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Clerk

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Score: 67% (4/6) Startup
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Product category Explicit
"More than authentication, Complete User Management" and "Clerk gives you full stack auth and user management" — explicitly names authentication and user management as the product category.
Target customer Implied
The page addresses developers building applications ("Build with SDKs for modern frameworks," code snippets like `<SignIn/>`, mentions of Next.js/React/Expo) and "fast-growing companies" and multi-tenant SaaS apps. No explicit line like "Clerk is for developers/startups" is stated, but the framing (SDKs, components, B2B SaaS multi-tenancy) implies the target customer is software developers/companies building web/mobile apps.
Primary problem Implied
The page implies the problem of building authentication/user management from scratch being time-consuming and insecure (e.g., a testimonial: "I rolled my own auth and this is the amount of code I needed... my code is probably filled with vulnerabilities"), but the homepage itself never explicitly states in its own marketing copy "the problem is X." The core marketing text ("so you can launch faster, scale easier, and stay focused on building your business") only implies the problem without naming it directly.
Core product Explicit
"Drop-in UI components for authentication, profile management, organization management, and billing. Match to your brand with any CSS library, then deploy to your own domain." This concretely describes what the product does.
Differentiation Explicit
"Add high-conversion Social Sign-on (SSO) to your application in minutes. 20+ options and growing." and "Give every user secure, production-ready API keys without building any of the underlying boilerplate code or UI." and "Dramatically reduce fraudulent sign-ups with built-in, continually updated machine learning." These are concrete, specific feature claims (not just generic marketing) that differentiate the product.
Evidence (social proof) Explicit
Named customer quotes: "Clerk's integration gives Supabase developers another incredible option for handling authentication... — Paul Copplestone, Supabase, CEO" and "The best practices built-in to their <SignIn/> and <UserButton/> components would take months to implement in-house... — Guillermo Rauch, Vercel, CEO" and "Free for your first 50,000 monthly retained users and 100 monthly retained orgs."

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Skip to main content * Products * Docs * Changelog * Company * Pricing Sign in Start building Clerk raises $50m Series C # More than authentication, Complete User Management Need more than sign-in? Clerk gives you full stack auth and user management — so you can launch faster, scale easier, and stay focused on building your business. Start building for free Build with agents Trusted by fast-growing companies around the world. ## Clerk Components Pixel-perfect UIs, embedded in minutes Drop-in UI components for authentication, profile management, organization management, and billing. Match to your brand with any CSS library, then deploy to your own domain. Explore all components ### User Authentication Add user `<SignUp/>` and `<SignIn/>`, provide account access through a dropdown menu, and manage profile and security settings. * <SignUp /> * <SignIn /> * <UserButton /> * <UserProfile /> * <Waitlist /> ### B2B Authentication ### Billing Cameron Walker cameron.walker@gmail.com Manage Account Sign out --- Cameron Walker cameron@work.com --- CW Cameron Walker cameron@personal.com --- Add account Sign out of all accounts --- Secured by ## Account Manage your account info. Profile Security Billing API keys Secured by ## Profile details --- Profile Cameron Walker Update profile --- Email Addresses cameron@personal.com Add email address --- Phone number +1 (555) 123-4567 Add phone number --- Connected accounts Google · example@gmail.com Connect account ## Create Organization Logo Upload Recommended size 1:1, up to 10MB. Name Organization name Slug URL my-org Create organization Secured by Silver For personal use / month Billed annually Start 14-day free trial Handmade Rubber Fish Handmade Plastic Cheese Incredible Concrete Chair Tasty Steel Soap Fantastic Wooden Chips Current plan # Join the waitlist Enter your email address and we'll let you know when your spot is ready. # Thanks for joining the waitlist We'll be in touch when your spot is ready Email address Enter your email address Join the waitlist Already have