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Clerk

Authentication and user management for modern web apps

Identity & Access ManagementSan Francisco, CA, United States51–200 employeesFounded 2019

#22 of 37 in Identity & Access Management1,300 customers (per businesswire.com)56% positive in AI answers

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Visibility score
3.1%
up+1.6% vs last week
Weekly run · Nov 3

Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 98.8%·next run

  • Clerk ranks #22 of 37 in Identity & Access Management with an AI visibility score of 3.1 (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
  • Clerk's visibility rose 1.6 points since the previous weekly run.
  • Clerk is most visible on Google AI Mode (3.7) and least on ChatGPT (1.1).
  • AI engines name Clerk in 3 of the 30 Identity & Access Management buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
  • startwithidentity.com is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Clerk, with 7 citations.

About

Company details for Clerk

Clerk provides authentication and user management for web and mobile applications, delivered as embeddable UI components, APIs and admin dashboards. It supports passwords, magic links, one-time codes, social sign-on, passkeys, MFA, enterprise SSO via SAML and OIDC, and SCIM directory sync. Add-ons cover B2B multi-tenancy with organizations and roles, fraud and abuse protection, administration, and subscription billing. SDKs target modern frameworks such as Next.js, React, Expo and Astro. It ranks #22 of 37 in Identity & Access Management on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 3.1 in the latest weekly run.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, United States, the company employs 51–200 people. It has raised about $101M. Its differentiator: prebuilt, drop-in UI components and SDKs for modern frameworks, priced on monthly retained users rather than MAU.

Website
clerk.com
Company size
51–200 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, United States
Founded
2019
Company type
Private, venture-backed
Funding
Series C · $101M raised
Pricing
Free; paid from $25 / mo · usage-based
Free trial
Free plan available
Deployment
Cloud (SaaS)
Platforms
Web, Mobile
Compliance
SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, GDPR (EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework), CCPA
Support
Community Discord, Email support, Priority support, Dedicated technical account manager, Dedicated Slack channel
X · x.com/clerkGitHub · github.com/clerkLinkedIn · linkedin.com/company/clerkincYouTube · youtube.com/@clerkdev

Read from linkedin.com, clerk.com, capterra.com, x.com, businesswire.com, supertokens.com · refreshed Nov 2, 2026.

AI visibility

Latest weekly run · Nov 3 · next run Nov 9

Visibility score
3.1%
across Identity & Access Management answers, weighted by position
ChatGPT1.1%
AI Mode3.7%
Perplexity2.4%
Change
up+1.6%
vs last week’s run
Category rank
#22 of 37
in Identity & Access Management
Mentions
4
in this week’s run
Share of voice
1.3%
of AI mentions in Identity & Access Management

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.

Now3.1%
30-day changeup+0.6000000000000001pp
High · low3.1% · 2.5%
Rank#21 → #22
0%25%50%75%100%Nov 2Nov 3Clerk 3%

Clerk gained 0.6 points over 1 weekly run in Identity & Access Management. Microsoft Entra ID leads the category at 66%.

Media

Website and product screenshots for Clerk

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Home page
Pricing page

AI mentions & citations

Recent answers that name Clerk

All prompts

Top identity and access management platform options for B2B SaaS companies

Why choose it: While initially favored for rapid development and B2C/PLG-style apps, Clerk has expanded robust support for B2B organization structures and multi-tenancy.

Google AI Mode · run of Nov 3

Which identity and access management platform has transparent pricing?

They offer free user management up to 1,000,000 Monthly Active Users (MAUs) and clear, modular per-connection pricing (e.g., a flat public rate per month for SSO or Directory Sync…

Google AI Mode · run of Nov 3

Top identity and access management platform options for B2B SaaS companies

Best for a rapid MVP: Clerk or Stytch.

Perplexity · run of Nov 3

Best identity and access management platform for startups

Product authentication: Start with Auth0; evaluate Clerk, Stytch, or WorkOS if their developer experience or pricing better matches your product.

Perplexity · run of Nov 3

Top identity and access management platform options for B2B SaaS companies

ChatGPT · run of Nov 3

Products & features

What Clerk sells

User Authentication

Sign-in and sign-up with passwords, magic links, OTP, social SSO, passkeys and MFA.

B2B Authentication

Multi-tenancy with organizations, invitations, auto-join and custom roles and permissions.

Enterprise Authentication

SAML/OIDC SSO connections and SCIM directory sync.

Protect

Fraud and abuse protection including bot detection, brute force prevention and rate limits.

Billing

Subscription billing on Stripe with prebuilt pricing and self-service components.

Administration

Advanced user management including user impersonation.

Machine Authentication

User API keys and machine-to-machine tokens.

Clerk CLI and MCP server

Tools letting developers and AI agents set up and configure Clerk.

Strengths engines cite

  • Free user management up to 1,000,000 MAUs
  • Clear, modular per-connection pricing
  • Rapid development and developer experience
  • Expanded support for B2B organizations and multi-tenancy
  • Good fit for rapid MVP builds

Target market & buyers

Software developers and SaaS companies, from startups to enterprises

Funding & recent developments

Funding

RoundYearAmount
Seed—$4M
Seed—$6M
Series B2024$30M
Series C2025$50M
Latest known roundTotal raised
Series C$101M

Recent developments

  1. Dec 2025CompanyRanked #4 on Ramp fastest-growing vendors list

    Clerk ranked fourth fastest-growing software vendor on Ramp's December 2025 list.

  2. Oct 2025FundingClerk raises $50M Series C

    Led by Menlo and Anthropic's Anthology Fund with Georgian and existing investors.

  3. Sep 2025SecurityDatabase incident postmortem

    Postmortem published for a database incident from September 14–18, 2025.

  4. Aug 2025ProductMosaic released

    Clerk released Mosaic for branding authentication flows.

  5. Jun 2025ProductOAuth improvements

    Expanded OAuth capabilities including dynamic client registration.

Competitive landscape

How Clerk compares with its top three alternatives

All alternatives

Clerk most often appears alongside WorkOS, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta in AI answers.

vsClerk vs WorkOS3.1% vs 9.5% visibility · WorkOS leadsFull comparison vsClerk vs Microsoft Entra ID3.1% vs 66% visibility · Microsoft Entra ID leadsFull comparison vsClerk vs Okta3.1% vs 56.9% visibility · Okta leadsFull comparison
BrandVisibilityShare of voicevs last weekStarting price
Clerk3.1%1.3%up+1.6%Free plan
WorkOS9.5%3%down−1.3%Free plan
Microsoft Entra ID66%12.9%up+5.2%Pricing not available
Okta56.9%12.2%down−0.9%$6 / seat / mo
Auth017.2%5.4%up+2.6%Free plan

What AI answers say

Sentiment and themes from the answers that mention this brand

Reviews

Positive 56% · Neutral 11% · Mixed 33% of 9 engine answers that mention Clerk

Praised for

  • Free user management up to 1,000,000 MAUs
  • Clear, modular per-connection pricing
  • Rapid development and developer experience
  • Expanded support for B2B organizations and multi-tenancy
  • Good fit for rapid MVP builds

Criticised for

    Pricing

    Usage-based pricing with a free plan

    Full pricing
    Hobby$0month
    Pro$25month ($20/mo billed annually)
    Business$300month ($250/mo billed annually)
    EnterpriseCustomcustom, billed annually

    Cite as: SlateIndex, “Clerk AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/clerk, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.