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Incorporation · Reviewed 20 Oct 2026

Clerky

Online service for startup legal paperwork, including incorporation and fundraising documents.

· clerky.com ↗

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Clerky at a glance

SEO analysis

Collected Oct 20, 2026

clerky.com: an estimated 127,283 total monthly visits and about 10,040 monthly organic visits across 746 ranking keywords. Scout crawled 15 pages and measured a technical health score of 94/100.

127.3KEstimated total trafficModeled monthly visits746Ranking keywordsPublic search sample94/100Technical health15 pages checked2.3KReferring domainsLive backlink summary

Overview

01

Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

Clerky is an online service that helps startups complete routine legal paperwork, such as incorporation and stock issuance, either on their own or with their attorneys S1. It is used by startup founders and startup attorneys, solving the problem of legal paperwork being a slog that needs to get done correctly S1. Its practical value is in helping startups get legal paperwork done safely and easily, with a focus on avoiding expensive problems down the line S16.

02

Product identity and positioning

Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.

  • Identity: Clerky is an online legal paperwork service for startups S1 S16.
  • Core purpose: It helps people get routine legal paperwork done, which is a slog but necessary S1.
  • Intended users: Startup founders and startup attorneys S1.
  • Product scope: A web application with products for startups and attorneys, including formation, fundraising, hiring, and maintenance S1 S56.
  • Positioning: Clerky is the most popular online service for startup legal paperwork, including Delaware C corporation incorporation S16.
  • Claimed distinction: It is the only online legal service obsessed with helping startup founders get legal paperwork done safely S16.
03

Use cases and audiences

Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.

AudiencePractical use case
Startup foundersIncorporate as a Delaware C corporation and issue stock to founders S16.
Startup attorneysReview and keep track of paperwork their clients are doing on Clerky S1.
Non-US foundersApply for an EIN (Employer Identification Number) S16.
Startups hiringUse hiring products to create offer letters and consulting agreements S16.
Startups raising fundsUse fundraising products to raise money from seed investors S56.

Features

09

Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
IncorporationForms a Delaware C corporation, including expedited filing fees and first-year registered agent S16.
Stock issuanceIssues stock to founders with customizable vesting, elects directors, appoints officers, adopts bylaws, and protects IP S16.
Fundraising documentsProvides everything needed to raise money from seed investors safely and efficiently S56.
Hiring documentsOffers offer letters, consulting agreements, advisor agreements, and IP assignment agreements S16.
Maintenance productsAllows changes to officers and directors, adding new co-founders, and more S16.
Team collaborationIncludes team collaborators and access controls S16.
Automated remindersSends automated filing reminders for annual reports and franchise taxes S16.
10

Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
Bank applicationsIntegrationApply for accounts with the most popular banks for startups S56.
Registered agent serviceIntegrationIncludes attorney-grade registered agent service S16.
Foreign qualificationIntegrationRegister to do business in your home state S56.
Stock plan adoptionIntegrationAdopt a stock plan to issue restricted stock or stock options S56.

Pricing

11

Pricing and plans

Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
Company Lifetime Package$819 one-time per company S56Incorporation, post-incorporation setup, stock plan, foreign qualification, and unlimited standard documents; third-party fees extra S56Not published S56
Incorporation$427 one-time per company S56Delaware C corporation, first-year registered agent, annual report reminders S56Not published S56
Post-Incorporation Setup$299 one-time per use S56Bylaws, board consent, stock purchase agreements, pre-filled 83(b) S56Not published S56
Foreign Qualification$125 one-time per use S56CA and NY; third-party fees extra S56Not published S56

Competition

12

Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

CompetitorFirst-page appearancesSampled queriesAverage positionQueries observed
facebook.com213clarky
docs.clarky.ai214clarky
quora.com215clerky
powerthesaurus.org111clarky
weworkremotely.com112clerky
crunchbase.com113clerky
smbguide.com114clerky
help.clerky.com116clerky
ancestry.com116clarky
youtube.com117clerky

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

Independent review sources discovered

No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.

