Customer identity and access management for small business buyers
Asked as “customer identity platform”, and as “CIAM solution for a product's users”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 64 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
23%
Contested · WorkOS AuthKit 17%
23Clerk17WorkOS AuthKit16Kinde44others
23% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▼−7Since October 2026: 30% → 23%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Clerk held the lead, −7 points on 30%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Clerk23%Contested▼−7Since October 2026: 30% → 23%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-market
Auth034%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Auth0 (34%) replaces Frontegg (21% then, 8% now), 26 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Standing →EnterpriseAuth038%Contested▼−9Since October 2026: 47% → 38%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Clerk23%Contested▼−7Since October 2026: 30% → 23%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketAuth034%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Auth0 (34%) replaces Frontegg (21% then, 8% now), 26 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Standing →EnterpriseAuth038%Contested▼−9Since October 2026: 47% → 38%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Clerk23%0%44accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 30% → 23%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.30% → 23%
Clerk23%0%44accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 30% → 23%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.30% → 23%02
WorkOS AuthKit17%0%32accepted challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 10% → 17%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 17%
WorkOS AuthKit17%0%32accepted challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 10% → 17%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 17%03
Kinde16%0%31accepted challenger▲+13Since October 2026: 3% → 16%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.3% → 16%
Kinde16%0%31accepted challenger▲+13Since October 2026: 3% → 16%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.3% → 16%04Auth011%47%72criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 13% → 11%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.13% → 11%
Auth011%47%72criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 13% → 11%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.13% → 11%05
Frontegg9%4%27accepted challenger▼−10Since October 2026: 19% → 9%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.19% → 9%
Frontegg9%4%27accepted challenger▼−10Since October 2026: 19% → 9%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.19% → 9%06
Descope5%3%31accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 6% → 5%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 5%
Descope5%3%31accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 6% → 5%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 5%07
FusionAuth3%7%27accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 5% → 3%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 3%
FusionAuth3%7%27accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 5% → 3%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 3%08
Supabase Auth3%9%22accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 5% → 3%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 3%
Supabase Auth3%9%22accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 5% → 3%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 3%09
LoginRadius3%14%14accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 0% → 3%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 3%
LoginRadius3%14%14accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 0% → 3%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 3%10
Stytch2%4%23accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Stytch2%4%23accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%11
miniOrange2%0%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
miniOrange2%0%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Okta0%74%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Okta0%74%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%14
Keycloak0%44%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Keycloak0%44%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%13
Amazon Cognito0%43%35criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 0%
Amazon Cognito0%43%35criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 0%12
Firebase Authentication Lab in the set0%19%31accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Firebase Authentication Lab in the set0%19%31accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Firebase Authentication is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models zero times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Auth0 vs FusionAuthAuth0 vs ClerkAuth0 vs KeycloakAuth0 vs Firebase AuthenticationWorkOS AuthKit vs FronteggWorkOS AuthKit vs KindeWorkOS AuthKit vs FusionAuthWorkOS AuthKit vs ClerkWorkOS AuthKit vs KeycloakWorkOS AuthKit vs Firebase AuthenticationFrontegg vs KindeFrontegg vs FusionAuthFrontegg vs ClerkFrontegg vs KeycloakFrontegg vs Firebase AuthenticationKinde vs FusionAuthKinde vs ClerkKinde vs KeycloakKinde vs Firebase AuthenticationFusionAuth vs ClerkFusionAuth vs KeycloakFusionAuth vs Firebase AuthenticationClerk vs KeycloakClerk vs Firebase AuthenticationKeycloak vs Firebase Authentication
