What are the best indie alternatives to Clerk?

6 curated indie and bootstrapped alternatives to Clerk: Hanko, Lucia Auth, SuperTokens, Better Auth, Kinde and more. All are smaller, founder-led tools that compete with Clerk on price, openness or developer experience.

How much does Clerk cost?

Clerk has a freemium pricing model starting at $25/mo + usage. Free up to 10,000 MAUs.

Clerk was founded by Colin Sidoti, Braden Sidoti, Brian Klepner in 2019, based in San Francisco, USA.

What category does Clerk fall under?

Clerk is listed in Auth & Identity. See all auth & identity tools in our directory.

Auth & Identity6 alternativesFreemium · $25/mo + usage

Alternatives to Clerk

Clerk delivers great DX. Smaller / OSS alternatives below.

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Pricing

$25/mo + usage

Free up to 10,000 MAUs

Freemium

About

Founded 2019

San Francisco, USA

Founders

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

Clerk is a great alternative to

Tools in our directory that Clerk can replace or compete with.

Top indie alternatives

Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with Clerk.

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Hanko

Open-source passkey auth.

Free and open source, passkey-first.

$59/moOSS

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Lucia Auth

BYO-DB auth library.

Lightweight auth library.

OSSOSS

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SuperTokens

Open-source auth.

Self-hostable user auth.

$0 + usageOSS

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Better Auth

TypeScript auth framework.

Indie, framework-agnostic auth.

OSSOSS

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Kinde

Auth for SaaS.

Smaller team, builder-friendly.

$25/mo (Plus)

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Logto

Open-source identity.

Self-hostable alternative.

$16/mo (Hobby)OSS

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