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Clerk vs UsageGate
Clerk focuses on user management and authentication, not request-level usage limits.
Which to pick
Pick Clerk if you want…
- Turnkey auth and user management
- Integrations with React, Expo or React Router (on Clerk's list, not UsageGate's)
Pick UsageGate if you want…
- Per-request usage enforcement for subscription plans
- Integrations with Stripe, Redis or TypeScript (on UsageGate'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.
- UsageGate:UsageGate enforces subscription limits by checking and consuming usage on each request.
- Best for
- Clerk:Turnkey auth and user management
- UsageGate:Per-request usage enforcement for subscription plans
- Who it’s for
- Clerk:Developers building web or mobile apps that need authentication, multi-tenant user management, and subscription billing.
- UsageGate:Developers building SaaS products that need per-feature usage enforcement.
- Pricing
- Clerk:Freemium
- UsageGate:Freemium
- Plans
- Clerk:Hobby $0 · Pro $20 per month, billed annually · Business $250 per month, billed annually
- UsageGate:Free $0 · Hobby $19/mo per month · Pro $79/mo per month · Scale $299/mo per month
- Works with
- Clerk:Next.js, React, Expo, React Router, Astro, Supabase, Convex, Vercel
- UsageGate:Next.js, Stripe, Redis, TypeScript
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.
UsageGate features
- Access checks. canAccess call verifies if a user can use a feature at request time.
- Consume credits. Deducts metered units like AI credits or API calls after a successful check.
- Stripe sync. Automatically syncs with Stripe subscriptions for billing.
- Redis-backed enforcement. Fast, reliable storage of usage data using Redis.
- TypeScript SDK. npm package @usagegate/sdk for easy integration in Next.js routes.
- Plan definition UI. Dashboard lets you create and edit named plans with custom feature limits.
Clerk vs UsageGate FAQ
Is Clerk or UsageGate free?+
Clerk has a free plan (Hobby) and paid plans. UsageGate has a free plan; paid plans start at $19/month (Hobby).
Do Clerk and UsageGate integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list Next.js. Clerk also lists React, Expo, React Router, Astro and 3 more; UsageGate also lists Stripe, Redis and TypeScript.
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