Google Firebase vs SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud comparison

Google and SAP are both solutions in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category. Google is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.4, while SAP is ranked #12 with an average rating of 9.1. Google holds a 2.6% mindshare in ISI, compared to SAP’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of SAP users who would recommend it.

Google Firebase

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

Google Firebase and SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud compete in cloud services for app development and enterprise resource planning, respectively. Firebase is advantageous for developers seeking easy integration and quick deployment, whereas SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is better for enterprises needing robust data management and integration capabilities.

Features: Google Firebase provides functionalities such as Google Cloud Functions, a real-time database, and comprehensive authentication options that streamline application development. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud excels with strong enterprise features like efficient data processing, complex integration capabilities, and enhanced data management, making it suitable for large organizations.

Room for Improvement: Google Firebase could improve its control over functions, enhance logging capabilities, and streamline data migration processes. There is also a need for greater pricing transparency and advanced customization tools suitable for non-developers. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud needs to focus on enhancing flexibility, reducing service costs, and improving support response times. Additionally, it faces challenges with complex deployments and integration with other systems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Firebase offers easy deployment supported by extensive documentation and community resources, which reduces the dependency on technical support. It is mainly utilized in public cloud settings. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud supports a hybrid and private cloud approach, requiring a more complex setup and maintenance. Its customer service is integrated with pricing, offering direct support at a higher cost compared to Firebase's community support model.

Pricing and ROI: Google Firebase uses a cost-effective pay-as-you-go model with a generous free tier appealing to smaller companies and startups. However, costs can become complicated as usage increases. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is more expensive, targeting large enterprises that benefit from its comprehensive features and support. While both platforms offer a return on investment, Firebase presents a more budget-friendly option for small applications, whereas SAP HANA justifies its cost with expansive enterprise features.

To learn more, read our detailed Google Firebase vs. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud Report (Updated: December 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Google Firebase

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

12th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Firebase is 2.6%, down from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is 1.4%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Google Firebase	2.6%
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud	1.4%
Other	96.0%

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

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Sameer Kulkarni

Chief Technical Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Leverage rapid prototype development for application building

The pricing structure needs improvement since it uses cloud billing. We do not know how the pricing is calculated as it is all on the cloud. The concept that the more you use, the more you have to pay could have been much better. They could have implemented credits based on usage so that users would be able to easily calculate the pricing and provide it to customers. I am the co-founder and CTO of the company called Aiwox (A I W O O X). We have numerous projects for mobile application development, and we have shifted from Google Firebase to Supabase because there is a fixed price for Supabase. Supabase is built on top of AWS, and it provides a very good pricing model. Some of the credits are free, and once you reach a certain limit, you know the charges. The second improvement area is related to SQL. They provide the real-time database, which is very good, and they have gradually started including PostgreSQL, which is a relational database, but it is not production-ready yet. I may be incorrect; perhaps they have released something new, but PostgreSQL database real-time database remains a challenge with Google Firebase.

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Salman Mukhtar Baig

SAP Technical Manager at VS Furniture Middle East

Cloud access has improved reporting and sales operations across global locations

I cannot say anything about what areas of SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud could be improved or enhanced because so far, we are happy with this implementation. We are not facing any problem, or I cannot say that this can be improved. Although SAP keeps improving themselves day by day, we cannot say that SAP needs to improve anything. One thing which we face, not as a problem, is the pricing. SAP pricing is a bit higher day by day. Before, it was not too much higher, but I don't know why they are increasing their price. They should see this thing, so other customers, such as SMBs customers or small and mid-sized customers, can also avail this thing. Otherwise, we don't have any problem. First, there is the limitation. If you are a SAP user, you don't feel any problem with the limitation because if you know how to use the product, you can easily implement this thing. Otherwise, if you don't know the business process or how to integrate and implement, it could be a problem. We have a limitation, but we developed some add-ons for this. So we fulfilled these requirements.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Allows us to create functions without any infrastructure apart from the Google App Engine."

"The platform is scalable."

"The access to Firestore is very easy."

"If there's data added to the solution, there's a good record of it so it's easy to track everything."

"If I were to make a chatting application I would use this product because it is easy to learn and implement."

"The solution is useful for managing users and user authentication."

"The user interface is very good and easy to navigate."

"This solution supports our real time database. We also use it for AB testing and for its Google Cloud functions. We make use of Crashlytics and reporting on details."

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"The interface is easy to manage."

"One of the features that I've found most useful is that It's very simple. They take care of the technical aspects of the data, installations, patches."

"Companies have gained more productivity because users take less time to finalize tasks as the data is correct, eliminating the need to double-check information constantly."

"The real-time data processing and the ability to track all leasing processes and contracts are particularly valuable."

"The most valuable feature is virtual modeling, which is beneficial because you don't really save the data multiple times the way we did in the past."

"The processes and the way we take advantage and use assistance are good."

"The scalability is good because we have some cloud resources to support the ERP."

"I am impressed with how the solution integrates with the ME system and ALE IDocs."

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Cons

"Automation testing with mobile devices could be improved, especially in regression testing to ensure that new feature launches do not affect other features."

"In Google Firebase, reporting is an area with shortcomings where improvements are required to be made in the future."

"Firebase uses JSON, and the storage format is very different to that of SQL. This does not allow for easy migrations."

"The product's user interface for developers needs improvement."

"Their technical support needs to be enhanced with more support for customers."

