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Clerk vs Kinde
Short answer: Pick Clerk if you want turnkey auth and user management; pick Kinde if you want unified auth, feature flags and billing. Clerk has a free plan; Kinde has a free plan, paid from $25/month.
Which to pick
Pick Clerk if you want…
- Turnkey auth and user management
- Comprehensive user management
- Integrations with Next.js, Expo or React Router (on Clerk's list, not Kinde's)
Pick Kinde if you want…
- Unified auth, feature flags and billing
- Integrations with Remix, Nuxt or SvelteKit (on Kinde's list, not Clerk's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Clerk:Clerk provides embeddable UI components, APIs, and dashboards for full-stack user authentication, management, and billing.
- Kinde:Kinde is an all-in-one platform that provides authentication, access management, feature flags and recurring billing for SaaS products.
- Best for
- Clerk:Turnkey auth and user management
- Kinde:Unified auth, feature flags and billing
- Who it’s for
- Clerk:Developers building web or mobile apps that need authentication, multi-tenant user management, and subscription billing.
- Kinde:SaaS founders, product teams and engineers who need auth, billing and feature-flagging in one service.
- Pricing
- Clerk:Freemium
- Kinde:Freemium
- Starting price
- Clerk:—
- Kinde:$25/month (Pro)
- Free plan or trial
- Clerk:Free plan (Hobby) · Free trial
- Kinde:Free plan (Free)
- Plans
- Clerk:Hobby $0 · Pro $20 per month, billed annually · Business $250 per month, billed annually
- Kinde:Free $0 · Pro $25 USD per month per month · Plus $75 USD per month per month · Scale $250 USD per month per month
- Works with
- Clerk:Next.js, React, Expo, React Router, Astro, Supabase, Convex, Vercel
- Kinde:React, Remix, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Python, Java, PHP, Flutter
Clerk features
- Pre-built UI components. Drop-in React components for sign-up, sign-in, profile, organization and billing UI.
- Multi-tenancy & org management. Components and APIs to create organizations, switch accounts, invite members and manage roles.
- MFA & advanced security. Built-in multifactor authentication, bot detection, passkeys and SOC 2/CCPA compliance.
- Session & device management. Full session lifecycle with active device monitoring and revocation.
- Billing & subscriptions. Ready-to-use subscription billing UI, plan definition and revenue tracking.
- SDKs for modern frameworks. Libraries for Next.js, React, Expo, React Router, Astro and more.
- API keys & machine auth. Generate secure API keys and M2M tokens for user-scoped access.
- CLI for AI agents. Command-line tool to configure Clerk without leaving the terminal.
Kinde features
- Password & passwordless login. Supports email/password, email-less, social logins and passkeys with MFA.
- Enterprise SSO & B2B orgs. Out-of-the-box SAML, Entra ID, Okta and multi-tenant organization management.
- Feature flag management. Create unlimited feature flags and control releases per environment.
- Recurring billing & transactions. Built-in subscription billing with per-transaction fees as low as 0.5%.
- Single SDK & multi-language support. One library with SDKs for JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, .NET, PHP, Flutter, Ruby and more.
- Customizable UI & branding. Edit sign-in pages with HTML/CSS or React and remove Kinde branding on paid plans.
- Security & compliance. MFA, attack protection, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 reports, RBAC and audit logs.
- Developer tools & webhooks. Unlimited webhooks, API keys, custom claims and workflow actions.
Clerk vs Kinde FAQ
What is the difference between Clerk and Kinde?+
Clerk provides user management and auth but does not include built-in billing or feature-flag services.
Should I use Clerk or Kinde?+
Pick Clerk if you want turnkey auth and user management, comprehensive user management or integrations with Next.js, Expo or React Router (on Clerk's list, not Kinde's). Pick Kinde if you want unified auth, feature flags and billing or integrations with Remix, Nuxt or SvelteKit (on Kinde's list, not Clerk's).
Is Clerk or Kinde free?+
Clerk has a free plan (Hobby) and paid plans. Kinde has a free plan; paid plans start at $25/month (Pro).
Do Clerk and Kinde integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list React. Clerk also lists Next.js, Expo, React Router, Astro and 3 more; Kinde also lists Remix, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Python and 3 more.
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