Auth.js vs. Firebase

Auth.js

authjs.dev/

Formerly known as NextAuth. It's is an open-source authentication library originally built for NextJS. Auth.js is free to use and comes with over 80 integrations for various third-party identity providers such as Google, Facebook, Auth0, Apple etc. You can use it with your own database if you choose to. It works with MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL and MongoDB. Auth.js is compatible with Next.js, SvelteKit and SolidStart as of March 2024.

Firebase

firebase.google.com/

Google's Firebase is an entire app development platform that's packed with features.It comes with storage, cloud functions, monitoring and, of course, user authentication. The free tier comes with 50,000 MAUs. Beyond that pricing start at $0.0055/MAU and goes down to as low as $0.0025/MAU as you scale to millions of users. Firebase authentication supports email and password auth, phone auth, magic links, two-factor authentication and social identity providers - mainly Google, Google Play Games, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, GitHub and OAuth access tokens.

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  • Easy to use
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  • Low price per monthly active user
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  • Generous free tier
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