Intellity Brief, Volume 17
Modern Auth, week of April 22 to 26
Five-minute read · 47 sources cited
In short
Clerk shipped passkey support, WorkOS quietly cut enterprise pricing 30 percent, and Stack Auth raised an eight-million Series A. Two of these affect your roadmap; one creates an opening.
Movement
- Clerk shipped passkey support on Tuesday, covering iOS, Android, and WebAuthn. Documentation is sharp; the rollout had a two-day delay on Android, with several public complaints. via Clerk changelog, X
- WorkOS quietly reduced their enterprise tier from €499 to €349 per month on Thursday. Bottom-up pressure on your pricing. via WorkOS pricing page diff
- Stack Auth announced an €8M Series A from a16z on Friday. Expect their first eight go-to-market hires within ninety days. via Crunchbase, founder X
- Better Auth reached 8,200 GitHub stars (up 1,200 this week). Real threat in the self-hosted segment. via GitHub releases
Threats
WorkOS' price cut is the bigger one. Your enterprise tier is now roughly forty percent above theirs without a clear differentiator. Expect two or three churn conversations from price-sensitive accounts in the next thirty days.
Opportunities
Clerk's passkey rollout had a two-day Android delay and several public complaints. If you ship Android passkey support cleanly within two weeks, you can capture the unhappy converters.
What to consider this week
- Draft a positioning response to WorkOS pricing. Focus on what you do that they don't.
- Prioritize Android passkey support; aim to ship within fourteen days.
- Track Stack Auth's next hires over sixty days. Their first GTM hire signals their go-to-market direction.