Product overview — Authentication & Identity
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Supabase Auth
Supabase Auth is product-embedded authentication designed to pair login with Postgres-first authorization (RLS). Choose it when you want one cohesive stack and standard CIAM requirements.
Sources linked — see verification below.
Freshness & verification
Who is this best for?
This is the fastest way to decide whether Supabase Auth is in the right neighborhood.
Best for
- Teams building on Supabase who want integrated auth + database patterns
- SaaS products that want Postgres-first authorization with RLS
- Startups prioritizing speed-to-market with a cohesive platform
- Apps with standard CIAM needs and predictable auth flows
- Teams that want fewer vendors and simpler infrastructure
Who should avoid
- Enterprise SSO and SCIM provisioning are immediate requirements
- You need maximum CIAM flexibility and enterprise integrations now
- Your stack is mobile-first and heavily invested in Firebase ecosystem
- You want cloud-provider primitives and minimal platform coupling
- You need workforce IAM governance (Okta/Entra use case)
Sources & verification
Pricing and behavioral information comes from public documentation and structured research. When information is incomplete or volatile, we prefer to say so rather than guess.