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The Lytms Index / Authentication platforms / Clerk

Clerk

clerk.com↗

“More than authentication, Complete User Management” — their own homepage · captured Aug 14, 2026

Lytms Market Score · 0-100
79
#4 of 31 in authentication platforms.
No movement reading yet — that needs two comparable dated captures. · updated Aug 18, 2026

Where it stands

One line per signal, each the plain market fact behind the reading — never our number, and never a count of what we checked.

AI answersnamed by Claude, Gemini, Google's AI Mode and Google's AI Overview
Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
Buyer demand257,990 searches a month by name
“Clerk reimagines authentication with beautiful, customizable components that developers enjoy implementing, with a February 2026 pricing restructure making it more accessible.”
Claude · Aug 18, 2026 · asked what to use for authentication platforms

What it publishes about price

Free Hobby tier, two paid tiers (Pro $25/mo, Business $300/mo), monthly/annual toggle, Enterprise custom pricing.

read from their own pricing page · captured Aug 14, 2026 · 2 paid tiers listed · has a free tier

What it has published over time

What this page publishes has changed between Jan 2025 and Aug 2026 — the captures below show how.

Jan 2025 - Nov 2025$1$5$10/mo$25$100/mo$125
Aug 2026$1/mo$10/mo$20/month$20/mo$75/mo$85/mo

marked — not visible in the previous capture. Only arrivals are marked: a capture can miss a price that is still on the page, so a point that stops appearing is not something we can call a withdrawal.

the price points visible on clerk.com/pricing, from the public archive · a gap in the series is a gap, not a flat line

Compared with

Clerk vs Auth0→Clerk vs Stytch→Clerk vs Okta→Alternatives to Clerk→

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The Lytms Index. "Clerk — how the market rates it." Lytms AI. Measured Aug 18, 2026. https://lytms.ai/best/auth-platforms/clerk

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