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Micro-SaaS User Authentication

I know there are tons of cloud-based user authentication providers already, but the ones I've tried seem like an overkill for most Micro-SaaS developers. I really don't need customizable forms (I have already built my own), or the ability to scale up to millions of users, or the ability to import existing user databases. I simply need a set of REST APIs that allow me to:

  1. create a new account (using SSL)
  2. login (getting a new JWT in return)
  3. update/change password with email confirmation
  4. get email notifications when a new user signs up
  5. manage users in a simple table format

It seems there is nothing like this available, which leads me to my question. How many other micro-SaaS folks could use something like this? Is there a market beyond myself?

The price would be cheap (maybe $5 per month for anything under 500 users).

I have built REST endpoints in the past for an employer that did exactly these sorts of things, and I generally understand authentication using JSON Web Tokens.

What are your thoughts? Is this a pain point for you?

Thanks!

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Ideas and Validation
on May 10, 2020
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    Just want to add this, for you and maybe other readers. Try checking out

    • Outseta
    • Userbase
    • Pabbly

    These three can handle your subscriptions and recurring billing too.

  2. 1

    I might be a bit late to the party, but we are doing this (along with database, API and storage) at Nhost (https://nhost.io).

  3. 1

    I've decided, for now at least, to use FireBase authentication tools. They have a solution that's close to what I want and the pricing is right. I'm building the core of my client authentication behind Angular services so that they can easily be swapped out for a different implementation in the future, if necessary.

    With very little input on this after 2 days, I assume most dev's don't consider this a huge pain point and have found suitable solutions. Thanks volkandkaya!

  4. 1

    I have heard new SaaS companies just using auth0

    Free for 7000 users

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      Thanks for the feedback, volkandkaya. I'll have a look at them.

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