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Customer identity and access management · November 2026 Edition

Frontegg vs Clerk

Two of fourteen models named Frontegg first on the direct prompt; zero named Clerk. Frontegg was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Clerk by ten and Frontegg carries 32 labels and Clerk 23, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Frontegg

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Clerk

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share8%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%13%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels3223A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Frontegg reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Auth0 was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Auth0 vs Frontegg · Auth0 vs Clerk · WorkOS AuthKit vs Frontegg

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the customer identity and access management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
FronteggFirst choices, of fourteen modelsClerk
Direct20
Paraphrase20
Comparative00
Budget-constrained02
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 against Clerk
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Frontegg and Clerk were named in the same answer twenty-six times, of the 84 answers naming Frontegg and the 84 naming Clerk. In those answers Clerk took the first choice seven times and Frontegg one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Frontegg and Clerk stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Frontegg Clerk first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Frontegg on the left and Clerk on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Frontegg and Clerk stood in it.

Frontegg first, Clerk not the choice

2 of 14 modelsClerk was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashFrontegg alternatives: Descope, Kinde, WorkOS AuthKit
Qwen 3.7 FlashFrontegg alternatives: Auth0, Descope, Microsoft Entra External ID, Stytch

Neither was the first choice, one was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Auth0 alternatives: Frontegg, OneLogin, The OneWelcome Identity Platform
GPT-5.4 miniAuth0 alternatives: Frontegg, Ping Identity
Gemini 3.5 FlashWorkOS AuthKit alternatives: Clerk, Descope, Frontegg, Stytch
Perplexity SonarAuth0 alternatives: Amazon Cognito, Frontegg, FusionAuth, Microsoft Entra External ID, WorkOS AuthKit
Grok 4.20WorkOS AuthKit alternatives: Auth0, Frontegg, Stytch
Mistral SmallAuth0 alternatives: Frontegg, Microsoft Entra External ID
Kimi K2WorkOS AuthKit alternatives: Frontegg, Stytch
GLM 4.7 FlashXAuth0 alternatives: Amazon Cognito, Descope, Frontegg, Microsoft Entra External ID, Ping Identity, SSOJet, Stytch, Transmit Security
MiniMax M2.5OneLogin alternatives: Frontegg, LoginRadius, SSOJet
Muse Glimmer 30BKinde, WorkOS AuthKit alternatives: Auth0, Frontegg, Okta, OneLogin

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 MaverickAuth0 alternatives: IBM Verify, Microsoft Entra External ID, Ping Identity, WSO2 Identity Server, WorkOS AuthKit
GPT-6 LunaWorkOS AuthKit alternatives: Auth0, Stytch

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Clerk leads by fourteen points.
Clerk23%#1 of 15
Frontegg9%#5 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Frontegg leads at mid-market.
Frontegg8%#3 of 16
Clerk4%#6 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Frontegg leads by two points.
Frontegg2%#9 of 13
Clerk0%#– of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Frontegg

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“For most mid-market B2B SaaS companies today: Start with Frontegg if you want to ship a complete customer experience” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“My top pick for most mid-market B2B companies is Frontegg” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“the strongest default recommendation is Frontegg” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Clerk

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Clerk's own postmortems show that outages in one service can cascade into session-management downtime, and Clerk notes its session service incidents can cause "complete downtime" for customers.” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“Clerk or similar developer-first tools as your only enterprise CIAM. Be cautious if you need mature consent management” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Modern developer-first options with good UX, but verify their long-term viability and security maturity” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Clerk has become the go-to recommendation for modern startups building web apps” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Best Overall Value: Clerk” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Developer‑centric teams building modern consumer apps favor Auth0, Clerk, Supabase Auth, Firebase Auth, Descope, Frontegg” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.