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Lol wut? you get all of your auth data in your own db in 1 cli command. You are not tied to any on db provider. On top of that you get hundreds of auth features
by azyc 5mo ago
Lol wut? you get all of your auth data in your own db in 1 cli command. You are not tied to any on db provider. On top of that you get hundreds of auth features like oauth providers (I use it to allow users to log in via google, apple, github) and the best part it's free. Not saying Supabase and Clerk are bad, but they cost money. With better auth you pay exactly $0 for all of this.
- giancarlostoro 5mo agoOr I could use a web framework that offers that out of the box, and its free and lives in my database, wherever I want.
- rozap 5mo agothis is sorta the obvious takeaway here. as a postgres/phoenix/elixir enjoyer i am blissfully unaware of all this sort of SaaS churn.
- Scarbutt 5mo agoWhat framework offers all those auth features OOTB?
- dsagent 5mo agoLaravel https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/authentication https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/authentication https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/socialite https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/socialite https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/sanctum https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/sanctum
- giancarlostoro 5mo agoASP .NET Core, Ruby on Rails, Django, .... the list goes on and on... The ones that don't usually someone built a package that lets it happen.
- skydhash 5mo agoI remember Laravel with Socialite [0]. Laravel is what I usually reach for Web SaaS MVP. You only need a VPS and a managed database for testing out the market and can scale a lot without increasing expenses that much.. [0]: https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/socialite https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/socialite
- mchusma 5mo agoI’ve looked at these auth providers many times over the years and I just don’t get the value. It takes me a couple of minutes to set up auth. Why would I want a dependency? It doesn’t help me with the hardest part which is configuring Google and Apple sign in stuff on Google and Apple. I just don’t get it.
- vevoe 5mo agoI use better auth for a side project i'm working on. It's open source, you can pay them to manage your user/auth tables if you want or you can run it all on your own db.
- giancarlostoro 5mo agoSure, I guess if I'm using a web framework that is not quite batteries included, that makes sense, but Django, ASP .NET Core, Ruby on Rails, and so many others are open source and have authentication / users / roles baked in out of the box.