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 monthly) when they need MFA, passkeys, and branding removed.
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Our take
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 monthly) when they need MFA, passkeys, and branding removed. Pick Logto if saaS teams who will stay on Free $0 (50k MAU, 50k tokens, no card) while they ship a first sign-in box, then buy Pro at $24/month when they need unlimited MAU and start attaching
Clerk
hosted auth-component desk
Best for
Clerk Sign-in you start at $0
Logto Login you start at $0
Free plan
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
Logto $0 · / month. No card. Up to 50,000 MAU. 50k tokens. User authentication. 1 machine-to-machine app. Account APIs. Audit logs
Lowest paid
Clerk Pro $25/mo
Logto Pro $24
Next step up
Clerk B2B Enhanced add-on $100/mo
Logto
Runs where
Clerk Local or hosted
Logto Local; you host it
Watch out
Clerk Hobby MFA / passkeys / no-branding are Pro
Logto Pro’s $24 is a floor
Last checked
Clerk 2026-10-23 · clerk.com/pricing
Logto 2026-10-22 · logto.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Logto if
saaS teams who will stay on Free $0 (50k MAU, 50k tokens, no card) while they ship a first sign-in box, then buy Pro at $24/month when they need unlimited MAU and start attaching org / SSO add-ons.
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