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Comparing Clerk, Better Auth, Supabase
| Attribute | Clerk | Better Auth | Supabase |
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| What it is | Clerk is a hosted auth service with prebuilt sign-in components; Clerk Billing adds subscriptions processed by Stripe. | Better Auth is an open-source TypeScript auth library that runs in your app and database, with a Stripe plugin for subscriptions. | Supabase is an open-source Postgres backend with auth, storage, realtime and edge functions, available hosted or self-hosted. |
| Category | Integration | Integration | Database |
| Type | Hosted service | Library | Platform |
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| Pricing | FreemiumBilling: 0.7% of billing volume plus Stripe fees.As of | FreeThe framework is free; Better Auth's managed infrastructure has paid plans.As of | FreemiumAs of |
| License | License not yet reviewed | Open source (MIT)Checked | Open source (Apache-2.0)Checked |
| Layers | Auth + payments | Auth + payments | Auth + payments, Backend / DB |
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