Clerk vs DigitalOcean
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| Clerk | DigitalOcean | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | More than APIs. The complete user layer for modern apps. clerk.com | One integrated platform, silicon to agent, with economics that improve as you scale. digitalocean.com |
| Starting at | $25 Pro / month free plan listed | Not observed |
| Integrations | Convex, Supabase, Vercel, Facebook, GitHub, Google, Firebase, Grafbase, Hasura, Instant, Neon, Nhost, Prisma Postgres, Shopify, Vercel Marketplace, Encore, Google Analytics clerk.com | Claude Code, Codex CLI, CrewAI, Hermes, LangGraph, MCP, OpenCode, GitHub, Let’s Encrypt, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, QM, by YC Labs, Codex Universal, Docker, WHM® for AlmaLinux 9, cPanel, Omarchy, Coolify, Plesk (AlmaLinux), WordPress, RabbitMQ, n8n, OpenLiteSpeed WordPress, Easypanel, Simple Observability, WordPress-WooCommerce, 3CX, Supabase, SnapShooter, GitLab Enterprise Edition, Anaconda, Jitsi Server, Appwrite, Minecraft: Java Edition Server, SimpleBackups, NodeJS, Grafana, Apache Kafka, Cloudron, Odoo ERP, 360 Monitoring, Logtail, Better Uptime, Netmaker, PocketBase, MEAN, Flask digitalocean.com |
| Compliance | CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2 clerk.com | GDPR, SOC 2 digitalocean.com |
| Free plan | Yes clerk.com | Yes digitalocean.com |
| Plans | Business, Hobby, Pro, Enterprise clerk.com | App Platform, Droplets, Kubernetes, Functions, Spaces digitalocean.com |
| Models supported | Not observed | Llama, Qwen digitalocean.com |
| Pricing basis | Clerk pricing is based on Monthly Retained Users (MRU), not traditional MAU. clerk.com | Scalable, pay-as-you-go hosting for digital businesses digitalocean.com |
Where they differ
- Clerk claims HIPAA on its own pages; DigitalOcean’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.