I haven't found this ("integration with external authorization systems is an extremely basic requirement") to be the case at all; most solutions ship with tight

I haven't found this ("integration with external authorization systems is an extremely basic requirement") to be the case at all; most solutions ship with tightly-coupled access control mechanisms, and it is an exercise for the user to figure out how to wield them effectively. In Hasura's case, it looks like the flow of data to the authorization bits shows a simple/naive approach, although it also appears this is something Hasura are working to correct. Even as it stands, moderately complex authz logic could be implemented via x-hasura headers or in-database associations.