WorkOS vs Clerk for B2B SaaS: Which Auth Platform Actually Fits
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When you're building a SaaS product, auth feels like a solved problem until your first enterprise customer asks for SAML SSO and you realize you're three months of engineering away from closing the deal. Two platforms dominate the conversation for modern Next.js SaaS: Clerk (developer-first, beautiful DX, fast integration) and WorkOS (enterprise-focused, SAML/SCIM/Audit Logs, organization management). They're not actually competing for the same use case — but the marketing overlap causes real d