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Clerk vs ZITADEL Cloud

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Data verified through 2026-08-20.

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Verdict

Clerk offers a free tier ("Hobby"). We are not publishing a free-tier verdict for ZITADEL Cloud. The page we cite for ZITADEL Cloud states no terms we can read. We are not comparing the two pricing histories.

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Clerk stable

CategoryAuth
TierHobby
Verified2026-08-20
Changes1 recorded
Drop-in auth with 50K monthly retained users free, unlimited apps

ZITADEL Cloud

CategoryAuth
TierFree
Verified2026-07-13
Changes0 recorded
A turnkey user and access management that works for you and supports multi-tenant (B2B) use cases. Free for up to 100 Daily Active Users, with all security features (no paywall for OTP, Passwordless, Policies, and so on).

Pricing Change History

Clerk

restructured discovered 2026-09-03 · effective date unknown medium impact
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-05). The Hobby tier still exists. The description of included features is more detailed and includes limits for Machine Authentication API Keys and M2M Tokens. The page also details pricing for exceeding the 50,000 MRU limit per app. Retracted 2026-09-05: Clerk's Hobby plan was not restructured. clerk.com/pricing, fetched 2026-09-05, renders Hobby as "Free", "No credit card required", "Unlimited applications" and "50,000 MRU limit per app", and the same page's FAQ states "Clerk pricing is based on Monthly Retained Users (MRU)" — which is what our stored description already carried. This record's own summary says the tier still exists and that what changed is the level of detail in the feature list. This row was our error, not a change Clerk made.
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ZITADEL Cloud

No recorded pricing changes for ZITADEL Cloud.

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