Hobby
$0/mo
- ✓Unlimited applications
- ✓50,000 MRU limit per app
- ✓Up to 5 user impersonations
- ✓APIs and prebuilt UIs for sign-up, sign-in, and user profile
- ✓most authentication features
- ✓Custom domain
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Clerk Cost & Pricing Scale Simulator (2026)
Billing Engine Architecture:hybrid
📋 Billing Architecture Pillars
Framework & Entry
Free Tier Available
Uses a hybrid model structure.Offers developer access with no initial monthly payment requirements.
Low Price Bound
Free Entry
The initial commercial tier commit level starts at $no cost. Annual contracts may reduce equivalent monthly allocations.
Volume Restrictions
Uncapped / Custom
API volume constraints are evaluated as Dynamic. Egress bandwidth, compute hours, and storage allocations can trigger non-linear scaling costs.
Public Tiers Breakdown
Pro
$25/mo
$20/mo paid annually
- ✓Everything in Hobby
- ✓50,000 MRU included per app
- ✓$0.02/mo each for extra MRUs
- ✓1 Enterprise connection included
- ✓$75/mo each for additional Enterprise connections
- ✓Remove Clerk branding
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Business
$300/mo
$250/mo paid annually
- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓Additional seats $20/mo each
- ✓SOC2 Report
- ✓Enhanced dashboard roles
- ✓Priority support
- ✓Application Logs
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Enterprise
Custom
- ✓Everything in Business
- ✓Annual committed use discounts
- ✓99.99% Uptime SLA
- ✓Enterprise SSO for workspace
- ✓Premium support SLA + dedicated slack channel
- ✓Application Logs
+5 more system variables