Re:Ask HN: Off the shelf user management and subscription pr...
by leros on Monday March 21, 2022 @12:52PM
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You're on a good track looking at solutions like Auth0 and Stripe. They're both pretty easy to implement and integrating them together isn't too bad.
A few companies have tried to be the all in one SaaS provider (auth + payments + etc), but I haven't seen one succeed or become prevalent. I suspect it's a combination of a few factors:
1) The individual providers like Auth0, Stripe, and their competition are pretty good already so there isn't a huge pain point.
2) As a company grows, there is business value in being able to switch third party providers for a variety of factors such as missing features and cost savings. Having everything tied into one platform makes this much harder.
A few companies have tried to be the all in one SaaS provider (auth + payments + etc), but I haven't seen one succeed or become prevalent. I suspect it's a combination of a few factors:
1) The individual providers like Auth0, Stripe, and their competition are pretty good already so there isn't a huge pain point.
2) As a company grows, there is business value in being able to switch third party providers for a variety of factors such as missing features and cost savings. Having everything tied into one platform makes this much harder.