Clerk

trending_upFast growing
Updated May 12, 2026
24%
arrow_upward5% YoY
#3

Summary

  • Clerk ranks #3 within the Identity Providers category, maintaining its position month-over-month.
  • As of May 2026, 24% 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 (35%), compared to small-to-medium businesses (28%), mid-market (14%), and enterprise (21%).
  • Clerk key capabilities include pre-built authentication components, multi-factor authentication, and user management APIs, supporting developers building secure authentication flows.

Are businesses buying Clerk?

Key stats

24%
arrow_upward5% YoY
Mid-Market, 39%
33%
3%
#3
#4

Adoption Rates by company size

Company sizeAdoption rate
SMB28%
Mid-market14%
Enterprise21%

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.

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)
Apr 202633%3%Mid-Market, 39%21%14%28%
Mar 202626%3%Mid-Market, 38%21%14%27%
Feb 202626%3%Mid-Market, 40%21%14%26%
Jan 202623%3%Mid-Market, 41%17%14%25%
Dec 202527%3%Mid-Market, 42%19%14%25%
Nov 202521%3%Mid-Market, 41%16%14%24%
Oct 202529%3%Mid-Market, 37%16%13%24%
Sep 202522%3%Mid-Market, 37%17%11%24%
Aug 202520%3%Mid-Market, 38%19%11%23%
Jul 202521%3%SMB, 37%16%11%23%
Jun 202520%3%Mid-Market, 36%17%10%24%
May 202523%3%Mid-Market, 37%17%10%23%
Apr 202522%3%Mid-Market, 39%17%10%22%
Mar 202529%13%Mid-Market, 42%14%10%22%
Feb 202518%12%Mid-Market, 40%14%10%19%
Jan 202519%9%Mid-Market, 36%17%9%19%
Dec 202420%7%Mid-Market, 41%17%8%18%
Nov 202415%8%Mid-Market, 41%13%8%18%
Oct 202426%9%Mid-Market, 46%13%8%17%
Sep 202426%6%Mid-Market, 43%7%7%16%
Aug 202419%4%Mid-Market, 43%8%6%15%
Jul 202424%SMB, 38%8%6%14%
Jun 202415%SMB, 37%8%5%14%
May 202413%Mid-Market, 36%9%5%13%

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