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Frontegg: Both are developer-focused identity platforms offering authentication and multi-tenant organization management for SaaS apps.
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Overview
Clerk is a developer-first authentication and user management platform offering drop-in UI components for sign-in, user profiles and organization management, alongside backend APIs and SDKs. It supports multi-factor authentication, fraud detection, session management, social sign-on, and multi-tenancy for B2B SaaS, with SDKs for Next.js, React, Expo, React Router, TanStack React Start and Astro. Clerk is used by companies like Vercel to replace months of in-house authentication work with pre-built components.
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Frontegg: Both are developer-focused identity platforms offering authentication and multi-tenant organization management for SaaS apps.
Drizzle ORM: Commonly used together in the same TypeScript application stack, with Clerk handling auth and Drizzle handling the database layer.
Pricing
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Hobby
Free
Pro
$25 /mo
Business
$300 /mo
Enterprise
On request
Capabilities
Prebuilt UI components
Drop-in <SignIn/> and <UserProfile/> components for common auth flows.
Organization management
Multi-tenancy support for B2B SaaS apps with roles and invitations.
Multi-factor authentication
Built-in MFA and fraud detection to secure sign-in flows.
Social sign-on
Prebuilt social login connections across major identity providers.
Billing
Built-in subscription billing capabilities alongside user management.
Enterprise connections
SSO/SAML enterprise connections available from the Pro tier upward.
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Clerk's Hobby plan is free with a 50,000 MRU limit; Pro is $25/month ($20/month billed annually), Business is $300/month ($250 annually), and Enterprise uses custom annual pricing.
SourceYes, the Hobby plan is free with a 50,000 monthly retained user (MRU) limit per app, up to 3 dashboard seats, and unlimited applications, with no credit card required.
SourceClerk meters by monthly retained users (MRUs) — users who return to the app at least a day after signing up — with overage billed at $0.02 per MRU beyond the included 50,000 on paid plans.
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