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Clerk vs Kinde

Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.

Clerk

User management with prebuilt UIs.

Auth & IdentityFreemium · $25/mo + usage
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Kinde

Auth for SaaS builders.

Freemium · $25/mo (Plus)
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At a glanceClerkKinde
Pricing
$25/mo + usage
$25/mo (Plus)
Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Founded
2019
2022
Location
San Francisco, USA
Sydney, Australia
Bootstrapped
Open source
Category
Auth & Identity
Indie alternatives
6
0
Founders
Colin Sidoti, Braden Sidoti, Brian Klepner

Key differences

  • Pricing

    Both start at the same headline price ($25/mo + usage).

  • Funding

    Both are venture-backed.

  • Founded

    Clerk (2019) is 3 years older than Kinde (2022).

  • Indie alternatives

    Clerk has 6 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Kinde has 0.

Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.

Founders of Clerk

  • Colin SidotiCo-founder & CEO
  • Braden SidotiCo-founder
  • Brian KlepnerCo-founder

Founder of Kinde

No founder details documented yet.

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