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203040506070809101112131415Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Clerk23%
Clerk23%02WorkOS AuthKit17%
WorkOS AuthKit17%03Kinde16%
Kinde16%04Auth011%
Auth011%05Frontegg9%
Frontegg9%06Descope5%
Descope5%07FusionAuth3%
FusionAuth3%08Supabase Auth3%
Supabase Auth3%09LoginRadius3%
LoginRadius3%10Stytch2%
Stytch2%11miniOrange2%
miniOrange2%12Firebase Authentication0%
Firebase Authentication0%13Amazon Cognito0%
Amazon Cognito0%14Keycloak0%
Keycloak0%15Okta0%
Okta0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Auth047%
34 of 72 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Avoid Auth0 initially unless you specifically need enterprise features—it becomes expensive as you scale B2B.” MiniMax M2.5, paraphrase prompt
Amazon Cognito43%
15 of 35 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“AWS Cognito: Too basic, requires significant custom development for B2B features” MiniMax M2.5, direct prompt
Okta74%
14 of 19 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Okta and Ping Identity are routinely rated as enterprise-only first choices for SMB CIAM buyers... both sit at 0% first choices with high negative rates” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Ping Identity100%
9 of 9 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“routinely rated as enterprise-only first choices for SMB CIAM buyers... 0% first choices with high negative rates” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
71 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 805 links across 170 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 14 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
35 answers · 55 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G230 answers · 41 citations · 11 models
29 answers · 45 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 24 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Okta21 answers · 32 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Kinde19 answers · 31 citations · 12 models
19 answers · 27 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Auth018 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Clerk16 answers · 42 citations · 8 models
publisher (Gane)16 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
25 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 7 models
16 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 6 models
14 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 5 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best customer identity platform”, “customer identity platform”, “customer identity platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clerk clerk.com | 23% | 62 | 110,000 | 59,082 | 46,225 | 12 | ||
| WorkOS AuthKit workos.com | 17% | 74 | 33,478 | 75 | ||||
| Kinde kinde.com | 16% | 40 | 3,600 | 2,404,339 | 20,218 | 4 | 8 | |
| Auth0 auth0.com | 11% | 245 | 18,100 | 772 | 170,673 | 117 | ||
| Frontegg frontegg.com | 9% | 83 | 720 | 4 | 19,060 | 10 | ||
| Descope descope.com | 5% | 83 | 2,400 | 79 | 19,633 | $192 | 19 | |
| FusionAuth fusionauth.io | 3% | 49 | 1,300 | 21 | 44,199 | 16 | ||
| Supabase Auth supabase.com | 3% | 19 | 1,900 | 62 | 91,424 | 4 | ||
| LoginRadius loginradius.com | 3% | 37 | 170 | 7 | 39,709 | 3 | 1 | |
| PropelAuth propelauth.com | 3% | 7 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 25 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (kinde.com, okta.com, startwithidentity.com). The first result for “best customer identity platform” is reddit.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best customer identity platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which CIAM solution for a product's users would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top customer identity platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best customer identity platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a customer identity platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which customer identity platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceFrontegg, WorkOS AuthKitChangedminiOrangeagainst: Okta, Ping IdentityJumpCloudagainst: Oktano first choiceagainst: Amazon Cognito, Auth0, ForgeRock Identity Platform, Janrain, Microsoft Entra External ID, Ping Identity, SAP Customer Data Cloud, Stytch
Three alternatives
Descope, Kinde, Stytch B2BTwo alternatives
Descope, Microsoft Entra External IDSix alternatives
AWS IAM, Auth0, Firebase Authentication, Frontegg, Google Cloud IAM, miniOrangeGPT-5.4 miniWorkOS AuthKitagainst: Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Descope, FusionAuthAuth0Changedagainst: Amazon CognitoClerkagainst: Auth0Clerkno first choiceagainst: Auth0, Okta, Ory, Saviynt, Transmit Security
One alternative
ClerkThree alternatives
FusionAuth, Microsoft Entra External ID, WorkOS AuthKitThree alternatives
FusionAuth, Stytch, WorkOS AuthKitTwo alternatives
FusionAuth, WorkOS AuthKitGemini 3.5 FlashClerkagainst: Auth0, Firebase AuthenticationClerk, WorkOS AuthKitChangedagainst: Auth0ClerkClerkagainst: Auth0Clerkagainst: Auth0, Keycloakagainst: Amazon Cognito, Auth0, IBM Verify, Keycloak, Oracle Access Manager, Ping Identity / ForgeRock
Four alternatives
Frontegg, Kinde, PropelAuth, WorkOS AuthKitThree alternatives
Kinde, PropelAuth, StytchFive alternatives
Auth0, Kinde, Stytch, Supabase Auth, WorkOS AuthKitFive alternatives
Better-Auth, Firebase Authentication, Kinde, Supabase Auth, SuperTokensFour alternatives
