Prompt
What should I use for authentication if I need good docs and SDKs?
Latest observation
If docs and SDK quality are a top priority, the safest bets are usually:
Best overall: Auth0
- Very strong documentation
- Mature SDKs for web, mobile, backend, and SPAs
- Good examples and quickstarts
- Broad feature set: social login, enterprise SSO, MFA, rules/hooks, etc.
Also strong: Clerk
- Excellent developer experience
- Very polished docs and frontend SDKs
- Great for modern web apps, especially React/Next.js
- Fast to implement, less heavy lifting than some alternatives
Good if you want a Firebase-style approach: Firebase Authentication
- Solid docs and SDKs
- Easy to get started
- Best if you’re already in the Google/Firebase ecosystem
- Less enterprise-flexible than Auth0 in some cases
Good for B2B / enterprise identity: WorkOS
- Great docs
- Strong SDKs
- Excellent for SSO, SCIM, directory sync, enterprise auth flows
Open-source / self-hosted options with decent docs:
- Supabase Auth
- Ory
- Keycloak
Docs vary more than Auth0/Clerk, but they can be good depending on your stack.
Quick recommendation
- Need the best docs + broad SDK support? → Auth0
- Need the best dev experience for modern web apps? → Clerk
- Need simple and fast and already use Firebase? → Firebase Auth
- Need enterprise SSO/SCIM? → WorkOS
If you tell me your stack (Next.js, mobile, backend language, B2B vs consumer), I can recommend the best fit more precisely.
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