Authgear vs Firebase Authentication

Learn how Authgear and Firebase Authentication differ in their key features like authentication, enterprise auth, security, user management and compliance, so you can decide which of these authentication providers is best for you.

Authgear

Secure authentication made simple for developers

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Details:

B2B
Yes
B2C
Yes
Open Source
Yes
Self-hosted
Yes

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Firebase Authentication

Secure multi-platform authentication in under 10 lines

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Details:

B2B
Yes
B2C
Yes
Open Source
No
Self-hosted
No

Feature Comparison

Authgear has significantly broader feature support than Firebase Authentication, with 36 supported features versus 22. Authgear fully covers authentication and machine to machine (m2m) authentication and more, and both tools fully cover branding.

Passwordless Authentication

Authgear

Firebase Authentication

Social Connections

Authgear

Firebase Authentication

Passkeys

Authgear

Firebase Authentication

Long Lived Sessions

Authgear

Long refresh token with an idle time-out is supported, allowing for persistent user sessions

Firebase Authentication

Session Management

Authgear

Firebase Authentication

Multi-Language

Authgear

Firebase Authentication

Email templates and FirebaseUI can be localized; set the language with a `languageCode` property or override CSS for more than 40 languages

	Authgear	Firebase Authentication
Passwordless Authentication
Social Connections
Passkeys
Long Lived Sessions	Long refresh token with an idle time-out is supported, allowing for persistent user sessions
Session Management
Multi-Language		Email templates and FirebaseUI can be localized; set the language with a `languageCode` property or override CSS for more than 40 languages

Compliance Comparison

Firebase Authentication offers significantly broader coverage than Authgear, supporting 6 certifications and regulatory frameworks compared to 2 for Authgear.