Clerk vs. Plaid

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Clerk
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Poor user management can stand between users and products. From forgotten passwords and failed account de-duplication, to broken and out-of-sync vendor integrations — there's a lot that can go wrong. Clerk is a software solution that aims to solve user management.
$0
Plaid
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Plaid in San Francisco offers a suite of applications supporting banks with risk management and customer account management features. Plaid is used by digital financial apps and services like Betterment, Expensify, Microsoft and Venmo, and by banks to make it easier for consumers to connect their financial accounts with the apps and services they want to use. Plaid connects with over 11,000 financial institutions across the U.S, Canada and Europe.
$500
per month
Pricing
ClerkPlaid
Editions & Modules
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Scale
500+
per month
Test
Free
Launch
Pay as you go
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ClerkPlaid
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
ClerkPlaid
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ClerkPlaid
Likelihood to Recommend
Clerk
Best suited for - Improving the conversions and users funnel, building actionable insights for user journey, deciding the performance of features, building personalised recommendations on search results and emails. Less appropriate for - Creating automated campaigns for user targeting, triggering and creating communication flows for user engagement and product journey
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Plaid
Plaid is extremely well suited to be your payment API if you're a start-up looking to scale your banking connections fast and securely. Their API is fully functional upon integration. Most end-users have encountered Plaid before so it's a trusted platform for many consumers so even if you're a new app, users feel comfortable connecting their bank through Plaid.
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Pros
Clerk
  • Easy to integrate - perfect solution for search and recommendations.
  • Allow website recommendations, website search and email recommendations, that help day after day obtain more data and use it to view the best product for every single customer.
  • Improving conversion rate and the quality of the customer journey on the eCommerce.
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Plaid
  • Plaid connects with 100s of US consumer banks.
  • Plaid continuously updates its software to meet the requirements of individual banks.
  • Plaid can get your company's payment processing up and running faster than traditional methods.
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Cons
Clerk
  • A function to export dashboard reports will help ease building analytics.
  • It's a highly technical tool. One has to have very good technical knowledge to set it up.
  • Build more payment options other than the credit card.
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Plaid
  • Consumer feedback or troubleshooting typically comes back to us because Plaid doesn't have an easy way of re-routing support once a user encounters a problem.
  • Update timelines could be clearer when they are working on updating a connection with a certain bank.
  • The search functionality for the user to find their bank could be a little more robust.
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Alternatives Considered
Clerk
The cost of the contract is much better than the competitors. Customised options and packages to select from. Others weren't providing more options basis the usage and master user roles requirements. Provided free demo to help build confidence and train the team for using Clerk tool. Clerk customer solutions team is easily reachable and helps promptly resolve any issues.
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Plaid
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Return on Investment
Clerk
  • Improved user conversion by 20%
  • Increased revenues by 15%
  • Reduced reliance of operations for data tracking and analysis
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Plaid
  • Plaid got us up and running with most US-based and even some international banks with minimal engineering effort.
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ScreenShots

Clerk Screenshots

Screenshot of Authentication options for usersScreenshot of Session management made easyScreenshot of User security, all in one place