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Alex Spinov
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Clerk Has a Free Auth Platform With 10K Users and Pre-Built React Components

Clerk is a complete auth platform with drop-in React components for sign-up, sign-in, and user management.

Free Tier

  • 10K monthly active users
  • Social OAuth — Google, GitHub, Apple
  • Email + password + magic links
  • MFA — multi-factor auth
  • Organizations — teams and roles

React Integration

import { SignIn, UserButton } from '@clerk/nextjs';
<SignIn />  // Full sign-in page
<UserButton />  // Avatar with menu
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Protect Routes

const { userId } = await auth();
if (!userId) redirect('/sign-in');
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Clerk vs Auth0

Feature Clerk Auth0
Free MAU 10K 7.5K
UI Beautiful Basic
DX Modern Complex

Need auth? GitHub or spinov001@gmail.com

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