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Firebase Authentication vs OAuth2: What are the differences?
What is Firebase Authentication? An App Authentication System In A Few Lines Of Code. 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,.
What is OAuth2? An open standard for access delegation. It is an authorization framework that enables a third-party application to obtain limited access to an HTTP service, either on behalf of a resource owner by orchestrating an approval interaction between the resource owner and the HTTP service, or by allowing the third-party application to obtain access on its own behalf.
Firebase Authentication and OAuth2 can be primarily classified as "User Management and Authentication" tools.
Pros of Firebase Authentication
- Completely Free12
- Email/Password8
- Native App + Web integrations8
- Passwordless7
- Works seemlessly with other Firebase Services6
- Integration with OAuth Providers5
- Anonymous Users4
- Easy to Integrate and Manage4
Pros of OAuth2
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Cons of Firebase Authentication
- Heavy webpack5
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