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clerk.com · Authentication
SEPT 2026 audit

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

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Entry paid plan$25/month for Pro, or $20/month billed annually. Business is $300/month.
Free tierYes
CategoryAuthentication

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 20 criteria comparedSources last checked

Clerk pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
$25/month for Pro, or $20/month billed annually source ↗
Pricing model
A monthly base price plus per-user billing above the included 50,000, with enterprise connections, extra dashboard seats and satellite… source ↗
What the free plan includes
50,000 monthly retained users per application with one day of application-log retention, and no credit card to start source ↗

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01.Evaluation guide

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.

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Clerk pricing

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Free tierYes
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Kind of free offerFree tier
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What the free plan includes50,000 monthly retained users per application with one day of application-log retention, and no credit card to start.
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Credit card to startNo
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Entry paid plan$25/month for Pro, or $20/month billed annually. Business is $300/month.
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Pricing modelA 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.
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  • Pricing — Clerk ↗

    “Base price $0 $25/mo [...] Additional $0.02/mo each [...] Additional $75/mo each [...] Additional $20/mo each [...] Additional $10/mo each”

    Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing · Report a correction

Startup credit programClerk for Startups: 50,000 monthly retained users and 100 monthly retained organizations free, plus a discretionary discount on Pro features (amount disclosed only on approval). Requires within 1 year of launch and up to $5M in venture funding.
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  • Clerk for Startups ↗

    “Your team is eligible up to 1 year after launch with up to $5 million in venture funding. [...] 50,000 monthly retained users and 100 monthly retained organizations free.”

    Read 2026-09-11 · official site · Report a correction

Infrastructure

1 criteria
Uptime SLA99.99% on Enterprise, which is custom-priced and annual only. Hobby, Pro and Business publish none.
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  • Clerk Pricing ↗

    “annual committed use discounts 99.99% uptime SLA enterprise SSO for workspace premium support SLA + dedicated Slack channel”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing · Report a correction

Auth

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Users included50,000 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.
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  • Pricing — Clerk ↗

    “50,000 MRU limit per app [...] 50,000 MRUs included per app 50,001 - 100,000 $0.02/mo each 100,001 - 1,000,000 $0.018/mo each 1,000,001 - 10,000,000 $0.015/mo each 10,000,001+ $0.012/mo each”

    Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing · Report a correction

Price per SSO connectionOne enterprise connection included on Pro, then $75/month each.
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SAML single sign-onSupported
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SCIM provisioningSupported
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  • Directory Sync — Clerk Docs ↗

    “For Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, and custom providers, Directory Sync uses the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) 2.0 protocol. [...] Directory Sync does not have a separate fee. To use it in a production instance, you need an enterprise connection, which requires the Pro or Business plan”

    Read 2026-09-07 · official docs · Report a correction

Multi-factor authenticationSupported
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Audit logsApplication logs with 1-day retention on the free Hobby plan; longer retention is a paid-plan feature Clerk lists without publishing the window.
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Support

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Support on entry paid planNo support tier is named until Business: Hobby and Pro, the entry paid plan at $20/month, list none. Business adds priority support and Enterprise a premium support SLA with a dedicated Slack channel.
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  • Clerk Pricing ↗

    “SOC2 report enhanced dashboard roles priority support application and admin logs 30 day retention [...] premium support SLA + dedicated Slack channel”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing · Report a correction

Compliance

5 criteria
SOC 2SOC 2 Type 2 certified since May 6, 2022. Report available on Business plan and above via support request.
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ISO 27001Not ISO 27001 certified. Underlying infrastructure providers (Google Cloud, Cloudflare) hold it.
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HIPAAHIPAA certified since May 6, 2022; BAA available on the Enterprise plan.
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GDPR / data residencySelf-certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, its UK Extension, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, effective February 22, 2024.
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PCI DSSMakes no PCI DSS claim — Clerk states it never stores cardholder data.
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Clerk pricing questions

How much does Clerk cost?

$25/month for Pro, or $20/month billed annually. Business is $300/month.

Pricing — Clerk · read

How does Clerk charge?

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.

Pricing — Clerk · read

Does Clerk have a free tier?

Yes. 50,000 monthly retained users per application with one day of application-log retention, and no credit card to start.

Pricing — Clerk · read

Do you need a credit card to start on Clerk?

No.

Clerk Pricing · read

What uptime does Clerk guarantee?

99.99% on Enterprise, which is custom-priced and annual only. Hobby, Pro and Business publish none.

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