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Custom auth system vs managed identity provider at Series B scale

Outgrowing basic JWT auth. Building custom roles/permissions in-house gives control but adds maintenance. When does the complexity of managed IdP integration outweigh the maintenance burden?

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At 50+ engineers, the maintenance cost of custom auth exceeds Okta/Auth0 licensing. The real question is migration complexity, not build vs buy.

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