Vibe coding · VC4
Add auth and a database to an app
8 candidates. None have been tested, so this list is alphabetical, not a rank.
Standard test task
Add email + Google login and a 'notes' table with per-user access rules to a starter app.
Not tested yet. A dash is an empty score, not a zero. We do not estimate results, prices, or ranks.
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Appwrite
Open-source backend: auth, DB, storage
- Job resultWeight 40
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- Speed and effortWeight 15
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- Price and free tierWeight 15
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- Ease of startWeight 10
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- Reliability and trustWeight 10
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- Community signalWeight 10
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- Last tested
- Not tested yet
- Evidence
- No test evidence yet.
No score. We do not estimate one.
Not tested
Auth0
Okta's identity and auth platform
- Job resultWeight 40
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- Speed and effortWeight 15
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- Price and free tierWeight 15
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- Ease of startWeight 10
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- Reliability and trustWeight 10
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- Community signalWeight 10
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- Last tested
- Not tested yet
- Evidence
- No test evidence yet.
No score. We do not estimate one.
Not tested
Clerk
Drop-in auth and user management
- Job resultWeight 40
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- Speed and effortWeight 15
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- Price and free tierWeight 15
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- Ease of startWeight 10
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- Reliability and trustWeight 10
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- Community signalWeight 10
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- Last tested
- Not tested yet
- Evidence
- No test evidence yet.
No score. We do not estimate one.
Not tested
Convex
Reactive TypeScript backend database
- Job resultWeight 40
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- Speed and effortWeight 15
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- Price and free tierWeight 15
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- Ease of startWeight 10
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- Reliability and trustWeight 10
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- Community signalWeight 10
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- Last tested
- Not tested yet
- Evidence
- No test evidence yet.
No score. We do not estimate one.
Not tested
Firebase
Google backend: auth, Firestore, hosting
- Job resultWeight 40
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- Speed and effortWeight 15
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- Price and free tierWeight 15
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- Ease of startWeight 10
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- Reliability and trustWeight 10
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- Community signalWeight 10
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- Last tested
- Not tested yet
- Evidence
- No test evidence yet.
No score. We do not estimate one.
Not tested
Neon
Serverless Postgres; official MCP server
- Job resultWeight 40
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- Speed and effortWeight 15
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- Price and free tierWeight 15
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- Ease of startWeight 10
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- Reliability and trustWeight 10
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- Community signalWeight 10
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- Last tested
- Not tested yet
- Evidence
- No test evidence yet.
No score. We do not estimate one.
Not tested
PocketBase
Single-file backend with auth and SQLite
- Job resultWeight 40
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- Speed and effortWeight 15
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- Price and free tierWeight 15
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- Ease of startWeight 10
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- Reliability and trustWeight 10
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- Community signalWeight 10
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- Last tested
- Not tested yet
- Evidence
- No test evidence yet.
No score. We do not estimate one.
Not tested
Supabase
Postgres, auth, storage; official MCP server
- Job resultWeight 40
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- Speed and effortWeight 15
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- Price and free tierWeight 15
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- Ease of startWeight 10
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- Reliability and trustWeight 10
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- Community signalWeight 10
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- Last tested
- Not tested yet
- Evidence
- No test evidence yet.
No score. We do not estimate one.
Weights and rules are on How we rank.