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 SuperTokens if app teams who will stay on Cloud free under 5,000 MAUs ($0) or self-host OSS at $0 while they list a first user, then pay $0.02/MAU (and the $100/month minimum) when they
Clerk
hosted auth-component desk
SuperTokens
open-source auth desk
Best for
Clerk Sign-in you start at $0
SuperTokens Sessions you start at $0 / 5k MAU
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
SuperTokens $0 · “Free and open source (No free MAUs count limit).” You run the core
Lowest paid
Clerk Pro $25/mo
SuperTokens Account linking $0.005
Next step up
Clerk B2B Enhanced add-on $100/mo
SuperTokens Cloud $0.02/mo
Runs where
Clerk Local or hosted
SuperTokens Local; you host it
Watch out
Clerk Hobby MFA / passkeys / no-branding are Pro
SuperTokens Cloud’s printed minimum is $100/month
Last checked
Clerk 2026-10-23 · clerk.com/pricing
SuperTokens 2026-10-22 · supertokens.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick SuperTokens if
app teams who will stay on Cloud free under 5,000 MAUs ($0) or self-host OSS at $0 while they list a first user, then pay $0.02/MAU (and the $100/month minimum) when they pass 5k — plus $20/dashboard user after the 3 free seats.
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