Clerk

Depot default auth for agent products with users. WorkOS when enterprise SSO is the main job.

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Depot default auth for agent products with users. WorkOS when enterprise SSO is the main job. Strengths: Best-in-class auth DX for modern apps; Prebuilt components agents/docs love; Organizations/B2B features.

Overall

8.4

curated_estimate

confidence: high · as of 2026-10-19

Capability fit

9.0

Price / performance

8.0

Latency / reliability

9.0

Developer & agent DX

9.8

Privacy / data retention

8.2

Lock-in risk (higher = worse)

6.5

Maturity / track record

8.5

Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.

Sources: Clerk: https://clerk.com

Depot default auth for agent products with users. WorkOS when enterprise SSO is the main job.

Strengths

· Best-in-class auth DX for modern apps
· Prebuilt components agents/docs love
· Organizations/B2B features

Weaknesses

· MAU pricing anxiety at scale
· Less 'enterprise IdP' than Auth0/WorkOS for some cases
· Migration off Clerk takes work

Pricing notes

Bills monthly retained users (MRU: a user who returns at least one day after signing up), not MAU (https://clerk.com/pricing, fetched 2026-10-21): Hobby free up to 50,000 MRU per app; Pro $25/mo and Business $300/mo include 50,000 MRU per app, then graduated $0.02 / $0.018 / $0.015 / $0.012 per MRU; 1 SSO connection included on paid plans, then $75 / $60 each (101+ contact us). B2B Authentication add-on $100/mo; beautiful prebuilt UIs.

Regions: globalLast reviewed: 2026-10-19Status: active

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