Database User Auth vs User Table Auth

Working with Data
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Hi!
Noob here.
Im going to be developing a SAAS application and I’ll be providing each customer with a database to support their app. Each customer will have their own users, anywhere between 100 - 5000 users with varying different predefined roles (admins, group admins,individuals etc).

Im used to using something like MySQL where we would usually store username and passwords in a users table and authenticating using a hashed password etc.

However, Im wondering if I can I can use the MongoDB users and users roles to authenticate against instead. So rather than creating a separate set of users and roles within the application, just use the users and roles within MongoDB and something like Passport.js to handle the tokes etc.

Thanks in advance.

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Yes, you can use MongoDB built-in user authentication and roles for user authentication in your SAAS application. It eliminated the need of separate user management system and allow to use MongoDB security features.