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What Clerk does

Developer-first auth with generous free MAU allowance. SMS pass-through and billing percentage are the hidden cost drivers.

Last verified: 2026-05-27 20 features tracked 5 categories See Clerk pricing →

Core capabilities (13)

Quickstarts & Tutorials

Explore our end-to-end tutorials and getting started guides for different application stacks using Clerk.

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SDK Reference

Dig into our SDK reference documentation. We have everything you need to get started setting up authentication with Clerk.

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Customizing Clerk

Customize Clerk's UI components, email templates, and other aspects of the user experience to match your application's branding and user interface.

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Authentication

Clerk supports multiple authentication strategies so you can implement the strategy that makes sense for your users.

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Organizations

Organizations are shared accounts, useful for project and team leaders. Members with elevated privileges can manage member access to the Organization's data and resources.

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TanStack React Start

Easily add secure and SSR-friendly authentication to your TanStack React Start application with Clerk.

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React Router

Easily add secure, edge- and SSR-friendly authentication to React Router with Clerk.

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JavaScript

The Clerk JavaScript SDK gives you access to prebuilt components and helpers to make user authentication easier.

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Database integrations

Enable Clerk-managed users to authenticate and interact directly with your database with Clerk's integrations.

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How Clerk works

Understand the underlying concepts and technologies that power Clerk, including authentication protocols, token management, and security practices.

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Join our Discord

Join our official Discord server to chat with us directly and become a part of the Clerk community.

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Need help

Contact us through Discord, Twitter, or email to receive answers to your questions and learn more about Clerk.

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Feedback

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Automation and workflows (1)

Waitlist

Collect signups and control access to new features or products before launch, with a simple, integrated workflow for developers.

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Reporting and analytics (1)

Clerk Dashboard

Configure your instance, manage settings, and monitor usage from the Clerk Dashboard.

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Security and compliance (1)

Securing your application

Enhance the security of your application with access control, authorization checks, session options, MFA, password policies, bot protection, and compliance tools.

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Administration (4)

Integrate complete user management in minutes

Integrate complete user management in minutes. Free for your first 50,000 monthly retained users and 100 monthly retained orgs.

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UI Components

Clerk's prebuilt UI components give you a beautiful, fully-functional user management experience in minutes.

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User management

Complete user management. Add sign up, sign in, and profile management to your application in minutes.

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Clerk offers a variety of guides to help

Clerk offers a variety of guides to help you build and work with Clerk. These guides cover a broad range of topics, from authentication flows and user management to security, billing, and deployment.

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See Clerk pricing in detail

This page lists what Clerk does. For per-seat math, tier comparison, and the full hidden-fee list, see the Clerk pricing breakdown.

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Closest alternatives

Other developer auth (ciam) tools buyers shortlist when they evaluate Clerk.

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Features evolve. Confirm directly with the vendor before purchase decisions. This list was last refreshed on 2026-05-27.

Frequently asked questions

What features does Clerk include?

This page tracks 20 verified Clerk features across 5 categories, sourced from Clerk's official site.

Which tier do I need for Clerk?

Clerk's feature availability varies by plan. Compare the public Clerk tiers, calculator, and hidden fees on the Clerk pricing page.

How does Clerk compare on features to alternatives?

Buyers commonly compare Clerk against Auth0, WorkOS, Stytch. Each alternative's feature page is linked below where we cover it.