Clerk

Updated Sep 30, 2026
23%
5% YoY
#3

Summary

  • Clerk ranks #3 within the Identity Providers category, maintaining its position month-over-month.
  • As of September 2026, 23% of organizations who have a vendor in the Identity Providers category use Clerk: up 5 percentage points from last year.
  • Clerk has the highest adoption among micro-SMB companies (33%), compared to small-to-medium businesses (26%), mid-market (12%), and enterprise (14%).
  • Clerk key capabilities include pre-built authentication components, multi-factor authentication, and user management APIs, supporting developers building secure authentication flows.

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Key stats

23%
5% YoY
SMB, 39%
13%
3%
#4
#5

Adoption Rates by company size

Company sizeAdoption rate
SMB26%
Mid-market12%
Enterprise14%

About Clerk

Clerk is an authentication and user management platform that provides drop-in UI components and full-stack identity services for application development and user account administration.

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About this data

These insights come from Ramp’s procurement and renewal data, built on real-world transactions observed across our platform. Figures represent aggregated observations from Ramp Procurement and Renewals activity.

DateNew adopter shareCompetitor switch rateDominant FTE segmentAdoption rate (Enterprise)Adoption rate (Mid-Market)Adoption rate (SMB)
Aug 202613%3%SMB, 39%14%12%26%
Jul 202619%3%SMB, 38%15%12%27%
Jun 202627%3%SMB, 38%16%12%27%
May 202628%3%SMB, 38%16%11%26%
Apr 202625%3%SMB, 38%18%11%25%
Mar 202625%3%SMB, 38%15%11%25%
Feb 202626%3%SMB, 39%15%10%24%
Jan 202622%3%Mid-Market, 38%14%10%23%
Dec 202518%3%Mid-Market, 39%15%10%23%
Nov 202515%3%SMB, 39%12%10%22%
Oct 202527%3%SMB, 40%13%10%22%
Sep 202523%3%SMB, 39%13%8%22%
Aug 202525%3%SMB, 41%14%8%21%
Jul 202519%7%SMB, 41%12%8%20%
Jun 202512%7%SMB, 40%13%8%20%
May 202522%7%SMB, 39%14%8%20%
Apr 202517%6%SMB, 38%14%7%20%
Mar 202519%6%SMB, 37%15%7%19%
Feb 202513%10%SMB, 37%15%8%19%
Jan 202514%8%SMB, 37%18%7%19%
Dec 202419%7%SMB, 40%18%7%18%
Nov 202414%7%SMB, 40%13%6%18%
Oct 202426%9%SMB, 55%14%6%17%
Sep 202421%16%SMB, 60%0%6%17%

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