Clerk

trending_upFast growing
Updated Aug 1, 2026
24%
arrow_upward6% YoY
#3

Summary

  • Clerk ranks #3 within the Identity Providers category, maintaining its position month-over-month.
  • As of July 2026, 24% of organizations who have a vendor in the Identity Providers category use Clerk: up 6 percentage points from last year.
  • Clerk has the highest adoption among micro-SMB companies (34%), compared to small-to-medium businesses (27%), mid-market (12%), and enterprise (17%).
  • 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

24%
arrow_upward6% YoY
SMB, 38%
30%
3%
#3
#4

Adoption Rates by company size

Company sizeAdoption rate
SMB27%
Mid-market12%
Enterprise17%

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)
Jun 202630%3%SMB, 38%17%12%27%
May 202629%3%SMB, 38%17%12%27%
Apr 202627%3%SMB, 38%18%11%26%
Mar 202626%3%SMB, 38%16%11%25%
Feb 202626%3%SMB, 39%16%11%24%
Jan 202623%3%SMB, 38%14%10%24%
Dec 202518%3%SMB, 39%16%11%23%
Nov 202514%3%SMB, 39%13%10%23%
Oct 202527%3%SMB, 40%13%10%23%
Sep 202523%3%SMB, 39%14%9%22%
Aug 202526%3%SMB, 41%15%9%21%
Jul 202520%3%SMB, 41%12%8%21%
Jun 202512%3%SMB, 40%13%8%21%
May 202522%8%SMB, 39%14%8%21%
Apr 202515%6%SMB, 38%14%8%20%
Mar 202515%7%SMB, 37%14%8%20%
Feb 202513%10%SMB, 37%14%8%20%
Jan 202515%8%SMB, 37%17%7%19%
Dec 202420%7%SMB, 41%17%7%19%
Nov 202414%7%SMB, 40%13%6%19%
Oct 202426%9%SMB, 56%13%6%18%
Sep 202423%7%SMB, 61%0%6%18%
Aug 202418%SMB, 59%0%4%17%
Jul 202425%SMB, 63%0%4%16%

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