---
title: "🔐 Session-Based vs. Token-Based Authentication: Which is better?🤔"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/session-based-vs-token-based-authentication-which-is-better--gu24tmoty
source_url: https://dev.to/fidalmathew/session-based-vs-token-based-authentication-which-is-better-227o
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
author: "Fidal Mathew"
published: 2024-04-20T16:56:07.865Z
updated: 2024-05-09T11:02:29.373Z
tags: ["backend", "authentication", "web-security"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 352
comments: 7
language: en
---

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# 🔐 Session-Based vs. Token-Based Authentication: Which is better?🤔

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · [@fidalmathew](https://daily.dev/fidalmathew) · 5 min read · 352 upvotes · 7 comments

## Summary

Learn about session-based and token-based authentication methods used in backend applications. Understand the implementation steps and the key differences between the two methods.

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daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://dev.to/fidalmathew/session-based-vs-token-based-authentication-which-is-better-227o>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@maestrix** · 2 upvotes

> Great article ! And yes, sessions tokens are not dead yet ;)

**@lirantal** · 1 upvotes

> Sadly there are many bad security conventions in that blog post. I appreciate the write-up but many parts of the advice or the lack of is going to produce insecure applications :(

**@sudouken** · 0 upvotes

> My initial knee-jerk reaction at the title is Session, but I'm willing to be proved wrong.

**@tmww** · 0 upvotes

> İt's awesome nice content

**@velaton** · 0 upvotes

> I like JWT more, just because I got used to it.

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Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#web-security](https://daily.dev/tags/web-security)

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