Clerk

trending_upFast growing
Updated Apr 21, 2026
24%
arrow_upward5% YoY
#3

Summary

  • Clerk ranks #3 within the Identity Providers category, maintaining its position month-over-month.
  • As of April 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 (34%), compared to small-to-medium businesses (27%), mid-market (14%), and enterprise (16%).
  • 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, 41%
25%
3%
#3
#4

Adoption Rates by company size

Company sizeAdoption rate
SMB27%
Mid-market14%
Enterprise16%

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)
Mar 202625%3%Mid-Market, 41%16%14%27%
Feb 202626%3%Mid-Market, 44%16%14%26%
Jan 202622%3%Mid-Market, 45%11%14%25%
Dec 202528%3%Mid-Market, 44%13%14%25%
Nov 202521%3%Mid-Market, 43%13%14%24%
Oct 202529%3%Mid-Market, 39%13%13%24%
Sep 202521%3%Mid-Market, 39%14%11%23%
Aug 202519%3%SMB, 40%15%11%23%
Jul 202520%3%SMB, 40%13%10%23%
Jun 202520%3%SMB, 39%13%10%23%
May 202523%3%Mid-Market, 40%13%10%23%
Apr 202522%3%Mid-Market, 43%13%10%22%
Mar 202529%3%Mid-Market, 46%10%10%21%
Feb 202518%14%Mid-Market, 44%10%10%19%
Jan 202520%12%Mid-Market, 40%11%9%19%
Dec 202419%9%Mid-Market, 47%11%8%18%
Nov 202415%10%Mid-Market, 47%6%8%18%
Oct 202425%11%Mid-Market, 45%7%8%17%
Sep 202425%11%Mid-Market, 42%7%7%16%
Aug 202419%10%Mid-Market, 43%7%6%15%
Jul 202424%9%SMB, 39%7%6%14%
Jun 202415%13%SMB, 37%7%5%14%
May 202413%15%SMB, 36%8%5%13%
Apr 20248%29%Mid-Market, 37%9%5%13%

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