Firebase Authentication, Stytch, Supabase Auth, WorkOS AuthKitPerplexity SonarWorkOS AuthKitWorkOS AuthKitHeldagainst: Amazon CognitoClerkKindeno first choiceagainst: Amazon Cognito, Auth0, CyberArk Customer Identity, IBM Verify, LoginRadius, Microsoft Entra External ID, Ping Identity / ForgeRock, SAP Customer Data Cloud
Three alternatives
Clerk, Frontegg, StytchTwo alternatives
Auth0, ClerkSix alternatives
Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Descope, FusionAuth, Stytch, WorkOS AuthKitFive alternatives
Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Boku Identity, Firebase Authentication, miniOrangeGrok 4.20WorkOS AuthKitagainst: FronteggWorkOS AuthKitHeldagainst: OktaClerk, Descopeagainst: Okta, SailPointKindeagainst: Auth0no first choiceagainst: Microsoft Entra ID, Ping Identityagainst: Adobe Real-Time CDP, Amazon Cognito, Auth0, ForgeRock Identity Platform, IBM Verify, ID.me, Keycloak, LiveRamp, Okta, Ping Identity, PingOne, SailPoint, Salesforce Identity, Saviynt
Five alternatives
Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Clerk, Stytch, Supabase AuthFour alternatives
Auth0, Firebase Authentication, Frontegg, Supabase AuthFour alternatives
Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Firebase Authentication, FusionAuthTwo alternatives
Clerk, DescopeFive alternatives
Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Descope, Firebase Authentication, StytchMistral SmallClerk, Fronteggagainst: Auth0Auth0, ClerkChangedAuth0against: KeycloakBoku Identity, Kindeagainst: Auth0Clerkagainst: Auth0against: Amazon Cognito, Auth0, ForgeRock Identity Platform, IBM Verify, Oracle Identity Governance, Ping Identity, SailPoint IdentityIQ
Two alternatives
Kinde, LoginRadiusOne alternative
KeycloakEight alternatives
Amazon Cognito, Clerk, Descope, Firebase Authentication, Frontegg, Stytch, Supabase Auth, WorkOS AuthKitTwo alternatives
FusionAuth, miniOrangeThree alternatives
Firebase Authentication, Supabase Auth, SuperTokensDeepSeek V4 FlashClerkagainst: Auth0Auth0Changedno first choiceAuth0Auth0, FusionAuthagainst: Oktaagainst: Auth0, Firebase Authentication, ForgeRock Identity Platform, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, SailPoint, Salesforce Customer Identity, Salesforce Identity, Supabase Auth
Three alternatives
Frontegg, FusionAuth, WorkOS AuthKitTwo alternatives
Clerk, ZitadelFive alternatives
Auth0, Clerk, Descope, Kinde, MojoAuthTwo alternatives
Descope, FusionAuthThree alternatives
Amazon Cognito, Clerk, StytchLlama 4 MaverickClerkFronteggChangedno first choiceLoginRadiusno first choiceagainst: IBM ISAM, Okta, Oracle Identity Governance, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Salesforce Headless 360 Platform, Saviynt
Four alternatives
Auth0, Frontegg, Kinde, LoginRadiusThree alternatives
Auth0, Rippling, WSO2 Identity ServerFive alternatives
Boku Identity, JumpCloud, Kinde, Okta, miniOrangeQwen 3.7 FlashClerk, PropelAuthagainst: Auth0Auth0ChangedAuth0Clerkagainst: Auth0Clerk, Supabase Authagainst: Amazon Cognito, Auth0/Oktaagainst: IBM Cloud Identity Service, Keycloak, LiveRamp, Oracle Identity Cloud, Salesforce Data Cloud, Tealium, Twilio Segment, mParticle
Two alternatives
Frontegg, KindeTwo alternatives
Amazon Cognito, Firebase AuthenticationFour alternatives
Descope, Firebase Authentication, Stytch, Supabase AuthTwo alternatives
Firebase Authentication, Supabase AuthTwo alternatives
Ory, SuperTokensKimi K2Frontegg, Kindeagainst: Auth0Clerk, KindeChangedagainst: Amazon Cognito, Auth0Clerkagainst: Amazon Cognito, Auth0/Okta Customer Identity CloudDescope, FusionAuthno first choiceagainst: Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Firebase Authentication, Okta, Ping Identity, Salesforce Headless 360 Platform / Salesforce CIAM, Supabase Auth
Two alternatives
Descope, SSOJetOne alternative
DescopeFive alternatives
Descope, Frontegg, Kinde, Stytch, Supabase AuthOne alternative
KindeGLM 4.7 FlashXStytch, WorkOS AuthKitagainst: Auth0FronteggChangedagainst: Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Firebase Authentication, FusionAuth, Keycloak, OktaAuth0Auth0, Descopeagainst: Keycloakno first choiceagainst: Auth0, ForgeRock Identity Platform, IBM Verify, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, Salesforce Identity
Two alternatives
LoginRadius, SSOJetOne alternative
WorkOS AuthKitSix alternatives
Amazon Cognito, Clerk, Descope, Frontegg, Stytch, WorkOS AuthKitFour alternatives
FusionAuth, Kinde, Microsoft Entra External ID, miniOrangeMiniMax M2.5Kinde, PropelAuthagainst: Amazon Cognito, Auth0/Okta, Firebase AuthenticationClerk, KindeChangedagainst: Auth0ClerkKinde, miniOrangeKindeagainst: Auth0, IBM Verify, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, OneLogin
Three alternatives
Clerk, Frontegg, LoginRadiusOne alternative
LogtoSix alternatives
Auth0, Descope, Keycloak, Stytch, Supabase Auth, WorkOS AuthKitFour alternatives
Auth0, Azure B2C, Boku Identity, LoginRadiusThree alternatives
Auth0, Clerk, OktaGPT-6 LunaWorkOS AuthKitWorkOS AuthKitHeldClerkSupabase Authno first choiceagainst: Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Firebase Authentication
Two alternatives
Auth0, ClerkOne alternative
Amazon CognitoFive alternatives
Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Firebase Authentication, Supabase Auth, WorkOS AuthKitTwo alternatives
Clerk, Firebase AuthenticationMuse Glimmer 30BWorkOS AuthKitDescope, FronteggChangedagainst: Auth0ClerkKinde, LoginRadiusno first choiceagainst: ActionIQ, Adobe Real-Time CDP, Auth0, Hightouch, IBM Verify, Jumio, LoginRadius, Okta, Ping Identity, RudderStack, SAP Customer Data Cloud, Salesforce Customer Identity, Tealium AudienceStream, Twilio Segment