access? Sign in --- Secured by # Create your account Welcome! Please fill in the details to get started. Last used Continue with Google Continue with GitHub --- or --- Email address Last used Enter your email address Password Enter your password Continue Already have an account? Sign in Secured by # Sign in to your account Welcome back! Please sign in to continue Last used Continue with Google Continue with GitHub --- or --- Email address Last used Enter your email address Continue Secured by Test Organization Test Organization Member Manage Personal account Clerk App Admin Create organization Secured by ## Organization Manage your organization General Members Billing API keys Secured by ## General details --- Organization profile Clerk Sample Apps Update profile --- Verified domains Add domain Allow users to join the organization automatically or request to join based on a verified email domain. --- Leave organization Leave organization --- Delete organization Delete organization # Choose an account Select the account with which you wish to continue. Personal account Clerk App Admin Clerk Sample Apps Admin Request to join Clerk Sample Apps Admin Join Create organization Secured by ## User authentication Everything you need for authentication Ever feel like authentication requirements change with the season? Clerk keeps up with the latest trends and security best practices. Explore user authentication ### Multifactor Authentication Each user's self-serve multifactor settings are enforced automatically during sign-in. ### Fraud and Abuse Prevention Reduce fraudulent sign-ups and free trial abuse by blocking high-risk disposable email domains and restricting the use of email subaddresses with the “+” separator. ### Advanced security Clerk is SOC 2 type 2 compliant and CCPA compliant. We conduct regular third-party audits and penetration tests. ### Session Management Clerk manages the full session lifecycle, including critical security functionality like active device monitoring and session revocation. ### Social Sign-On Add high-conversion Social Sign-on (SSO) to your application in minutes. 20+ options and growing. ### Bot Detection Dramatically reduce fraudulent sign-ups with built-in, continually updated machine learning. ### Email and SMS one-time passcodes Fast and reliable one-time passcode delivery with built-in brute force prevention. ### Magic Links Improve sign-up conversion rates and filter out spam/fraud with Magic Links. ### Passwords Simple and secure password authentication, complete with breach detection and recovery options. ### API Keys Give every user secure, production-ready API keys without building any of the underlying boilerplate code or UI. ### MCP Server Add secure, consent-driven access to your app with Clerk's MCP Server, all backed by Clerk's authentication and authorization. ## B2B Authentication The easy solution to multi-tenancy Clerk has all the features you need to onboard and manage the users and organizations of your multi-tenant SaaS application. Explore B2B features ### Custom roles and permissions Powerful primitives to fully customize your app's authorization story. ### Auto-join Let your users discover and join organizations based on their email domain. ### Invitations Fuel your application's growth by making it simple for your customers to invite their team. ### Organization UI Components Clerk's UI components add turn-key simplicity to complex Organization management tasks. ## Billing Subscription billing, without the headache Add subscriptions to your B2C or B2B application without having to write payment code, custom UI, or wrangle webhooks. Just drop in React components and start earning recurring revenue. Here’s what you can do out of the box: * Define and manage plans * Unify user and subscription data * Gate access to content Explore Billing features Acme, Inc. Product Pricing Integrations Blog Tailor made pricing from Acme, Inc. Free 365-day trial, no credit-card required. Starter Acme Plan $9 / month Billed annually Get started Custom branding Mobile app integration Daily backups Collaboration tools Basic design file inspection Pro Acme Plan $19 / month Billed annually Get started Everything included in Starter Unlimited projects 24/7 priority support Advanced analytics Centralized admin tools Checkout Starter Acme Plan $9.00 per month --- Tax $5.00 Total Due Today USD $14.00 Account Funds Visa ⋯ 4242 Pay $14.00 or Add a New Payment Source Pay with More Payment Methods Payment was successful! Your new subscription is all set. Total paid $14.00 Payment method Visa Payment ID cinv-cpayer\_393JW...J1938 