AUTHENTICATION / LESSON 04
Clerk Features and Pricing.
What Clerk handles for you, its dashboard and its pricing
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AUTHENTICATION / LESSON 04
What Clerk handles for you, its dashboard and its pricing
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Take a second and look at how much work Clerk saves you.
| Feature | Without Clerk | With Clerk |
|---|---|---|
| Password hashing | Build it yourself | Done |
| Login forms | Build it yourself | Done |
| Email verification | Build it yourself | Done |
| Password reset | Build it yourself | Done |
| Social login | Build each one yourself | One toggle |
| Two-factor auth | Build it yourself | One toggle |
| Rate limiting | Build it yourself | Done |
| Session management | Build it yourself | Done |
That's potentially WEEKS of work, handled with a few lines of code.
Clerk gives you a dashboard where you can do all of this.
None of it needs code. You just point and click in the dashboard.
Here's the part I always scroll to first. Clerk has a generous free tier. As of October 2026 it looks like this.
For most projects, ESPECIALLY when you're just starting out, the free plan is plenty. One catch though. Some features, like two-factor auth and SMS codes, are free to try in development but need a paid plan once your app is live. Prices and limits change though, so check clerk.com/pricing for the current numbers before you lean on them.