The Clerk branding is a non issue really. I mean, you just use the components and remove it with CSS lol, easy peasy. Although, I left it on one of my apps because I actually thought it made it look more secure but that's just me. My users aren't in the "know" so ymmv.
Splitting hairs, but the authkit.app domain basically is an ad no?
Yeah, I agree on the MFA and Passkeys. Impersonation is a toss up for me, I understand where they're coming from but also would be nice if it was in the free tier.
Looking at the authkit docs, unless I'm using Next or Remix... I need to store the refresh token, manage refreshing the access token, verify the access token, manage revoking the session and deleting the cookies. Clerk does all that for me so that's a win in my book (I understand you folks are working on more SDKs, so that'll be cool).
I don't doubt that Authkit is good, and I like seeing the competition. Clerk has been good to me for quite some time now. I've had to go into their Discord a few times for help and they were awesome, so that's kept me around even through the problems I've had. I've never felt like I was getting inferior support for being a free customer. I guess I'm more ride or die for Clerk than I thought lol.
But hey, to your credit you've convinced me to try out authkit on my next project so that's a win for you there. I'm always open to seeing what's out there.
I'm not a huge fan of all the VC stuff, but Clerk gets kind of a bad rap. I get tired of hearing how it's just hosted JWTs or whatever their auth is wayyy more than that.
WorkOS always touts their 1,000,000 free users for Authkit...but you need to pay $100 for a custom domain. You're going to be paying for some of the features well before you get to 1,000,000 users. I've been coasting on Clerk's free tier with a custom domain for like 2 years...because let's face it I'm never getting 1,000,000 users.
Not trying to shill or anything but I forget that I use Clerk, which is kinda what I want I guess.
I've picked up the Samsung Galaxy book Pro or whatever it is, in 16" - and it pretty much checks all these boxes.
Fullsize HDMI, 16:10 screen, headphone jack, sd card reader, USB C and USB A, large touchpad, keyboard is quite good (for me), screen is AMOLED (glossy but nice), battery life is quite good (I get about 6 hours of medium use), it's quite thin with small bezels,fans are a bit noisy but it's not something I care about, SSD is upgradeable (plus another slot for expansion/dual boot), RAM is soldered unfortunately, webcam is good, mics are good. Linux support is getting better, originally it was useless but after a few kernel updates it works quite well. Fingerprint reader doesn't work on Linux though.