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Clerk pricing

Clerk pricing starts free for up to 50,000 monthly retained users. Pro plans from $20/mo. No credit card required. Compare all plans and features.

Region
US
Source currency
USD
Audiences
Enterprise, Mid-market, and Small business

Plans and public prices

Canonical pricing source
Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Hobby
Free

Free

 Flat Standalone · Free
Pro
USD 25 monthly · USD 20 / month with annual commitment

$25/mo, $20/mo billed annually

 Flat · per month Standalone · Fixed
Business
USD 300 monthly · USD 250 / month with annual commitment

$300/mo, $250/mo billed annually

 Flat · per month Standalone · Fixed
Enterprise — Custom
Contact sales

Custom Only billed annually

 Flat Standalone · Contact sales

What each plan includes

Feature names follow Clerk’s own pricing page. Check the wording before treating features from different vendors as like-for-like.

Hobby

Platform

Dashboard seats

Up to 3

Limited
Unlimited applications

Unlimited

Included
Monthly retained users (MRUs)

50,000 MRU limit per app — A user is counted as retained when they return 24+ hours after signing up.

Limited

Administration

User impersonations

Up to 5

Limited

Authentication & user features

APIs and prebuilt UIs for sign-up, sign-in, and user profile

+ most authentication features

Included
Custom domain
Included
Machine Authentication API Keys & M2M Tokens

limit per month

Limited
Remove Clerk branding

Remove the "Secured by Clerk" branding from Clerk's prebuilt UIs.

Excluded
Social connections

Up to 3 — Let users sign in with social providers like Google, GitHub, or Facebook.

Limited
SMS codes

Not included — Authenticate with a code sent directly to the user's phone via SMS.

Excluded
Passkeys
Excluded
Biometric sign-in
Excluded
Custom password requirements
Excluded
Custom email templates
Excluded
Multifactor authentication (MFA)
Excluded
Enterprise connections
Excluded

Session management features

Session lifetime

Fixed, 7 day session lifetime

Limited
Simultaneous sessions
Excluded
Satellite domains
Excluded

Observability

Application Logs

1 day retention

Limited
Admin Logs
Excluded

Security features

User bans
Excluded
Allowlist / blocklist
Excluded

Support & compliance

Email support

Billing, registration, and abuse queries only

Limited
SOC2 report
Excluded
HIPAA compliance

HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) available on the Enterprise plan.

Excluded

Pro

Highlights

Everything in Hobby
Included

Platform

Dashboard seats

Up to 3

Limited
Monthly retained users (MRUs)

50,000 MRU included per app. Additional $0.02/mo each — 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.

Included

Authentication & user features

Enterprise connections

1 Enterprise connection included. Additional $75/mo each — 1 connection included per app. 2-15 $75/mo each; 16-100 $60/mo each; 101-500 $30/mo each; 501+ $15/mo each.

Limited
Remove Clerk branding
Included
Multifactor authentication (MFA)

Allow users to enable multifactor authentication with authenticator applications, SMS codes, and backup codes.

Included
SMS Authentication

available. Per SMS fees apply

Limited
Machine Authentication API Keys & M2M Tokens

included per month + extra — API Keys: 1,000 creations included per month then $0.001 each; 100,000 verifications included per month then $0.00001 each. M2M Tokens: 2,500 creations included per month then $0.001 each; 100,000 verifications included per month then $0.00001 each.

Included
Social connections

Unlimited

Included
Passkeys
Included
Biometric sign-in
Included
Custom password requirements
Included
Custom email templates
Included

Session management features

Satellite domains

Additional $10/mo each — Use the same session across applications hosted on different domains.

Limited
Custom session lifetime

Set a maximum session duration, from 5 minutes to 10 years.

Included
Simultaneous sessions
Included

Observability

Application Logs

7 day retention

Limited
Admin Logs
Excluded

Security features

User bans
Included
Allowlist / blocklist
Included

Support & compliance

Email support

Included

Included
SOC2 report
Excluded
HIPAA compliance
Excluded

Business

Highlights

Everything in Pro
Included

Platform

Dashboard seats

10 dashboard seats included. Additional $20/mo each

Limited
Monthly retained users (MRUs)

50,000 MRU included per app. Additional $0.02/mo each — 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.

Included
Enhanced dashboard roles
Included

Support & compliance

SOC2 Report
Included
Priority support

Priority Email, Support included

Included
HIPAA compliance

HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) available on the Enterprise plan.

Excluded

Observability

Application Logs

30 day retention

Included
Admin Logs

30 day retention — An audit trail of workspace admin actions.

Included

Authentication & user features

Enterprise connections

1 connection included per app — 1 connection included per app with volume discounts for additional connections.

Limited

Session management features

Satellite domains

$10/mo each

Limited

Enterprise — Custom

Highlights

Everything in Business
Included
Annual committed use discounts
Included

Support & compliance

99.99% Uptime SLA

99.99%

Included
Premium support SLA + dedicated slack channel
Included
HIPAA compliance

available with BAA

Included
Onboarding & migration support
Included
Custom security questionnaires
Included

Authentication & user features

Enterprise SSO for workspace
Included

Observability

Application and Admin Logs

Custom retention

Included
Log sink destinations

Stream logs to your SIEM

Included

How pricing changed

Each date shows when a public price was observed, not when it took effect. Archived captures may reflect the region or currency served at the time, so a currency change is not necessarily a price increase.

Observed Plans and prices Source wording Source
  • Hobby: Free
  • Pro: USD 25 monthly · USD 20 / month with annual commitment
  • Business: USD 300 monthly · USD 250 / month with annual commitment
  • Enterprise — Custom: Contact sales
  • Free
  • $25/mo, $20/mo billed annually
  • $300/mo, $250/mo billed annually
  • Custom Only billed annually
Official pricing page
  • Pro: USD 20 / month with annual commitment
  • Business: USD 250 / month with annual commitment
  • ProMonthlyAnnual$20per month, billed annuallyScale with full-featured authentication.Upgrade to Pro plan
  • BusinessMonthlyAnnual$250per month, billed annuallyTackle compliance and growing teams.Upgrade to Business plan
Official pricing page

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