Six alternatives
Auth0, Frontegg, Kinde, LoginRadius, OneLogin SSO, SSOJetTwo alternatives
Kinde, LoginRadiusSeven alternatives
Auth0/Okta, Descope, Firebase Authentication, Kinde, Stytch, Supabase Auth, WorkOS AuthKitSix alternatives
Auth0, Firebase Authentication, Frontegg, FusionAuth, Keycloak, WorkOS User ManagementBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:52 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:00 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:38 | yes | 11 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:31 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:48 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:28 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:30 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:19 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:51 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:37 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:03 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:30 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:56 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 18:22 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:17 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:33 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:12 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:11 | yes | 21 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:37 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:13 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:59 | yes | 17 | 62 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:31 | yes | 23 | 272 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:11 | yes | 25 | 102 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:38 | yes | 2 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:49 | yes | 14 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:07 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:25 | yes | 6 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:06 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:33 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:23 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:07 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:33 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:09 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:25 | yes | 14 | 78 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:18 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:05 | yes | 6 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:24 | yes | 22 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:00 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:07 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:20 | yes | 9 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:01 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:02 | yes | 10 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:10 | yes | 24 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:20 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:20 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:37 | yes | 8 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:39 | yes | 11 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:17 | yes | 9 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:21 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:54 | yes | 14 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:11 | yes | 19 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:51 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:28 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:11 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:13 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:35 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 20 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:04 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:23 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:10 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:56 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:15 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:01 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:17 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 18:05 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:06 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:25 | yes | 14 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:24 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:06 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:04 | yes | 15 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:56 | yes | 24 | 76 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:56 | yes | 25 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:42 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:09 | yes | 4 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:42 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
Normalization in this category
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Firebase read as Firebase Authentication
ForgeRock read as ForgeRock Identity Platform
ForgeRock (now part of Ping) read as ForgeRock Identity Platform
Supabase read as Supabase Auth
WSO2 read as WSO2 Identity Server
WorkOS read as WorkOS AuthKit
Unresolved, counted raw
ActionIQ
Auth.js
Better-Auth
IBM Cloud Identity Service
Janrain
Oracle Identity Cloud
Salesforce Headless 360 Platform
Salesforce Headless 360 Platform / Salesforce CIAM
StackAuth
Stytch B2B
Tealium AudienceStream
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.