What each week held
Withheld: something was read in 1 week of the last 12. A series needs at least 2 to say anything a single reading does not.
What it declares
- Free up to 50,000 monthly retained users
- Prebuilt sign-up/sign-in/profile UI components
- Enterprise SSO (SAML/OIDC) connections
- Organizations / B2B auth
- Clerk Billing (Stripe-based subscriptions)
- Application, Email, and Admin Logs
- Multi-framework SDKs (Next.js, Astro, TanStack, React Router)
- Custom domains and branding
As the company’s own pages describe it. Forge did not test any of these.
What users raised
The reading listed none.
Everything on record
5 observed claims. Newest first; the tag on each row is what kind of claim you are reading.
- PRODUCTFACTSep 30, 2026
On June 30, 2026, Clerk Billing added support for account credits, letting teams add or remove credit balances on Users/Organizations from the Dashboard and APIs.
Baseline billing feature relevant to teams using Clerk Billing for B2B/B2C subscriptions
clerk.com/changelog/2026-06-30-account-credits - PRODUCTFACTSep 30, 2026
Clerk's Core 3 SDK release (published March 3, 2026) added improved customization APIs, a visual theme editor, interactive component docs, and expanded 'keyless mode' onboarding to TanStack Start, Astro, and React Router, plus support for React concurrent rendering features.
Baseline developer-experience capability set relevant to framework coverage comparisons
clerk.com/changelog/2026-03-03-core-3 - PRODUCTFACTSep 30, 2026
On August 25, 2026, Clerk launched Admin Logs, an audit trail in the Clerk Dashboard tracking configuration changes made via the Dashboard, Backend API, or Platform API, joining the existing Application Logs and Email Logs observability features.
Adds an enterprise-relevant audit/compliance capability that could factor into buyer comparisons
clerk.com/changelog/2026-08-25-admin-logs - PRICINGFACTSep 30, 2026
As of the February 5, 2026 pricing overhaul, using four or more Clerk Dashboard seats now requires the Business Plan (from $250/mo), and Enterprise Connections (SAML/OIDC) became metered within the Pro Plan rather than unlimited under the former Enhanced Authentication Add-on.
Baseline packaging detail affecting teams with multiple dashboard seats or 3+ enterprise SSO connections
clerk.com/changelog/2026-02-05-new-plans-more-value - PRICINGFACTSep 30, 2026
Clerk's free Hobby plan covers up to 50,000 monthly retained users (up from a prior 10,000 MAU tier retired February 5, 2026), with Pro starting at $20/mo billed annually (or $25/mo monthly) including 50K MRUs plus one Enterprise SSO connection, and Business starting at $250/mo billed annually (or $300/mo monthly).
Establishes baseline pricing that any future plan/price changes will be compared against
clerk.com/pricing
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