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Firebase Authentication vs WorkOS: which is more reliable? (2026)
Firebase Authentication is more reliable than WorkOS, scoring 100.0 vs 58.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Firebase Authentication reported 0 incidents and WorkOS reported 19, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.30% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Firebase Authentication | WorkOS |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 100.0 | 58.7 |
| Rank (authentication providers) | — | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.30% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 19 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 9 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 4h 31m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Firebase Authentication and WorkOS differ
- Firebase Authentication reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while WorkOS reported 19.
- WorkOS had 9 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Firebase Authentication.
90-day uptime
Firebase Authentication
WorkOS
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Firebase Authentication incidents
No incidents reported by Firebase Authentication in the last 90 days.
Recent WorkOS incidents
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 2h 18m
SSO Profile API Timeoutsofficial update ↗
Affected: SSO
- Partial outageOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 1h 3m
Elevated errors across SSO and AuthKit
Affected: AuthKit, SSO
- Partial outageOct 19, 2026 · resolved in 58m
Affected: AuthKit
- Partial outageOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 4h 34m
Radar SMS challenge failures for phone numbers in mainland China (+86)official update ↗
Affected: Dashboard, AuthKit
- InformationalOct 9, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 42m
Elevated errors for Audit Logs
Affected: Audit Logs
Other authentication providers to consider
- Ory Network · #1 · 99.99% uptime
- Kinde · #2 · 99.96% uptime
- Frontegg · #3 · 99.97% uptime
- Stytch · #4 · 99.82% uptime
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