Clerk Has a Free Authentication Platform That Makes Auth0 Feel Like Homework

Auth0 takes hours to set up. NextAuth needs endless configuration. Clerk gives you a complete authentication system — signup, login, OAuth, MFA, user management — with a beautiful UI, in 5 minutes. What Clerk Gives You for Free 10,000 MAU on free tier Pre-built UI components — SignIn, SignUp, UserButton, UserProfile OAuth providers — Google, GitHub, Apple, Microsoft, and more MFA — TOTP, SMS, backup codes User management dashboard — view, edit, ban users Organizations — teams, roles, invitations Webhooks — user.created, session.ended, etc. Session management — JWT-based, edge-compatible Quick Start (Next.js) npm install @clerk/nextjs // middleware.ts import { clerkMiddleware } from ' @clerk/nextjs/server ' ; export default clerkMiddleware (); // app/layout.tsx import { ClerkProvider , SignInButton , UserButton } from ' @clerk/nextjs ' ; export default function Layout ({ children }) { return ( < ClerkProvider > < header > < SignInButton /> < UserButton /> </ header > { children } </ Cle