
Gate features by plan tier using Clerk billing subscriptions
SaaS applications need to restrict feature access based on subscription plan without leaking business logic to the client. Clerk provides billing subscription APIs and organization management that let…

Issue and revoke scoped API keys for third-party integrations
Managing API access for third-party developers requires balancing security with developer experience, especially when permissions must be granular and revocable.
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Clerk pricing
Everything you need to start building.
- 50,000 Monthly Retained Users (MRU) per app
- Up to 3 dashboard seats
- 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
or $20/mo billed annually · save 20%
Scale with full-featured authentication.
- Everything in Hobby, plus:
- 50,000 Monthly Retained Users (MRU) per app
- 1 Enterprise connections per app
- Up to 3 dashboard seats
- 50,000 MRU included per app $0.02/mo each
- 1 Enterprise connection included $75/mo each
or $250/mo billed annually · save 17%
Tackle compliance and growing teams.
- Everything in Pro, plus:
- 10 dashboard seats included Additional seats $20/mo each
- SOC2 Report
- Enhanced dashboard roles
- Priority support
- Application Logs 30 day retention
Tailored solutions and guarantees.
- Everything in Business, plus:
- Annual committed use discounts
- 99.99% Uptime SLA
- Enterprise SSO for workspace
- Premium support SLA + dedicated slack channel
- Application Logs Custom retention
- Monthly Retained Users (MRU) · 50,000 per app per month free$0.02 / per MRU/mo
- Enterprise connections (Pro/Business) · 1 per app free$75 / per connection/mo
- API Key Creations · 1,000 per month free$0.001 / each
- API Key Verifications · 100,000 per month free$0.00001 / each
- M2M Token Creations · 2,500 per month free$0.001 / each
- M2M Token Verifications · 100,000 per month free$0.00001 / each
- Monthly Retained Organizations (MRO) — B2B add-on · 100 per app free$1 / per MRO/mo
- SMS Authentication$0.01 / per SMS (US/Canada)
Pro plan: $25/mo billed monthly or $20/mo billed annually. Business plan: $300/mo billed monthly or $250/mo billed annually. Tax collected in select countries starting July 8, 2024. Clerk Billing add-on charges 0.7% of billing volume on top of Stripe fees (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction).
Last verified Jun 11, 2026 · source ↗
