Why developers like Firebase Authentication

What is Firebase Authentication?

It provides backend services, easy-to-use SDKs, and ready-made UI libraries to authenticate users to your app. It supports authentication using passwords, phone numbers, popular federated identity providers like Google,

Firebase Authentication is a tool in the User Management and Authentication category of a tech stack.

Who uses Firebase Authentication?

Companies

100 companies reportedly use Firebase Authentication in their tech stacks, including Colavosalon, Jounce, and Backend.

Colavosalon

Jounce

Backend

Orbital Chat

Firebase Admin SDK ...

PlanetScaleDB

Driverama

Fielda

Enrian

Developers

388 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Firebase Authentication.

FDD Stack

My Stack

Personal

webapp

My Stack

first

2018

My Stack

Job Stack

Firebase Authentication Integrations

Firebase Realtime ...

Divjoy

Xkit

Pros of Firebase Authentication

Completely Free

Native App + Web integrations

Email/Password

Passwordless

Works seemlessly with other Firebase Services

Integration with OAuth Providers

Anonymous Users

Easy to Integrate and Manage

MFA

Decisions about Firebase Authentication

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Firebase Authentication in their tech stack.

Ryan A

Aug 30, 2021 | 5 upvotes · 1.2M views

Needs advice

Auth0

Firebase Authentication

and

Okta

Hey all, We're currently weighing up the pros & cons of using Firebase Authentication vs something more OTB like Auth0 or Okta to manage end-user access management for a consumer digital content product. From what I understand so far, Something like Firebase Auth would require more dev effort but is likely to cost less overall, whereas OTB, you have a UI-based console which makes config by non-technical business users easier to manage. Does anyone else have any intuitions or experiences they could share on this, please? Thank you!

Soufiane L

Web/App Dev · Apr 2, 2021 | 7 upvotes · 205.5K views

Needs advice

MongoDB

MySQL

and

PostgreSQL

I'm planning to build a freelance marketplace website, using tools like Next.js, Firebase Authentication, Node.js, but I need to know which type of database is suitable with performance and powerful features. I'm trying to figure out what the best stack is for this project. If anyone has advice please, I’d love to hear more details. Thanks.

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Firebase Authentication Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Firebase Authentication?

Auth0

A set of unified APIs and tools that instantly enables Single Sign On and user management to all your applications.

MongoDB

MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.

Passport

It is authentication middleware for Node.js. Extremely flexible and modular, It can be unobtrusively dropped in to any Express-based web application. A comprehensive set of strategies support authentication using a username and password, Facebook, Twitter, and more.

Okta

Connect all your apps in days, not months, with instant access to thousands of pre-built integrations - even add apps to the network yourself. Integrations are easy to set up, constantly monitored, proactively repaired and handle authentication and provisioning.

Firebase

Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications. Simply add the Firebase library to your application to gain access to a shared data structure; any changes you make to that data are automatically synchronized with the Firebase cloud and with other clients within milliseconds.

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