Our take
Pick Bitwarden if individuals who will stay on Free at $0 while they open a first All vaults list, then Premium at $1.65/month billed yearly ($19.80) when they want 2FA extras, or Families at $3.99/month yearly ($47.88, up to 6 users) for a household. Pick Clerk if next.js / SaaS teams who will stay on Hobby at $0 (50,000 MRUs, 3 seats) while they ship a first Sign-in, then buy Pro at $20/month billed yearly ($25
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Best for
Bitwarden A vault you start at $0
Clerk Sign-in you start at $0
Free plan
Bitwarden $0 · “Get basic password management today. Always free.” Unlimited devices and passwords. Free sharing with another user
Clerk $0 · no card. 50,000 MRUs / app. 3 dashboard seats. Unlimited applications. Custom domain. Session 7 days. Logs 1 day. API keys: 1,000 creations / 100,000 verifications. M2M: 2,500 / 100,000. Up to 5 impersonations. Up to 3 social connections
Lowest paid
Bitwarden Premium $1.65/mo
Clerk Pro $25/mo
Next step up
Bitwarden Families $3.99/mo
Clerk B2B Enhanced add-on $100/mo
Runs where
Bitwarden Hosted
Clerk Local or hosted
Watch out
Bitwarden Teams $ was not in the parsed fields
Clerk Hobby MFA / passkeys / no-branding are Pro
Last checked
Bitwarden 2026-10-23 · bitwarden.com/pricing
Clerk 2026-10-23 · clerk.com/pricing
individuals who will stay on Free at $0 while they open a first All vaults list, then Premium at $1.65/month billed yearly ($19.80) when they want 2FA extras, or Families at $3.99/month yearly ($47.88, up to 6 users) for a household.
Read the Bitwarden pagenext.js / SaaS teams who will stay on Hobby at $0 (50,000 MRUs, 3 seats) while they ship a first Sign-in, then buy Pro at $20/month billed yearly ($25 monthly) when they need MFA, passkeys, and branding removed.
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