Clerk Cost Tuning

Overview

Understand Clerk pricing and optimize costs. Clerk charges by Monthly Retained Users (MRU) — a user is counted as retained only when they return 24+ hours after signing up. Covers pricing tiers, MRU reduction strategies, caching to reduce API calls, and usage monitoring.

Prerequisites

• Clerk account active
• Understanding of MRU (Monthly Retained Users)
• Application usage patterns known

Instructions

Step 1: Understand Clerk Pricing Model