurrent session limits, cookie retention, self‑service session revocation and token customization
In beta, and support has to enable it.
| Hanko | Clerk | |
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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 | ||
Provides rich session controls including duration, concurrent session limits, cookie retention, self‑service session revocation and token customization | ||
In beta, and support has to enable it. |
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.
HIPAACompliant
SOC2Compliant| Compliance | Hanko | Clerk |
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| HIPAACompliant | ||
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