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Migrate from Clerk to Better Auth

33 public pull requests on GitHub since Oct 2024, in 27 repos, say they move a project from Clerk to Better Auth. 4 go the other way. Real code changes by developers in general, not only makers — read from the titles, so a PR is counted when its title says "Clerk to Better Auth".

When they moved

Pull requests a month. Most are recent: 30 in the last 13 months against 3 before. The busiest month was Apr 2026 (6).

Oct 2024Oct 2026 (so far)

The newest 20 pull requests

All matching pull requests on GitHub, both ways ↗

Clerk and Better Auth, side by side

Among makers' products we track for authentication: Clerk 334, Better Auth 7.

At monthly active users 10k MAU, Clerk costs $0/mo (Hobby) and Better Auth $0/mo (Self-hosted (open source)), at list prices.

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Better AuthClerkx: monthly active users (MAU) · cheapest usable plan at each point, list prices · try your own numbers
Clerk vs Better Auth, compared →Better Auth pricing →Clerk pricing →Other Clerk alternatives →

Where else Clerk projects go

Where else Better Auth's newcomers come from

Questions

How many projects have moved from Clerk to Better Auth?

33 public pull requests on GitHub since Oct 2024, in 27 repos, have a title saying they move from Clerk to Better Auth.

Do projects move back from Better Auth to Clerk?

Yes: 4 pull requests over the same time go from Better Auth to Clerk, against 33 from Clerk to Better Auth.

Is Better Auth cheaper than Clerk?

At monthly active users 10k MAU: Clerk $0/mo (Hobby), Better Auth $0/mo (Self-hosted (open source)), at list prices.

GitHub search, Oct 2026 (as of 2026-10-02).