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Clerk vs Descope: which is more reliable? (2026)
Descope is more reliable than Clerk, scoring 100.0 vs 53.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Clerk reported 9 incidents and Descope reported 0, with effective uptime of 98.98% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Clerk | Descope |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 53.3 | 100.0 |
| Rank (authentication providers) | #6 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.98% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 16h 6m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Clerk and Descope differ
- Descope reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Clerk reported 9.
- Clerk had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Descope.
- Clerk's longest outage on record lasted 3h 32m (Jul 12, 2026); Descope's lasted 2h 32m (Nov 18, 2025).
90-day uptime
Clerk
Descope
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Clerk incidents
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 36m
Affected: Authentication & User
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1d 21h
Issues with Documentation "Ask AI"
Affected: Ask AI
- Degraded performanceOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 14h 46m
Affected: Dashboard search, Dashboard analytics, Dashboard
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 21d 2h
Development instances only - Apple rejecting emails
Affected: Email delivery
- MaintenanceSep 24, 2026 · ongoing
Scheduled Database Maintenance
Affected: Machine authentication, Hosted UIs (Account Portal), Platform API, SCIM, Multi-tenant authentication, Application "Go live" +8 more
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 1h 8m
Affected: Webhooks
Recent Descope incidents
- MaintenanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 2h
- MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h
- MaintenanceOct 25, 2026 · resolved in 30m
- MaintenanceOct 25, 2026 · resolved in 30m
- MaintenanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 2h
- MaintenanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 1h
Other authentication providers to consider
- Ory Network · #1 · 99.99% uptime
- Kinde · #2 · 99.96% uptime
- Frontegg · #3 · 99.97% uptime
- Stytch · #4 · 99.82% uptime
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