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Categories and Ranking

Google Firebase
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (5th), Mobile Development Platforms (7th)
Stratoscale [EOL]
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Himash Careem - PeerSpot reviewer
Intermediate Software Engineer at Xelleron Pty
Analytics integration has improved how I manage user identity and understand customer behavior
I face difficulties with the authentication parts in Google Firebase when it goes with iOS applications. With Android applications, that is easier because Google owns it. When it goes to iOS applications, there should be a much more straightforward, smoother way. I mostly faced that with Flutter because with Flutter, there are two sides with Android and iOS. The Android part was pretty much easier for me, but when it goes to the iOS part, there was more work on that.
RB
Server and Storage Platform Team Lead at Invesco US
I like the automation and self-healing features
SDDC. Speed to market. Automation and self-healing. Oracle engine. Google and Azure API. Still implementing.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"What I like most about Google Firebase is that it's one of the easier options to host a website or app quickly."
"The scalability is good."
"Its simplicity makes it quite handy for my needs in app development."
"Google Analytics for Firebase is the best feature of the solution."
"Overall, I have to say that this database is great."
"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."
"Allows us to create functions without any infrastructure apart from the Google App Engine."
"Google Firebase is my top option, and I do not currently find any other competitors that match its offering."
"Automation and self-healing."
"We efficiently move resources between major engineering projects."
"We hired a third company to stress test the system and it was above and beyond in terms of what we expected."
 

Cons

"In terms of DevOps, such as CI/CD deployments and integrating webhooks with GitHub, GitLab, or other platforms, Firebase does not offer those capabilities at that level."
"They have discontinued some very valuable features, including the Firebase UI that I used to log in."
"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."
"Since Google Firebase is a NoSQL platform, areas for improvement include enhancing query functionalities to be more equivalent to SQL, like MS SQL."
"There's always room for improvement in every product, and the major improvement that's needed in Google Firebase is its simplification, particularly for unsavvy users or non-technical users. If you're not tech-savvy, it would be very difficult for you to use the functions of the solution and understand its security rules. If you want even non-technical people to find it easy to use Google Firebase, it should be simplified because the difference between screen-derived management and code-derived management isn't complex, so simplification wouldn't be an issue."
"Integrations and extensions offered by the product are quite limited presently."
"You need to have some experience with deployment."
"We never had an issue with stability, but when we implemented the product, there were certain places where we weren't sure that they are completely aligned with our goals, in terms of how we use the system to get there."
"Oracle engine. Google and Azure API."
"Initial setup was complex at the beginning as the system was still lacking some important features, while every new release required a full reinstallation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is free."
"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."
"The price is perfect and very clearly defined. The price during the trial setup is free and then you move to a paid service."
"We are using the free version of Google Firebase."
"They have a free tier that will cover most projects. For more intensive use, you pay as you use it, but the price is very cheap."
"The price of Google Firebase is very good."
"Google Firebase is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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