"Google Cloud Functions (which is still a BETA version) needs to have more control over the uploaded functions. That is, it needs more options for controlling the functions itself."

"You need to have some experience with deployment."

"They could add a session replay to better understand how a crash or bug happened."

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"Enterprise Cloud's reporting could be more automated to improve content accountability, especially regarding BI reports."

"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"The solution needs to embed or integrate with IBP to fully activate the PPT module with efficiency."

"The customer has a lot of dependencies on SAP which means they don't have much flexibility to go and update the system when or if they need to. They will need to wait for the quarterly updates. It's possible to maybe raise a special request with SAP if it is absolutely necessary."

"It’s a common challenge with applications like Microsoft and SAP that they tend to rely on engineers rather than human resources personnel for knowledge and implementation."

"Perhaps minor changes to the enterprise structure could be made, but the rest is fine."

"The main thing is that SAP needs to give better response times for support tickets."

"Customization is an area of concern in SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, where improvements are required."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the free version of Google Firebase."

"The monthly cost is based on writing data and queries to the database."

"The more the number of reads and writes, the more one gets charged."

"I rate Google Firebase a seven or eight out of ten for pricing."

"The pricing plans indicate it can get very expensive."

"Google Firebase is an expensive solution."

"It is not easy to calculate the cost per copy, use or if the load rose dramatically we did not know how that would impact the final price."

"The product is free."

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"The solution could be less expensive."

"The solution's cost is reasonable."

"The product itself is relatively expensive."

"Our pricing is based on a yearly contract."

"If you choose the minimum, it will probably cost around $1,000 USD per month if you take a contract for a year or two."

"It's very, very expensive."

"The price is expensive compared to the competition."

"SAP may not be the most cost-effective option, but it does offer a comprehensive set of tools and features. When you have the right information, structure, and dashboard in place, it can provide excellent value. Additionally, competition with Oracle might be a factor to consider."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

University

11%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

16%

Healthcare Company

University

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	16

Questions from the Community

How does Microsoft Azure compare to Google Firebase?

I would recommend Google Firebase instead of Microsoft Azure, simply for the array of features that it has to offer. In particular, the Firebase library grants you access to a shared data structure...

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Looking to compare Google Firebase, Amazon AWS, and Microsoft Azure

We like Google Firebase hosting and authentication and also the excellent cloud functionality. Our team found the flexibility of handling and dealing with the database through EDL to be very useful...

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What do you like most about Google Firebase?

Google Analytics for Firebase is the best feature of the solution.

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What do you like most about SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud?

It has significantly streamlined our operations.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud?

SAP HANA Cloud can be quite costly compared to other solutions. The high licensing costs make it an expensive option, particularly for smaller customers. However, they offer solutions for mid-sized...

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What needs improvement with SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud?

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Compared 43% of the time

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Compared 19% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

Scaleway vs Google Firebase

Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 29% of the time

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Compared 22% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) vs SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Overview

Google Firebase is a stable, reliable, and scalable mobile platform that enables you to quickly develop apps, accelerate them, and monitor their performance.

With Google Firebase You Can

Build and run successful apps
Scale globally
Monitor app quality and performance with little effort
Boost user engagement

Google Firebase Features:

Crashlytic
Automatic updates
Fast and easy deployment
Access to Cloud Firestore
Multi-platform sign-in authentication
Flexible drop-in UI
Real-time database
Remote configuration
Firebase machine learning
Cloud messaging
Advanced message targeting
Push messages
Error monitoring

SDKs supported by Google Firebase:

Web SDK
iOS SDK
Android SDK
Admin SDK

Benefits of Google Firebase:

Fast implementation: Google Firebase makes it possible for you to set up your authentication system quickly, using minimal code.
Comprehensive security: With Google Firebase, your systems remain secured; It is backed by Google Sign-in, Chrome Password Manager, and also Smart Lock.
Machine learning capabilities: Firebase offers machine learning capabilities that help you deploy and train custom models.
Eliminate the need to manage servers: Because Google Firebase offers cloud functions, it enables you to run your mobile backend code without having to also manage your servers.
Authentication for any platform: Google’s Firebase authentication makes the sign-in process easier by providing an end-to-end identity solution that works with any platform.
Customized notifications: With cloud messaging, you can customize alerts, defining how and when they are sent, what sounds they should make, and can also select the expiration date for each message. In addition, it gives you the ability to track custom conversion events.
Fast and secure web hosting: Firebase makes it possible for you to have easy and secure web hosting with fast content delivery. Firebase hosting also provides free SSL certificates.
Cloud storage: With Google Firebase you have access to cloud storage that supports robust uploads and downloads, can handle user-generated content, and provides simple and intuitive access control.
Developer-friendly: Developers prefer to use Firebase because it lets them focus on creating frontend code for mobile applications rather than having to concentrate on backend code.

Reviews from Real Users

PeerSpot user Nilakshi S., technical team lead at AuthentiCode says, “The solution is very stable and very reliable. There aren't any bugs or glitches.”

"What I like most about Google Firebase is that it's one of the easier options to host a website or app quickly," says Craig F., application development manager at a financial services firm.

A senior developer at a consultancy says, “The documentation for Google Firebase is great. Also, what I like about it is the integration to Android, which is the reason I went with Firebase.”

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SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is a fully scalable and secure private managed cloud solution. It empowers organizations to unlock the full value of SAP HANA in the cloud - accelerating growth and innovation, driving IT and business transformation, quickly delivering business outcomes, and reducing risk.

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