I need to put together a website quickly and at minimal cost. Join the queue you say. I want to use hosted services as much as possible for functions of my site that are not differentiators. Login and registration is one such area. So I quickly reviewed what Google told me were the main hits for the search term “social login providers”. The first two made me so angry I felt compelled to write about it. Then as I found better offerings, my temper settled, so now this small write up might be useful to people, rather than being a rant against poor selling-to-developers techniques.
Gigya
You need to request a “buyers kit”. Dear god. I’ll judge your solution against this criterion – can I integrate it in a couple of hours. Requesting, obtaining and reading whatever this “buyers kit” is burns your budget of a couple of hours to impress me.
Janrain
After a bit of digging, I get to this. Free for first 2500 users. Great – but no download or sign up link. Just a link to see pricing of greater use. When I click it I have to fill in a multi-field to have to contact me. Do you not see the irony in this? Also, who is this page serving – me or you? Again, I’ll judge your solution against this criterion – can I integrate it in a couple of hours. So again, sorry, you have used your budget of a couple of hours.
Oneall
These guys have pricing on the front page and code samples in the integration guide. After 10 minutes on this site, I figured I’d be able to integrate it into my system in a couple of hours. And the price is reasonable. So possibly on the short list.
LoginRadius
Pricing available to view at a single click, excellent documentation. After 10 minutes on this site, I figured I’d be able to integrate it into my system in a couple of hours. It’s expensive though at min $500 a month. I used this a few years back and it was $8 a month I think. It was good at the time, so don’t forget where you come from loginradius 🙂
Auth0
Pricing available to view at a single click, excellent documentation. After 10 minutes on this site, I figured I’d be able to integrate it into my system in a couple of hours. Its reasonable value too. I think this is the winner for initial trial.