Differences between Identity Platform and Firebase Authentication
Identity Platform serves as the backend for Firebase Authentication with Identity Platform and offers identical features. As an upgrade from Firebase Authentication, Identity Platform includes the following additional capabilities:
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- Blocking functions
- OpenID Connect (OIDC) and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication.
- Multi-tenancy support.
- Identity-Aware Proxy integration.
- BAA coverage.
- A 99.95% uptime SLA.
You do not need to change your apps when upgrading from Firebase Authentication to Identity Platform (or Firebase Authentication with Identity Platform) and your app continues to work with existing Firebase services.
Firebase Authentication with Identity Platform is available without a billing instrument up to daily limits.
Feature comparison
The following tables list differences between Identity Platform, Firebase Authentication with Identity Platform, and Firebase Authentication.
Authentication
| Feature | Identity Platform | Firebase Authentication |
|---|---|---|
| Sign in with email | Yes | Yes |
| Sign in with OAuth | Yes | Yes |
| Sign in with phone | Yes | Yes |
| Custom authentication | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-factor authentication | Yes | No |
| Blocking Functions | Yes | No |
| Sign in with OIDC | Yes | No |
| Sign in with SAML | Yes | No |
| Multi-tenancy | Yes | No |
| IAP integration | Yes | No |
SDKs
Identity Platform and Firebase Authentication both support a collection of Client and Admin SDKs. To preserve backwards-compatibility, the SDKs occasionally use Firebase branding and naming conventions.
| Feature | Identity Platform | Firebase Authentication |
|---|---|---|
| Web SDK | Yes | Yes |
| iOS SDK | Yes | Yes |
| Android SDK | Yes | Yes |
| Admin SDK | Yes | Yes |
Compliance and uptime
| Feature | Identity Platform | Firebase Authentication |
|---|---|---|
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| SSAE 18 SOC1 | Yes | Yes |
| SSAE 18 SOC2 | Yes | Yes |
| SSAE 18 SOC3 | Yes | Yes |
| TISAX | Yes | No |
| BAA coverage | Yes | No |
| PCI-DSS in scope | Yes | No |
| Enterprise SLA | 99.95% uptime | No |