# Clerk

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/auth/clerk/

Hosted user management with prebuilt UI components, priced on monthly retained users with enterprise connections billed separately.

## Who it suits

Getting a complete, styled sign-in flow running quickly, with 50,000 users free before any bill starts.

Consider something else if Enterprise connections are $75/month each after the first, so a B2B product selling to several SSO-using customers pays per logo.

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: Yes ([source](https://clerk.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Entry paid plan: $25/month for Pro, or $20/month billed annually. Business is $300/month. ([source](https://clerk.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Pricing model: A monthly base price plus per-user billing above the included 50,000, with enterprise connections, extra dashboard seats and satellite domains each priced as separate add-ons at $75, $20 and $10 a month. ([source](https://clerk.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)

### Auth

- Users included: 50,000 monthly retained users per app, on the free Hobby plan and on Pro alike. Beyond that, $0.02 each falling to $0.012 above 10 million. ([source](https://clerk.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Price per SSO connection: One enterprise connection included on Pro, then $75/month each. ([source](https://clerk.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- SAML single sign-on: Supported ([source](https://clerk.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Multi-factor authentication: Supported ([source](https://clerk.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Audit logs: Application logs with 1-day retention on the free Hobby plan; longer retention is a paid-plan feature Clerk lists without publishing the window. ([source](https://clerk.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)

## Compared with

- [Clerk vs Auth0](https://inetgeek.com/compare/clerk-vs-auth0/)
- [Clerk vs WorkOS](https://inetgeek.com/compare/clerk-vs-workos/)
- [Clerk vs Better Auth](https://inetgeek.com/compare/clerk-vs-better-auth/)