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Re:Show HN: Clerk – all of user management as-a-service, not... by kilburn on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:18PM (#26070995)
Typically MAU means "users that logged at some point during that billing month".

That is, when you are billed based on MAU you don't pay for the number of users in your database, only for the ones that actually use your app/service/whatever.

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Re:Show HN: Clerk – all of user management as-a-service, not... by rexreed on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:25PM (#26071097)
Typically, that makes sense. Specifically, there's nothing on the website to indicate that is how they calculate MAU. The website is missing this critical bit of detail to inform would-be buyers.
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Re:Show HN: Clerk – all of user management as-a-service, not... by colinclerk on Monday February 08, 2021 @06:50PM (#26072004)
The copy was updated to say:

> Our prices are based on your Monthly Active Users (MAUs) and not your entire userbase, so you only pay for logged in users who interact with your website during the course of the month.

Does this help clarify? Sorry for the confusion.

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