Go to app ## Frameworks Build with SDKs for modern frameworks Clerk keeps developer experience front-and-center by providing helpful SDKs for most modern frameworks on web and mobile. All frameworks Next.js React Expo React Router TanStack React Start Astro ## Integrations Integrate with the tools you love Leverage Clerk as the source of truth for your user data and integrate with the tools that you already depend on. All integrations Supabase Convex Vercel Trusted around the world Join the customers and champions who trust Clerk. Free for your first 50,000 monthly retained users and 100 monthly retained orgs. Start building for free Clerk's integration gives Supabase developers another incredible option for handling authentication. And the Clerk team are a pleasure to work with. Paul Copplestone Supabase, CEO The best practices built-in to their `<SignIn />` and `<UserButton />` components would take months to implement in-house, yet no sacrifice is made in terms of Enterprise extensibility or customization to your brand. Guillermo Rauch Vercel, CEO We're big admirers of what the @clerk team are building and looking forward to working more closely with them. Patrick Collison Stripe, CEO * This is why I like using an auth service like Clerk. I rolled my own auth and this is the amount of code I needed just to setup 2 OAuth providers, magic link, credential login, account joining. I haven't even added forgot password flow yet, and my code is probably filled with vulnerabilities. btw, you don't need to remind me that Laravel has all of this out of the box, we all know already. WebDevCody @webdevcody * The @clerk CLI is really good Authentication used to be such a nightmare, but the CLI makes things very easy John Ennis @johnennis * Setting up authentication has always been a pain, even with agentic coding (plz never ask your agent to spin up your own custom auth). I really gotta give it to @clerk for providing the best/easiest integration to automatically set up auth for our users building applications on @predotdev . Shout out to @brkalow and the team for making this a seamless experience for our users. Both pre.dev and clerk.com are free to get started! Arjun Raj Jain @ArjunRajJain * Using @clerk for my new form building project. Building authentication would be this easy and fun. No tutorials needed, the docs are overkill trust me. Generous FREE teir 🥹 Parth Gupta @parthg1304 * Was great though I didn't follow up with the SMS verification. Yeah, I used a webhook to connect Clerk with my Convex database. Next, I'll be building an online cloud storage website. I really love using Clerk , its simplicity is just mind-blowing. Drew🎭 @\_ix\_drew * Built the authentication for my boilerplate app using Clerk custom flows. Love having total control over the sign-in/sign-up flow! This video features a demo app, which I built using my boilerplate template. geluhorotan @geluhorotan * I implemented authentication in my starter app using Clerk's custom flow setup, and it's been great having full flexibility over how users sign in and register. The video walks through a demo app built using my boilerplate template. ronald solticzki @RSolticzki * I've used supabase auth, firebase auth and clerk. Had the most difficulties with clerk, but once I get into it it works great. Using Clerk only now Clim Stefan @climstefan * Best auth solution for startups? 1) Clerk 2) Firebase Auth 3) Supabase 4) Custom auth (💀) Stop copy-pasting tutorials and pick one. Stick with it. Kritika @kritikakodes * What's the best auth for SaaS? 1. Clerk 2. Auth0 3. Supabase Auth 4. Custom Auth Stop copy-pasting tutorials and pick one. Stick with it. Sick @sickdotdev * clerk is best auth, btw Naman🦞 @web3naman * Before moving to @clerk, we had working auth After moving to Clerk, we also have:- Mobile support - Auth on Vercel preview domains - OAuth tokens that actually refresh - Middleware-level auth validation (no more "sign in" button flash!) - Organizations with built-in UI for adding users - Google OAuth UI compliance (we were rejected for this for months, obnoxious)... Theo - t3.gg @theo * Product + Authentication + B2B Authentication + Billing + CLI * SDKs + React + Next.js + Expo + View all * Resources + Documentation + Changelog + Glossary + Feature requests + Startups + Students + LLM Leaderboard * Company + About + Careers + Blog + Contact + Brand assets * Legal + Terms and conditions + Privacy policy + Website terms of use + Legal Resources + Do not sell/share my info + Cookie manager © 2026 Clerk, Inc. Support

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