14

AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

  • Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 1.2%
MonthSource
—All AI assistants

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

15

Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

OpportunityRecommended actionEvidence
Competitor gapReview the sampled queries where facebook.com appears.2 first-page appearances across clarky

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

  • integrations: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Trust and proof

16

Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

No citation-grounded independent review links were found.

Customer proof

No named customers, testimonials, or customer case studies were found.

Independent mentions

  • Ask HN: Advice on Incorporation (Stripe Atlas vs. Clerky) / Hacker News — Lifetime Package covers all the same products as the Pay-Per-Use Plan (other than some third-party ... The Company Lifetime Package is the better deal for most startups, but we have the Pay-Per-Use Plan for startups that are not quite sure how fast
  • Clerky paperwork on equity incentive plan and others – is it good enough? / Hacker News — Hi! I'm one of the founders of Clerky :) The forms in our equity compensation products were developed in partnership with Orrick, which has one of the leading startup practices. They've been used by thousands of startups and have survived legal due diligence in countless financings and acquisitions. It's unlikely that there's a legitimate reason to re-do them, at least no more so than there would be with documents from anywhere else. That said, a lot of attorneys simply prefer working with their
  • Ask HN: Standard Founders Agreement Template? / Hacker News — And to answer your original question, yes, we (Clerky) are what most YC companies use to handle everything described above (the others typically have cross-border setups that require more tailored paperwork from a law firm).
  • > Where can I find good legal documents? A lawyer. A lawyer. A lawyer. A lawyer.... / Hacker News — I've spent six figures on legal fees easily, and I also use templates and off the shelf stuff all the time. Clerky is a good resource and is fine for most core stuff. ... t pay lawyers every time you do everything, it's a waste of resources for small
  • Show HN: Managed 83(b) Elections from Clerky (YC S11) / Hacker News — Hi HN! I'm Darby, one of the founders of Clerky (https://www.clerky.com). We build software to help startups and their attorneys get legal paperwork done. We're one of the most popular ways for startups to get formation paperwork done and issue safes for seed financings. Prior to starting Clerky, my co-founder Chris and I were both engineers-turned-startup-attorneys at a law firm called Orrick, which has one of the top startup law practices in the U.S. and internationally. ... What's key to unde
  • Ask HN: Standard incorporation documents for startups? / Hacker News — harshilmathur on Dec 11, 2014/ / – Clerky (https://www.clerky.com/) is a YC backed startup that helps with a lot of this stuff. It provides standard paperwork for things like incorporation in Delaware, equity, stock options, employee documents etc.
  • Show HN: Incorporate your startup online with YC's forms (built by two lawyers) / Hacker News — Yup, most do! Check out the customers section on our homepage :) For incorporations, we work together with YC to get everyone set up, so pretty much everyone uses us unless they're already incorporated (then Kirsty and YC's lawyers do whatever cleanup they have to). Most companies end up choosing to use us for their seed round documents too (currently in private beta) - we are by far the most popular option for that. Perfectly reasonable question - that's what I'd ask myself! ... Totally underst
  • Starting company with no funding–-do I need a C Corp? / Hacker News — with Clerky or do an LLC and either get it acquired by a new C Corp or convert it later on when I ... I’ve had a bad experience with big law severely over billing on deferral so I don’t really want to go with them.

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

17

Company, security, and trust

Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.

SignalFindingSource
Company and ownership20,000+ Startups Incorporated!source
Contact and supportNot published on the collected pages.—
Legal and privacyNot published on the collected pages.—
Security and complianceNot published on the collected pages.—
Uptime and status pageNot published on the collected pages.—
Domain registered2011-02-11—
Domain expires2027-02-11—

Not found on the collected pages: contact and support, legal and privacy, security and compliance, uptime and status page. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.

18

Documentation and product updates

Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.

Not established in the collected sources.

Technical

19

Technical and delivery signals

Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.

