Supabase Auth vs Clerk
Learn how Supabase Auth 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.
Supabase Auth
Feature Comparison
Both tools offer comparable feature coverage, with Clerk supporting 38 features and Supabase Auth supporting 34. Consider your specific needs regarding authentication, enterprise auth, security, user management and extensibility when making your decision. Clerk fully covers authentication and branding and more, and both tools fully cover extensibility.
Supabase does not offer built-in passkey authentication but offers a third‑party integration with Corbado to support Passkeys
User sessions are long‑lived by default and can be time‑boxed or configured with inactivity timeouts on paid plans
Supabase lets developers control session duration, enforce inactivity timeouts and revoke sessions through the Admin API
In beta, and support has to enable it.
| Supabase Auth | Clerk | |
|---|---|---|
Supabase does not offer built-in passkey authentication but offers a third‑party integration with Corbado to support Passkeys | ||
User sessions are long‑lived by default and can be time‑boxed or configured with inactivity timeouts on paid plans | ||
Supabase lets developers control session duration, enforce inactivity timeouts and revoke sessions through the Admin API | ||
In beta, and support has to enable it. |
Compliance Comparison
Both tools have similar compliance levels, with Supabase Auth supporting 3 certifications and regulatory frameworks and Clerk supporting 2.
| Compliance | Supabase Auth | Clerk |
|---|---|---|
 GDPRCompliant | ||
 HIPAACompliant | ||
 SOC2Compliant |
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