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Customer identity and access management · October 2026 Edition

FusionAuth vs WorkOS

Zero of fourteen models named FusionAuth first on the direct prompt; one named WorkOS. FusionAuth was named by eleven of the fourteen models and WorkOS by twelve and FusionAuth carries 22 labels and WorkOS 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.

FusionAuth

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

WorkOS

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share5%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels2219A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, FusionAuth reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Clerk was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Frontegg vs FusionAuth · Frontegg vs WorkOS · Auth0 vs FusionAuth

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.
FusionAuthFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWorkOS
Direct01
Paraphrase01
Comparative00
Budget-constrained20
Scale-constrained101 against FusionAuth
Negative00
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 October 2026 Edition, FusionAuth and WorkOS were named in the same answer twenty-four times, of the 52 answers naming FusionAuth and the 99 naming WorkOS. In those answers WorkOS took the first choice two times and FusionAuth three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where FusionAuth and WorkOS stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
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
FusionAuth WorkOS first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, FusionAuth on the left and WorkOS on the right.

The direct prompt

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

WorkOS first, FusionAuth not the choice

1 of 14 modelsFusionAuth was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashWorkOS alternatives: Clerk, Frontegg, Kinde

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Descope, Frontegg alternatives: OneWelcome Identity Platform, SSOJet, WorkOS
GPT-5.4 miniFrontegg alternatives: Auth0/Okta Customer Identity Cloud, FusionAuth, Okta
Grok 4.1 FastAuth0 alternatives: Clerk, Frontegg, FusionAuth, Microsoft Entra External ID, Stytch, WorkOS
Kimi K2Clerk, Frontegg alternatives: FusionAuth, WorkOS

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarLoginRadius alternatives: Clerk, Frontegg, Microsoft Entra External ID
Mistral SmallLoginRadius alternatives: Thales OneWelcome
DeepSeek V4 FlashAuth0, Frontegg alternatives: Clerk, Microsoft Entra External ID, Stytch
Llama 4 MaverickLoginRadius alternatives: Clerk, OneWelcome Identity Platform
Qwen 3.7 FlashAuth0, Clerk alternatives: Microsoft Entra ID
GLM 4.7 FlashXAuth0 alternatives: Clerk, Descope, LoginRadius, Microsoft Entra External ID
MiniMax M2.5Auth0, Clerk alternatives: Descope, LoginRadius
GPT-6 LunaWorkOS AuthKit alternatives: Auth0, Microsoft Entra External ID, Stytch
Muse Glimmer 30BFrontegg, LoginRadius alternatives: Auth0, Ping Identity

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
WorkOS leads by five points.
WorkOS10%#4 of 14
FusionAuth5%#6 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: FusionAuth leads at mid-market.
FusionAuth5%#6 of 14
WorkOS4%#7 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
FusionAuth leads by two points.
FusionAuth6%#– of 12
WorkOS4%#5 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about FusionAuth

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

“Lower ongoing costs but requires more ops” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · soft negative
“Prioritize platforms with strong mid-market fit like LoginRadius (simplicity) or FusionAuth (cost-effective self-hosting).” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“Lowest total cost (no per‑MAU fees): Keycloak or FusionAuth (self‑hosted).” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Best overall for tight budgets: FusionAuth” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about WorkOS

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

“I'd recommend WorkOS if your priority is getting B2B-specific identity features like SSO and enterprise readiness quickly” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for Developer-First Enterprise Readiness” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
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.