About Google Cloud Identity Platform
Google Cloud Identity Platform is a customer identity and access management service from Google. It is described as the enterprise upgrade of Firebase Authentication, giving applications sign-up and sign-in through methods such as email and password, phone and federated providers, with more advanced features than the Firebase tier.
Identity Platform is a proprietary Google Cloud service with no self-hosted edition. Google documents the supported identity providers, enterprise features and pricing on its site, and it suits developers who already use Google Cloud and Firebase and need a managed identity layer for their applications.
Key features
- Customer sign-up and sign-in
- Federated identity providers
- Upgrade path from Firebase Authentication
- Managed on Google Cloud
- Enterprise identity features
Good fit for
- →Scaling a Firebase app to enterprise identity needs
- →Adding managed login to apps on Google Cloud
- Tags
- google-cloud
- authentication
- ciam
- firebase
- identity
- oauth
- cloud
Google Cloud Identity Platform: questions and answers
- What is Google Cloud Identity Platform used for?
- Google Cloud Identity Platform is a Google Cloud customer identity service that serves as the enterprise-grade upgrade of Firebase Authentication. It is a good fit for scaling a Firebase app to enterprise identity needs and adding managed login to apps on Google Cloud.
- Is Google Cloud Identity Platform open source?
- No. Google Cloud Identity Platform is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Google Cloud Identity Platform include Logto, Keycloak and SuperTokens.
- What are some alternatives to Google Cloud Identity Platform?
- Google Cloud Identity Platform competes with Auth0, Amazon Cognito and Firebase. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Google Cloud Identity Platform alternatives.
Open-source alternatives to Google Cloud Identity Platform
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Logto
Auth & Identity
🧑🚀 Authentication and authorization infrastructure for SaaS and AI apps, built on OIDC
MPL-2.0vs Auth0★ 15k
Keycloak
Auth & Identity
Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services
Apache-2.0vs Auth0★ 37k
SuperTokens
Auth & Identity
Open Source User Authentication. Build fast, maintain control, with reasonable pricing.
OSSvs Auth0★ 15k
Ory Kratos
Auth & Identity
Headless cloud-native authentication and identity management written in Go. Scales to a bi
Apache-2.0vs Auth0★ 14k
Supabase Auth
Auth & Identity
A JWT based API for managing users and issuing JWT tokens
MITvs Auth0★ 2.6k
Authgear
Auth & Identity
Open source Auth0/Keycloak alternative. Passkeys, SSO, MFA, passwordless, biometric login.
Apache-2.0vs Auth0★ 2.1k
SaaS alternatives to Google Cloud Identity Platform
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Auth0
Auth & Identity
Auth0 is an authentication and authorization platform that lets developers add login, single sign-on and access control to apps with SDKs and quickstarts.
SaaS
Amazon Cognito
Auth & Identity
AWS user pools and identity federation for app sign-up and sign-in
SaaS
Firebase
Backend as a Service
Firebase is Google's mobile and web app development platform, bundling authentication, databases, hosting, messaging and analytics as a managed backend.
SaaS
Frontegg
Auth & Identity
Customer identity and self-service user management for SaaS products
SaaS
Stytch
Auth & Identity
Authentication and authorization APIs for passwordless login, MFA and B2B SSO
SaaS
Descope
Auth & Identity
Drag-and-drop authentication flows with passwordless login and SSO
SaaS