SignalFindingSource
Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension)Clerky is a web application S16.S16
Platforms and appsAccessible via web browser S16.S16
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)Not published on the collected pages.—
Data ownership and exportNot published on the collected pages.—
Performance and reliability claimsNot published on the collected pages.—
Release activityNot published on the collected pages.—
20

Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
Domain registered2011-02-11 — Name.com, Inc.
Domain expires2027-02-11
First archived2012-05-04 — web archive
TLS certificateSectigo Limited, valid, expires 2026-11-05
Security headersHSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options
Headers not servedX-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy
Server headercloudflare
Mail handled byaspmx.l.google.com, alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
Nameserversns-824.awsdns-39.net, ns-1051.awsdns-03.org
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Technical site audit

A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

  • Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
  • Technical health: 94/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 13
  • Notices: 14

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed317https://www.clerky.com/
warningPage should have one primary H12https://www.clerky.com/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed317https://www.clerky.com/
warningPage should have one primary H12https://www.clerky.com/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed269https://www.clerky.com/startups/products
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed302https://www.clerky.com/pricing
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed245https://www.clerky.com/comparison
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed297https://www.clerky.com/legal-quality
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed354https://www.clerky.com/public-benefit-corporations
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed294https://www.clerky.com/attorneys
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed192https://www.clerky.com/blog/incorporating-at-end-of-2025
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed269https://www.clerky.com/startups/products
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed344https://www.clerky.com/about
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed229https://www.clerky.com/careers
warningPage should have one primary H10https://www.clerky.com/blog
warningMissing meta description—https://www.clerky.com/terms
noticePage is marked noindex—https://www.clerky.com/terms
warningMissing meta description—https://www.clerky.com/privacy
noticePage is marked noindex—https://www.clerky.com/privacy
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://www.clerky.com/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://www.clerky.com/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://www.clerky.com/startups/products
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://www.clerky.com/startups/products
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://www.clerky.com/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://www.clerky.com/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://www.clerky.com/startups/products
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://www.clerky.com/startups/products

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200Clerky · Get startup legal paperwork done safely and easily.2145817 mshttps://www.clerky.com/
200Clerky · Get startup legal paperwork done safely and easily.214589 mshttps://www.clerky.com/
200Products for Startups · Clerky1120136 mshttps://www.clerky.com/startups/products
200Pricing · Clerky1162227 mshttps://www.clerky.com/pricing
200Compare Startup Incorporation Services · Clerky159923 mshttps://www.clerky.com/comparison
200How to Determine Legal Quality · Clerky1178516 mshttps://www.clerky.com/legal-quality
200Delaware Public Benefit Corporations · Clerky1518141 mshttps://www.clerky.com/public-benefit-corporations
200Attorney Accounts · Clerky137514 mshttps://www.clerky.com/attorneys
200Incorporating a new startup soon? Here's how to save $400.150212 mshttps://www.clerky.com/blog/incorporating-at-end-of-2025
200Products for Startups · Clerky112015 mshttps://www.clerky.com/startups/products
200About Us · Clerky16525 mshttps://www.clerky.com/about
200Careers · Clerky142319 mshttps://www.clerky.com/careers
200Clerky Blog0180815 mshttps://www.clerky.com/blog
200Terms of Service1588714 mshttps://www.clerky.com/terms
200Privacy Policy · Clerky13300185 mshttps://www.clerky.com/privacy

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

22

Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

ChannelEstimated share
direct57.1%
search28.3%
search organic21.7%
search paid6.6%
social8.1%
social organic8.1%
social paid0.0%
referrals1.5%
paid referrals0.0%
mail3.7%
gen ai1.2%
affiliate0.0%
other0.0%

First-party connections

IntegrationStatusData available after connection
Google Search ConsoleNot connectedClicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices
Google AnalyticsNot connectedOrganic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Limits and method

23

Limitations and open questions

Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.

The collected pages do not mention any competitors by name. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed feature documentation, customer reviews beyond testimonials, and technical details such as API availability. Open questions include the full scope of the Company Lifetime Package and any limitations on usage.

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Sources, method, and limitations

Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.

This report is based on 3 collected pages from clerky.com (homepage, about, pricing) out of 15 total. The static collector completed 15 requests, browser rendering rendered 2 pages, and the sitemap mapped 64 URLs. External proof search was enabled but no verification requests were made. Limitations include incomplete coverage of the site and reliance on first-party pages.

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