Clerk
Complete user management beyond authentication.
Clerk is a developer tools tool built by Clerk. It's best for React developers and Next.js developers. Pricing is freemium. Main alternatives include GitLab, Langfuse.
Pricing
freemium
Audience
React developers
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About Clerk
Clerk provides authentication and user management solutions designed for React, Next.js, Remix, and modern web applications. It offers pre-built UI components and APIs to simplify user onboarding, authentication, and account management.
Clerk is a comprehensive user management platform that extends beyond basic authentication to provide a full suite of tools for managing users in modern web applications. It is designed to simplify the complexities of user onboarding, authentication, profile management, organization management, and billing, allowing developers to focus on building their core product.
Key features include drop-in UI components for authentication, profile management, organization management, and billing. These components can be easily customized to match your brand using any CSS library and deployed to your own domain. Clerk supports various authentication methods, including username/password, social logins (Google, GitHub), and multi-factor authentication (MFA).
Clerk also offers B2B authentication capabilities, allowing users to create and manage organizations, switch between accounts, and manage settings and billing. The platform provides tools for displaying pricing plans, managing subscriptions, and handling billing-related tasks. Fraud and abuse prevention features are included to reduce fraudulent sign-ups and free trial abuse.
Clerk is particularly well-suited for developers building applications with React, Next.js, Remix, and other modern web frameworks. It aims to provide a seamless developer experience with obsessive attention to detail, backed by industry-leading investors. The platform is designed to scale easily and stay up-to-date with the latest security best practices.
Key Features
Pricing
freemiumHobby
- Up to 3 dashboard seats
- Unlimited applications
- 50,000 MRU limit per app
- Up to 5 user impersonations
- APIs and prebuilt UIs for sign-up, sign-in, and user profile
- Custom domain
- Fixed, 7 day session lifetime
- Machine Authentication API Keys & M2M Tokens limit per month
Pro
- Everything in Hobby
- Up to 3 dashboard seats
- 50,000 MRU included per app
- $0.02/mo each for additional MRU
- 1 Enterprise connection included
- $75/mo each for additional Enterprise connections
- Remove Clerk branding
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- Satellite domains
- $10/mo each
- Custom session lifetime
- SMS Authentication available
- Machine Authentication API Keys & M2M Tokens included per month + extra
Business
- Everything in Pro
- 10 dashboard seats included
- Additional seats $20/mo each
- SOC2 Report
- Enhanced dashboard roles
- Priority support
- Audit Logs Coming soon
Enterprise
- Everything in Business
- Annual committed use discounts
- 99.99% Uptime SLA
- Enterprise SSO for workspace
- Premium support SLA + dedicated slack channel
- HIPAA compliance available with BAA
- Onboarding & migration support
Who is it for?
Best for
- Adding authentication to React applications
- Adding authentication to Next.js applications
- Adding authentication to Remix applications
- Managing user profiles
- Implementing B2B authentication
- Handling billing and subscriptions
- Securing applications with MFA
- Preventing fraud and abuse
Not ideal for
- Applications that do not require user authentication
- Projects with extremely limited budgets (free tier limitations)
- Organizations requiring on-premise solutions
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