Clerk vs Descope

Clerk and Descope compared: the outlets each sponsors, the ones they share, and the ones where only one appears.

70Clerk67 newsletter · 0 podcast · 3 event“The easiest way to add authentication and user management to your application. Purpose-built for React, Next.js, Remix, and “The Modern Web”.” Source

32Descope17 newsletter · 0 podcast · 15 event“Build secure, frictionless identity journeys for your users, business customers, partners, AI agents, and MCP servers with the Descope External IAM Platform.” Source

Where each ran Newsletter and podcast placements, last 12 months.

Clerk	Descope	Lane
50	4	Software & developers newsletters
12	13	AI newsletters
5	0	Startups & venture newsletters

In common 0 outlets with both on record.

Only one on record Not on record means we haven’t seen it, not that the other doesn’t buy there.

Clerk · 11 outlets

TLDR Dev	34
TLDR AI	10
Frontend Focus	8
Subscribers only	5
Subscribers only	4
Subscribers only	3

Descope · 18 outlets

Superhuman AI	5
Future Blueprint	4
AI Engineer Paris	2
Subscribers only	2
Subscribers only	2
Subscribers only	2

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Counts are the ads and listings we’ve found. They don’t show spend.