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Clerk

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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · clerk.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 87 / 100
Customer Identity And Access Management Ciam
Free tier
Self-serve checkout
Public API

Clerk scores 87/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a public API exists with documentation; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.

See Clerk pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
Clerk pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · clerk.dev/pricing
Hobby
Free
Unlimited applications
No credit card required
Basic authentication features
Pro
$20/mo
or $20/mo billed annually
All Hobby features
Enterprise connection included
Custom session lifetime
Remove Clerk branding
Multi-factor authentication
Business
$250/mo
or $250/mo billed annually
All Pro features
SOC2 Report
Enhanced dashboard roles
Priority support
30‑day application logs retention
Enterprise
Sales
Contact sales
Custom solutions
99.99% uptime SLA
Enterprise SSO
HIPAA compliance with BAA
Dedicated support
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How Clerk scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

18 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

20 / 20

Free entry path

7 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
87 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
Hobby plan, 1 user
$0/mo
· Free tier includes up to 3 dashboard seats· No credit card required
Confidence: high
Pro plan, 1 user
$20/mo
· Monthly billing selected· All included usage within limits
Confidence: high
Business plan, 1 user
$250/mo
· Monthly billing selected· All included usage within limits
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Agent-ready
LLM score: 100/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

card

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

Unknown

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

No

Purchase orders supported

No

MSA required

No

DPA available

No

Security review required

No

Trial

Available, no card

Startup credits

Startup discounts via partners

API readiness
API & developer surface

API-first product

Yes

Sandbox present

Unknown

Webhooks

Yes

MCP mentioned

No

Enterprise signals
Trust & compliance

Certifications

SOC2
HIPAA

SSO / SAML

Yes

RBAC

Yes

Audit logs

Yes

Data residency

US

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Plans for every stage”

Buyer persona

developer
smb
mid market
enterprise

Integrations mentioned
Stripe
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Clerk?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

◐

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
  • A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Clerk could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Plans for every stage — Clear pricing that scales. Every plan supports unlimited applications.

tier_count

8

lowest_paid_entry_usd

20

free_tier

true

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

$0.01 per SMS

annual_required

true

self_serve_paid_tiers

5

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

https://clerk.com/docs

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

{"unit_class":"message","confidence":"medium","agent_task_price_forecastable":"yes","rejected_reason":null,"evidence_text":"$0.01 per SMS"}

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

View raw extracted page text →
Page heading: Plans for every stage
CTAs (40): Skip to main content · Products · Docs · Changelog · Company · Pricing · Sign in · Start building · Sign out · Dashboard · Start building for free · MRU
Price tokens (50): $20 · $20per month · $0.02/mo eachShow volume di · $75/mo eachShow volume di · $10/mo eachCustom session · $250 · $250per month · $20/mo eachSOC · $100/moor · $85/mo billed annually · $1 per additionalShow vol · $100/moor
Skip to main contentProductsDocsChangelogCompanyPricingSign inStart buildingStart buildingSign outDashboardPlans for every stageClear pricing that scales. Every plan supports unlimited applications.HobbyFreeNo credit card requiredEverything you need to start building.Start building for freeIncluded in Hobby:Up to 3 dashboard seatsUnlimited applications50,000 MRU limit per appUp to 5 user impersonationsAPIs and prebuilt UIs for sign-up, sign-in, and user profile+ most authentication featuresCustom domainFixed, 7 day session lifetimeApplication Logs1 day retentionMachine AuthenticationAPI Keys & M2M Tokenslimit per monthShow limitationsProMonthlyAnnual$20$20per month, billed annuallyScale with full-featured authentication.Upgrade to Pro planEverything in Hobby, plus:Up to 3 dashboard seats50,000 MRU included per app$0.02/mo eachShow volume discounts1 Enterprise connection included$75/mo eachShow volume discountsRemove Clerk brandingMulti-factor authentication (MFA)Satellite domains$10/mo eachCustom session lifetimeApplication Logs7 day retentionSMS Authentication availableMachine AuthenticationAPI Keys & M2M Tokensincluded per month + extraShow pricing detailsBusinessMonthlyAnnual$250$250per month, billed annuallyTackle compliance and growing teams.Upgrade to Business planEverything in Pro, plus:10 dashboard seats includedAdditional seats $20/mo eachSOC2 ReportEnhanced dashboard rolesPriority supportApplication Logs30 day retentionEnterpriseCustomOnly billed annuallyTailored so…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Clerk
Agent-Ready Verified

87

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Customer Identity And Access Management Ciam

Pricing model

Plans for every stage — Clear pricing that scales. Every plan supports unlimited applications.

Tier count

8 (slider / volume ladder)

Free tier

Yes

Lowest paid entry

$20/mo

Per-unit price

$0.01 per SMS

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

5 / 0

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from clerk.dev/pricing
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Agent-ready
100/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

Clerk pricing starts at $0/mo for the Hobby plan; paid plans start at $20/mo for the Pro plan and go up to $250/mo for the Business plan. Billed monthly or annually.

Cheapest entry

Free plan (Free)

Actions
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Verdict reflects Agent-Ready Verified status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://clerk.dev/pricing.
Agent-friendly features2 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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