API Building Blocks

Clerk Backend API

Summary
An identity and user management API for users, sessions, organizations, invitations, tokens, machine authentication, API keys, and application authentication workflows.
Category
Identity & Security
Product URL
clerk.com
Documentation URL
clerk.com
Pricing model
Freemium
Authentication
Bearer token
Free tier
Yes
Open source
No
SDK languages
Node.js, Ruby, PHP, Python
Status page URL
status.clerk.com
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