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  5. Auth0 vs Knack

Auth0 vs Knack

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Overview

Knack
Knack
Stacks17
Followers36
Votes2
Auth0
Auth0
Stacks1.4K
Followers2.1K
Votes215

Auth0 vs Knack: What are the differences?

Auth0: Token-based Single Sign On for your Apps and APIs with social, databases and enterprise identities. A set of unified APIs and tools that instantly enables Single Sign On and user management to all your applications; Knack: Easily build beautiful data-driven web apps. Build simple web apps like a member directory, job listings, employee time tracking, business directory, contact directory, product catalogue, or equipment tracker.

Auth0 and Knack are primarily classified as "User Management and Authentication" and "Web App Builders" tools respectively.

Some of the features offered by Auth0 are:

  • User and Password support with verification and forgot password email workflow
  • Painless SAML Auth with Enterprises
  • Integration with 20+ Social Providers

On the other hand, Knack provides the following key features:

  • No cookie-cutter software- define the exact data that your app needs.
  • Easy data types like name, address, email, and more add structure and formatting to your data.
  • Powerful options for formulas, equations, files, and images.

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Advice on Knack, Auth0

Vaibhav
Vaibhav

Jul 17, 2020

Needs advice

Currently, Passport.js repo has 324 open issues, and Jared (the original author) seems to be the one doing most of the work. Also, given that the documentation is not proper. Is it worth using Passport.js?

As of now, StackShare shows it has 29 companies using it. How do you implement auth in your project or your company? Are there any good alternatives to Passport.js? Should I implement auth from scratch?

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Brent
Brent

CEO at DEFY Labs

Mar 7, 2020

Decided

I started our team on Amazon Cognito because I was a Solutions Architect at AWS and found it really easy to follow the tutorials and get a basic app up and running with it.

When our team started working with it, they very quickly became frustrated because of the poor documentation. After 4 days of trying to get all the basic passwordless auth working, our lead engineer made the decision to abandon it and try Auth0... and managed to get everything implemented in 4 hours.

The consensus was that Cognito just isn't mature enough or well-documented, and that the implementation does not cater for real world use cases the way that it should. I believe Amplify has made some of this simpler, but I would still recommend Auth0 as it's been bulletproof for us, and is a sensible price.

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Detailed Comparison

Knack
Knack
Auth0
Auth0

Build simple web apps like a member directory, job listings, employee time tracking, business directory, contact directory, product catalogue, or equipment tracker.

A set of unified APIs and tools that instantly enables Single Sign On and user management to all your applications.

No cookie-cutter software- define the exact data that your app needs.;Easy data types like name, address, email, and more add structure and formatting to your data.;Powerful options for formulas, equations, files, and images.;Easy and flexible relationships to connect your data (including one-to-many and many-to-many);Import data from spreadsheets or add it manually.;Inline editing for quick updates.;Unlimited rules and filters to find the data you need.;Export your data into CSV, TXT, or JSON files.;Build the app interface for your users to view and manage your data.;Simple drag-and-drop elements like tables, search, lists, and record details.;Add and edit records with forms;Complete flexibility to create the navigation and structure you want.;Add users manually or have them register right from the app.;Create different user roles and permissions.;Assign specific data to users so they can log in and access it.;Embed your apps right in your website or blog.;Embedded apps adapt to your own design and integrate seamlessly.;Publish different versions of your app for different audiences.;Publish different version for web, tablets, and mobile.;Open API for developers to securely access your data and extend your app.;Designers can control the look and feel of your app with custom CSS.;Handle JavaScript events for extended functionality;Each app can be completely customized upon request
User and Password support with verification and forgot password email workflow; Painless SAML Auth with Enterprises; Integration with 20+ Social Providers; SDKs for all platforms mobile and web; Token-based authentication for APIs
Statistics
Stacks
17
Stacks
1.4K
Followers
36
Followers
2.1K
Votes
2
Votes
215
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 2
    Web Apps
Pros
  • 70
    JSON web token
  • 31
    Integration with 20+ Social Providers
  • 20
    It's a universal solution
  • 20
    SDKs
  • 15
    Amazing Documentation
Cons
  • 15
    Pricing too high (Developer Pro)
  • 7
    Poor support
  • 4
    Status page not reflect actual status
  • 4
    Rapidly changing API
Integrations
No integrations available
Amazon S3
Amazon S3
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Parse
Parse
Firebase
Firebase
Ruby
Ruby
PHP
PHP
Laravel
Laravel
Python
Python
Java
Java
Spring
Spring

What are some alternatives to Knack, Auth0?

Blazor

Blazor

Blazor is a .NET web framework that runs in any browser. You author Blazor apps using C#/Razor and HTML.

Stamplay

Stamplay

The API-based development platform enabling developers to do 80% of the job in 1% of the time thanks to: out of the box APIs for users and data, one-click integration with any API, scalable infrastructure and SDKs. Build Rome in a day.

Stormpath

Stormpath

Stormpath is an authentication and user management service that helps development teams quickly and securely build web and mobile applications and services.

Keycloak

Keycloak

It is an Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services. It adds authentication to applications and secure services with minimum fuss. No need to deal with storing users or authenticating users. It's all available out of the box.

Devise

Devise

Devise is a flexible authentication solution for Rails based on Warden

Firebase Authentication

Firebase Authentication

It provides backend services, easy-to-use SDKs, and ready-made UI libraries to authenticate users to your app. It supports authentication using passwords, phone numbers, popular federated identity providers like Google,

Amazon Cognito

Amazon Cognito

You can create unique identities for your users through a number of public login providers (Amazon, Facebook, and Google) and also support unauthenticated guests. You can save app data locally on users’ devices allowing your applications to work even when the devices are offline.

WorkOS

WorkOS

Start selling to enterprise customers with just a few lines of code.

Kumologica

Kumologica

It is the first low-code development solution that run your integration and automation services serverlessly on any cloud. It provides drag and drop visual designer and low code approach to ensure the greatest speed and flexibility to support a wide range of integrations compatible with most of the platforms and cloud providers.

OAuth.io

OAuth.io

OAuth is a protocol that aimed to provide a single secure recipe to manage authorizations. It is now used by almost every web application. However, 30+ different implementations coexist. OAuth.io fixes this massive problem by acting as a universal adapter, thanks to a robust API. With OAuth.io integrating OAuth takes minutes instead of hours or days.

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