Clerk.io is a Danish ecommerce platform that sells search, recommendations, chat, email and audience segmentation as separate, usage-metered modules rather than fixed tiers. What decides whether it suits you is how comfortable you are with a price that moves with your traffic rather than a flat monthly fee.
What is Clerk.io?
Clerk.io is made by Clerk.io, based in Denmark. It works with Shopify, Adobe Commerce, PrestaShop and WooCommerce. It connects to Shopify as a direct platform integration rather than through a listing on the Shopify App Store.
What Clerk.io puts in front of shoppers
Clerk.io recommends products from browsing behavior, past purchases and real-time intent, and builds bundles from products frequently bought together. It places cross-sell and upsell suggestions in the cart, sorts category pages by a configurable attribute, and personalizes homepage recommendation widgets per visitor.
Merchants can build audience segments, from past-purchase to loyalty and custom data segmentation, and run split tests that compare Clerk logics against each other with results reported in its analytics. Recommendations also appear inside email sends, factor in stock availability with smart alternatives, and are tracked back to revenue by order line.
Integrations and setup
Clerk.io offers a documented API and open integration for any store platform. It integrates with Klaviyo, Mailchimp and SendInBlue for email. Onboarding is included in the subscription with no separate implementation fee; additional non-standard work is billed by the hour.
Clerk.io pricing: what each plan gives
Clerk.io prices Search, Recommendations, Chat, Email and Audience as separate modules, each starting at $119 a month for its smallest usable amount: 10,000 monthly searches, 100,000 monthly recommendations, 100 monthly conversations, 10,000 monthly opened emails, or 10,000 monthly active subscribers. Selecting more than one module adds their prices together. Price rises with usage on every module, metered by API calls or, for Audience and Email, by contacts uploaded or emailed. There is no permanent free plan. There is no setup fee, and billing can be monthly with no minimum contract term, though discounts are available for longer commitments.
Privacy and security
Clerk.io processes data under the GDPR, with a Data Processing Agreement in place. Clerk.io does not hold SOC 2 Type II certification.
Who Clerk.io suits
Clerk.io suits merchants who want search, recommendations, chat, email and audience segmentation from one vendor and are comfortable paying per unit of usage on each module they turn on.
It suits less well anyone who wants a single flat subscription price, since every module is priced and metered on its own, or anyone who needs SOC 2 Type II certification, since Clerk.io does not hold it.
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How Clerk.io compares
Clerk.io scores 6.1 out of 10 among the AI merchandising tools we rate. These two do the same job and are the closest to it, compared on what each vendor publishes.
Kimonix
Clerk.io starts at $119 a month, priced per module and scaled by requests; Kimonix starts at $19 a month plus usage billed per view. Clerk.io sells bundles and lets you target shopper segments; Kimonix offers neither. Kimonix does not train its AI on your store data, and gives a 14 day free trial.
Pick Kimonix if you want usage-based pricing and a no-training data guarantee.
Pick Clerk.io if you want bundles and shopper segments built in.
LimeSpot
LimeSpot's free plan and Shopify App Store listing set it apart from Clerk.io, which has neither; Clerk.io instead connects to Shopify directly through its own script. Clerk.io prices per module from $119 a month, scaled by requests, against LimeSpot's $9.99 scaling with revenue. Clerk.io reaches four store platforms to LimeSpot's two, while LimeSpot connects to 30 integrations against Clerk.io's three.
Pick LimeSpot if you want a Shopify-native listing and lower entry pricing.
Pick Clerk.io if you sell on more platforms and want per-module billing.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Clerk.io cost?
Each module starts at $119 a month for its smallest usable amount, and rises with usage from there. There is no permanent free plan, no setup fee, and no minimum contract term.
Which store platforms does Clerk.io work with?
Clerk.io works with Shopify, Adobe Commerce, PrestaShop and WooCommerce, connecting to Shopify directly rather than through a Shopify App Store listing.
Can I compare different Clerk.io recommendation logics against each other?
Yes. Clerk.io includes built-in split testing that renders different variants to visitors and reports which one converts better.
Does Clerk.io hold SOC 2 Type II certification?
No, Clerk.io does not hold SOC 2 Type II certification. It processes data under the GDPR, with a Data Processing Agreement in place.
