WorkOS vs Clerk: Features, Pricing and User Reviews 2026

WorkOS uses a flexible pricing model where you pay only for what you use, with volume discounts applied automatically.

AuthKit provides user management for free up to one million monthly active users. After that, the cost is $2,500 per month for each additional million users.

Single Sign-On and Directory Sync both charge per enterprise connection. The first connection costs $125 monthly, with discounts as you add more. Pricing drops to $100 per connection for 16-30 connections, $80 for 31-50 connections, $65 for 51-100 connections, and $50 per connection beyond 100.

Audit Logs charges $125 monthly per security monitoring connection, plus $99 per million events stored.

Radar includes the first 1,000 security checks free monthly, then $100 per 50,000 additional checks.

For larger teams, WorkOS offers annual credit packages with pre-payment discounts, guaranteed uptime, and dedicated support.

Clerk offers flexible pricing to support projects of all sizes. The free plan includes 10,000 monthly active users with all core features, pre-built components, and custom domain support. Users who sign up but never return are completely free.

The Pro plan charges just $0.02 per monthly active user after your first 10,000 free users. Pro includes removing Clerk branding, allowlist and blocklist features, and customizable session duration.

For advanced needs, add-ons cost $100 per month each. The Enhanced Authentication add-on provides multi-factor auth, device tracking, and enterprise SSO. The Enhanced Administration add-on includes user impersonation and audit logs.

Organizations start at $1 per monthly active organization after your first 100 free, with unlimited members per organization in Pro.

Enterprise plans offer custom pricing with 99.99% uptime guarantees, support SLAs, HIPAA compliance, dedicated Slack support, and onboarding assistance. Startup discounts are available through partners like Y Combinator and Stripe Atlas.