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Clerk vs Temp Mail Detector
Comprehensive user management platform with authentication, not focused on disposable email detection.
ClerkThe most comprehensive User Management Platform
Temp Mail DetectorPrevent disposable emails from signing upWhich to pick
Pick Clerk if you want…
- Turnkey auth and user management
- Integrations with Next.js, React or Expo (on Clerk's list, not Temp Mail Detector's)
Pick Temp Mail Detector if you want…
- Disposable email detection API
- Integrations with WordPress, Ghost or Go (on Temp Mail Detector's list, not Clerk's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Clerk:Clerk provides embeddable UI components, APIs, and dashboards for full-stack user authentication, management, and billing.
- Temp Mail Detector:Temp Mail Detector provides an API to detect disposable email domains in real time.
- Best for
- Clerk:Turnkey auth and user management
- Temp Mail Detector:Disposable email detection API
- Who it’s for
- Clerk:Developers building web or mobile apps that need authentication, multi-tenant user management, and subscription billing.
- Temp Mail Detector:Developers needing to block temporary email sign-ups.
- Pricing
- Clerk:Freemium
- Temp Mail Detector:Freemium
- Plans
- Clerk:Hobby $0 · Pro $20 per month, billed annually · Business $250 per month, billed annually
- Temp Mail Detector:Free $0
- Works with
- Clerk:Next.js, React, Expo, React Router, Astro, Supabase, Convex, Vercel
- Temp Mail Detector:WordPress, Ghost, Go, PHP, Python
Clerk features
- Pre-built UI components. Drop-in React components for sign-up, sign-in, profile, organization and billing UI.
- Multi-tenancy & org management. Components and APIs to create organizations, switch accounts, invite members and manage roles.
- MFA & advanced security. Built-in multifactor authentication, bot detection, passkeys and SOC 2/CCPA compliance.
- Session & device management. Full session lifecycle with active device monitoring and revocation.
- Billing & subscriptions. Ready-to-use subscription billing UI, plan definition and revenue tracking.
- SDKs for modern frameworks. Libraries for Next.js, React, Expo, React Router, Astro and more.
- API keys & machine auth. Generate secure API keys and M2M tokens for user-scoped access.
- CLI for AI agents. Command-line tool to configure Clerk without leaving the terminal.
Temp Mail Detector features
- Real-time domain scoring. Returns a risk score and metadata for a given email domain.
- Pay-as-you-go pricing. Charges $0.005 per lookup with no credit card required for the free tier.
- WordPress & Ghost plugins. Ready-made plugins to protect sign-ups on popular CMS platforms.
- No email storage. Validates only the domain, never storing full email addresses.
- Crawlers & block list. Continuously crawls and updates a block list of temporary email providers.
- Simple API integration. Make a POST request with a domain to receive validation results.
Clerk vs Temp Mail Detector FAQ
Is Clerk or Temp Mail Detector free?+
Clerk has a free plan (Hobby) and paid plans. Temp Mail Detector has a free plan and paid plans.
Do Clerk and Temp Mail Detector integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Clerk lists Next.js, React, Expo, React Router and 4 more; Temp Mail Detector lists WordPress, Ghost, Go, PHP and 1 more.
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