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Hanko vs SuperTokens

SuperTokens scores higher on the AgentReady, 54/100 against 48/100. They differ on 10 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Hanko. Hanko is an open-source authentication and user management platform for modern web and mobile apps.

SuperTokens. Open source user authentication platform that helps developers build fast, maintain control, and reduce costs.

Where Hanko is ahead

Hanko passes self-service signup and fast time to first request, and SuperTokens does not. That is adopt, whether an agent can get a key and make its first successful call without a human in the loop.

It also holds operate: structured, predictable output and observable execution. SuperTokens misses those.

Where SuperTokens is ahead

SuperTokens passes clear product positioning and mcp discoverable, and Hanko does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: authentication documented. Hanko misses it.

And on adopt, no mandatory sales call, cli available and mcp integration available. Hanko misses those.

What neither does

Both fail structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover is whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists. SuperTokens leads 100 to 73. Hanko misses clear product positioning, mcp discoverable; SuperTokens misses nothing.

Understand. SuperTokens leads 31 to 23. Hanko misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; SuperTokens misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. SuperTokens leads 60 to 50. Hanko misses no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, cli available, mcp integration available; SuperTokens misses self-service signup, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request.

Operate. Hanko leads 47 to 24. Hanko misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified; SuperTokens misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified.

Pricing

Hanko starts at $29/month and has a free tier. SuperTokens starts at $0.02/MAU and has a free tier.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

SuperTokens clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Hanko and SuperTokens. Alternatives to each: Hanko, SuperTokens.

An agent can fetch this as data: POST /v1/compare {"slugs": ["hanko", "supertokens"]}